parietal gyrus

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Noun1.parietal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum
gyrus, convolution - a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
parietal cortex, parietal lobe - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying below the crown of the head
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Before intervention, patients presented significant increased CT in bilateral prefrontal cortex (BA9 and BA10), precuneus/superior parietal gyrus (BA7), fusiform gyrus (BA37), and right posterior (BA39) and central portions (BA21) of the middle temporal gyrus (Figure 6, Table 5).
Anatomical and Functional MRI Changes after One Year of Auditory Rehabilitation with Hearing Aids
Other studies indicated grey matter reductions in the left inferior parietal gyrus in schizophrenia and bilateral postcentral gyrus in chronic and first-episode schizophrenia compared to controls [69, 70].
A correlative classification study of schizophrenic patients with results of clinical evaluation and structural magnetic resonance images
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