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Volunteers then used the floss picks to work the dye into their gums at the gingival sulcus.
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New Atlas,
9 Aug. 2025
In those young and older, the under-eye hollows and pre-jowl sulcus — the indents on either side of the chin — tend to suffer a similar fate.
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Jolene Edgar,
refinery29.com,
6 Oct. 2021
The part of the sensory cortex that receives input from the hand hasn't been mapped exhaustively via electrodes, in part because the regions dealing with the fingertips are tucked into a groove in the brain called the central sulcus.
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Chad Bouton,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Jan. 2021
Neuroscientists have found that when people do mathematical intuition problems, a strip of neurons near the top of the brain, surrounding a fold called the intraparietal sulcus, consistently becomes active.
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Carl Zimmer,
Discover Magazine,
19 Aug. 2014
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New Atlas,
9 Aug. 2025
In those young and older, the under-eye hollows and pre-jowl sulcus — the indents on either side of the chin — tend to suffer a similar fate.
—
Jolene Edgar,
refinery29.com,
6 Oct. 2021
The part of the sensory cortex that receives input from the hand hasn't been mapped exhaustively via electrodes, in part because the regions dealing with the fingertips are tucked into a groove in the brain called the central sulcus.
—
Chad Bouton,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Jan. 2021
Neuroscientists have found that when people do mathematical intuition problems, a strip of neurons near the top of the brain, surrounding a fold called the intraparietal sulcus, consistently becomes active.
—
Carl Zimmer,
Discover Magazine,
19 Aug. 2014
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“Sulcus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sulcus. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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