The corpus callosum (Latin for "tough body"), also callosal commissure, is a wide, thick nerve tract, consisting of a flat bundle of commissural fibers...
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Agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) is a rare birth defect in which there is a complete or partial absence of the corpus callosum. It occurs when the...
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Split-brain (redirect from Missing corpus callosum)
or callosal syndrome is a type of disconnection syndrome when the corpus callosum connecting the two hemispheres of the brain is severed to some degree...
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treatment of medically refractory epilepsy. In this procedure, the corpus callosum is cut through, in an effort to limit the spread of epileptic activity...
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Longitudinal fissure (section Corpus callosum)
lobes of the cortex, thus requiring any tracts to pass through the corpus callosum. The vasculature of falx cerebri supplies blood to the innermost surfaces...
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Commissural fiber (section Corpus callosum)
up the commissural tracts in the brain, the largest of which is the corpus callosum. In contrast to commissural fibers, association fibers form association...
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Alien hand syndrome (section Corpus callosum)
At times, particularly in patients who have sustained damage to the corpus callosum that connects the two cerebral hemispheres , the hands appear to be...
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Spatial hearing loss (section Corpus callosum)
information about the left hemifield once it has passed through the corpus callosum (CC) - the brain white matter that connects homologous regions of the...
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*Corpus Callosum is a 2002 experimental Canadian film directed by Michael Snow. The title is a reference to the part of the brain which was once thought...
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of treating severe epilepsy was by severing the patient's corpus callosum. The corpus callosum is the primary communication mechanism between the brain's...
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been observed to have a smaller corpus callosum when compared to other mammals. Similarly, birds lack a corpus callosum altogether and have only few means...
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In eutherian (placental) mammals, the hemispheres are linked by the corpus callosum, a very large bundle of nerve fibers. Smaller commissures, including...
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commonly affects white matter in areas including the brain stem, the corpus callosum, and the cerebral hemispheres. The lobes of the brain most likely to...
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partial or complete absence of a key structure in the brain called the corpus callosum, the presence of retinal lacunes, and epileptic seizures in the form...
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Absence of corpus callosum Hypothalamus and lentiform nuclei normally separated Heterotopic gray matter Microform Subtle defects of corpus callosum Subtle...
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hemispheres are connected by commissural nerve tracts, the largest being the corpus callosum. The cerebrum is connected by the brainstem to the spinal cord. The...
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Marchiafava–Bignami disease (redirect from Central demyelination of corpus callosum)
progressive neurological disease of alcohol use disorder, characterized by corpus callosum demyelination and necrosis and subsequent atrophy. The disease was...
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Andermann syndrome (redirect from Corpus callosum agenesis neuronopathy)
Andermann syndrome, also known as agenesis of corpus callosum with neuronopathy (ACCPN), Charlevoix disease and KCC3 axonopathy among other names, is...
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Handedness (section Corpus callosum)
such effects. A high level of handedness is associated with a smaller corpus callosum whereas low handedness with a larger one. Left-handedness is associated...
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Subcallosal gyrus (redirect from Peduncle of the corpus callosum)
The subcallosal gyrus (paraterminal gyrus, peduncle of the corpus callosum) is a narrow lamina on the medial surface of the hemisphere in front of the...
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associated with multiple neurological syndromes, including agenesis of the corpus callosum, Chiari malformation, lissencephaly, and microcephaly. Although the...
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right lateral ventricles of the brain. It runs as a sheet from the corpus callosum down to the fornix. The septum is not present in the syndrome septo-optic...
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Septo-optic dysplasia (redirect from Corpus callosum dysgenesis hypopituitarism)
panhypopituitarism may occur. In SOD, mid-line brain structures such as the corpus callosum and the septum pellucidum may fail to develop normally, leading to...
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membranous layer of grey matter in contact with the upper surface of the corpus callosum and continuous laterally with the grey matter of the cingulate cortex...
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the middle by a part of the brain called the corpus callosum. In "split-brain" patients, the corpus callosum has been severed due to the patients suffering...
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published in the journal Brain in September 2013 analyzed Einstein's corpus callosum—a large bundle of fibers that connects the two cerebral hemispheres...
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Vici syndrome (redirect from Immunodeficiency with cleft palate, cataract, hypopigmentation and absent corpus callosum)
cleft lip/palate, cataract, hypopigmentation and absent corpus callosum (or absent corpus callosum cataract immunodeficiency), is a rare autosomal recessive...
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Neuroanatomy of handedness (section Corpus callosum)
left arm is controlled by the right hemisphere and vice versa, the corpus callosum has also been found to be larger in left-handers. This is theoretically...
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pellucidum is bounded anteriorly by the genu of the corpus callosum, superiorly by the body of the corpus callosum, posteriorly by the anterior limb and pillars...
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disability, congenital tumours, other brain defects such as agenesis of the corpus callosum, skeletal abnormalities, an occipital encephalocele or underdeveloped...
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