The precuneus becomes less active during goal-directed cognitive or perceptual tasks, suggesting it is selectively reducing awareness of potentially distracting environmental factors (Gusnard and Raichle, 2001).
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Precuneus
Synonyms for "precuneus" (1 found)
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11 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- طَلَل noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 楔前部 noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 楔前葉 /楔前叶 noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Dutch
1 entries- voorwig noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
French
1 entries- précuneus noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Italian
1 entries- precuneo noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Japanese
1 entries- 楔前部 noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Latin
1 entries- praecuneus noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Persian
1 entries- پیشگُوِه noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Polish
1 entries- przedklinek noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
Spanish
1 entries- precuña noun (division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe)
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The logistic regression model revealed that reduced rCBF^([regional cerebral blood flow]) in the inferior parietal lobule, angular gyrus, and precunei had high predictive values and discriminative ability of converters to nonconverters.
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Studies using EEG-fMRI have shown that there are bilateral areas of deactivation during generalized spike-wave discharges (GSW) in IGE within the thalamus, precuneus, anterior cingulate cortex and inferior parietal cortex.
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