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    form of praecuneus was first used in 1868 and the English precuneus in 1879. The precuneus is located on the inside between the two cerebral hemispheres...
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    composed of the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex, posterior cingulate cortex, precuneus and angular gyrus. It is best known for being active when a person is...
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    Brodmann's cytologically defined regions of the brain corresponding to precuneus and superior parietal lobule (SPL). It is involved in locating objects...
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    Curiosity (section Precuneus)
    the amount of grey matter in the precuneus and levels of curious and exploratory behaviors. This suggests that precuneus density has an influence on levels...
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  • prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS), the precuneus, and the amygdala are associated with theory of mind tasks. Patients with...
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  • the neurological basis of flashbacks. The medial temporal lobes, the precuneus, the posterior cingulate gyrus and the prefrontal cortex are the most...
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    performance, which is also essential for social and emotional functions (i.e., precuneus, lingual and fusiform gyrus). These neuroplastic changes in neural networks...
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    cingulate gyrus, insular cortex, and Heschl's gyrus; both thalami and precuneus; the left parahippocampal gyrus and lateral occipital cortex (superior...
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    parahippocampal gyrus and hippocampus inferior longitudinal fasciculus precuneus and superior frontal gyrus occipitofrontal fasciculus, supramarginal gyrus...
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  • psychological condition in response to acute stressful stimuli.) Areas within precuneus, posterior cingulate cortex, inferior parietal lobe, medial prefrontal...
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  • prefrontal cortex, and the posterior cingulate cortex including the adjacent precuneus (see insert). Greater activation in these structures has been found when...
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    the brain. Surrounding areas include the retrosplenial cortex and the precuneus. Cytoarchitectonically the posterior cingulate cortex is associated with...
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  • several regions may be involved, including the prefrontal cortex and the precuneus. Perspective-taking is related to other theories and concepts including...
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    This may be caused by the altered cortical morphology seen in AS in the precuneus, a region of the brain involved in self-reflection and memory. Similarly...
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    cingulated gyrus, left precuneus, and right parahippocampal gyrus. In addition, right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and left precuneus were more active during...
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  • orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) respectively, and functional alterations in the precuneus for IGD subjects and in the rewards circuit (including the OFC, the anterior...
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    parietal cortex Gyri Postcentral gyrus (Primary somesthetic area) Other Precuneus Brodmann areas 1, 2, 3 (Primary somesthetic area); 5, 7, 23, 26, 29, 31...
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  • dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the bilateral frontopolar prefrontal cortex, the precuneus, the inferior parietal lobules, and the supramarginal gyrus. All are brain...
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    suggested between the volume of the brain's gray matter in the right precuneus area and one's subjective happiness score. Sonja Lyubomirsky has estimated...
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    Affective tasks were observed to relate to increased activation in the precuneus and posterior cingulate cortex, while decreased activation was found in...
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    hemisphere, above the splenium of the corpus callosum. It separates the precuneus from the posterior part of the cingulate gyrus. It is the posterior continuation...
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  • the right lentiform nucleus, left superior temporal gyrus, and right precuneus, and other areas in the brain are also characteristic of schizoaffective...
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    with gray matter volume reduction than age, occurring in areas like the precuneus. Sleep is necessary to repair cellular damage caused by reactive oxygen...
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  • concrete concepts which elicit greater activity in the posterior cingulate, precuneus, fusiform gyrus, and parahippocampal gyrus. Other research into the human...
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  • coign, coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus, encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus, quoin, sconcheon, scuncheon cur- care for Latin cūra, curare accuracy...
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    cingulate sulcus. It separates the paracentral lobule anteriorly and the precuneus posteriorly. Position of marginal sulcus (shown in red). Transverse sections...
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    in the cerebral cortex that marks the boundary between the cuneus and precuneus, and also between the parietal and occipital lobes. Only a small part...
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  • coign/coigne, coin, cuneate, cuneiform, cuneus, encoignure, obcuneate, precuneus, quoin, sconcheon/scuncheon cūpa cūp- tub, goblet, cask cooper, cooperage...
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  • prefrontal cortex. Adults activate the posterior precuneus more while children activate the anterior precuneus and the posterior cingulate. The understanding...
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  • prefrontal cortex, anterior temporal lobe, inferior parietal lobe, and the precuneus all send and receive numerous projections to and from a broad variety...
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