: an opercular part (such as a bone or scale)
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Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
In the left fronto-opercular/anterior-insular cortex, negative sounds failed to show the positive potential component at around 260 ms that was observed during positive and especially during neutral sounds.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
Some people consider the salience network to be the same as another network, called the cingulo-opercular network — the new Neuron paper, for example, refers to them interchangeably.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2013
Adjective
The electroencephalographic laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) were modelled using six equivalent source dipoles located in the left and right fronto-opercular/anterior-insular cortex, left parietal operculum, left primary somatosensory cortex, medial parietal cortex and left medial temporal cortex.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
In the left fronto-opercular/anterior-insular cortex, negative sounds failed to show the positive potential component at around 260 ms that was observed during positive and especially during neutral sounds.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2012
Some people consider the salience network to be the same as another network, called the cingulo-opercular network — the new Neuron paper, for example, refers to them interchangeably.
—Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2013
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“Opercular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opercular. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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