Hypogyrification

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Less than normal gyrification. uncountable

    "Nixon and colleagues [33 ] found that individuals with depression displayed hypogyrification in the precuneus, as well as increased task-based functional connectivity between the precuneus and anterior nodes of the DMN. Since the DMN is thought to subserve self-focused thought, excessive connectivity may reflect pathological self-focus such as worry [13 ,14 ]."

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"Nixon and colleagues [33 ] found that individuals with depression displayed hypogyrification in the precuneus, as well as increased task-based functional connectivity between the precuneus and anterior nodes of the DMN. Since the DMN is thought to subserve self-focused thought, excessive connectivity may reflect pathological self-focus such as worry [13 ,14 ]."

Etymology

From hypo- + gyrification.

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