Relating to nerve impulses or signals that travel away from the cortex of the brain.
From Latin 'cortex' plus '-fugal' (fleeing, moving away). This neuroscience term emerged in the 20th century to distinguish directional pathways in the nervous system.
Corticifugal pathways are like the brain's outgoing emails—they carry commands from your cortex to other parts of your body, the opposite of corticipetal signals that bring information in!
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