Meaning of precuneus | Babel Free

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A division of the medial surface of the parietal lobe of the cerebrum.

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“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.”

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