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(anatomy) A division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum..
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).
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.
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.
Use precuneus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Precuneus means (anatomy) A division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum..
Common synonyms include praecuneus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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