gyrus
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- noun
- /ˈdʒaɪrəs/
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- New cells in the dentate gyrus come in and start forming their own connections.
- dentate gyrus
- frontal gyrus
- inferior frontal gyrus
New cells in the dentate gyrus come in and start forming their own connections.
- New cells in the dentate gyrus come in and start forming their own connections.
- This area in the precentral gyrus people have documented where, you know, patients have had strokes there.
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So what you see here is the superior temporal gyrus here Gray matter white matter.
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So if your partner has a very busy frontal lobe, that part called the anterior cingular gyrus, you can't go.
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On on the other side of the brain, the right inferior frontal gyrus was responding to bad news.
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And this gyrus is the auditory cortex region.
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This area in the precentral gyrus people have documented where, you know, patients have had strokes there.
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When listening to melodies, research shows bilateral activation of the BA 22, also known as the superior temporal gyrus.
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Thus, it may very well be that an abnormally large inferior frontal gyrus is, in fact, a biomarker for bipolar disorder.
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That's Heschel's gyrus, and that's probably primary auditory cortex.
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The fMRI scans of kids with dyslexia learning to read also detected some activity in the left side of the brain (specifically, the left temporo-parietal cortex and left inferior frontal gyrus), but not as much activity as normal-reading children show in that region.
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The postcentral gyrus processes sensory information from the body, helping us feel touch and pain.
Synonyms
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A fold on the brain surface that increases its outer area
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A long curved fold inside the brain that helps control emotions and behavior
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A raised area on each side of the brain's central groove that controls movement or feeling
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A curved fold of brain tissue on the inner side of the brain that helps control emotions and memory
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A raised fold at the back of the brain that helps process what you see
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A raised fold on the parietal lobe of the brain that helps sense touch and space
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A ridge in the brain just behind the central groove that receives touch information from the body
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A fold at the front of the brain that controls movements you make on purpose
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A fold on the outer surface of the side of the brain that helps process sound and memory
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gyrus comes from the Greek gyros, which means 'circle' or 'ring'. The ridges on the brain curve like small circles, so these folds were named gyrus, the same root as gyrate and gyroscope.