Examples of gyrus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web It is usually caused by damage to the fusiform gyrus in the posterior temporal lobe and anterior portion of the occipital lobe. — Daniel Gibbs, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2021 With time, these neurofibrillary tangles can spread backwards into the fusiform gyrus. — Daniel Gibbs, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2021 That was not entirely surprising, considering the area of his brain that was affected included one of the areas involved in language processing - the left superior temporal gyrus. — Eva Amsen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021 Then your noggin’s face- and color-recognition unit, the fusiform gyrus, puts it into context. — Marion Renault, Popular Science, 27 Dec. 2020 Doctors believe that face blindness is caused by abnormalities or impairment in the brain—specifically the right fusiform gyrus, or a certain fold in the brain that helps with facial perception and memory, per the NINDS. — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 9 Sep. 2020 Very soon after activity in the right middle frontal gyrus, located near the forehead, indicated a moment of insight, activity then occurred in the orbitofrontal cortex, above the eye, which is responsible for processing rewards. — Galadriel Watson, Washington Post, 4 May 2020 The default network consists of a group of interconnected brain regions, including the medial prefrontal cortex, the posterior cingulate cortex, the angular gyrus and the hippocampus. — Knvul Sheikh, Scientific American, 22 May 2019 And then there’s our friend the anterior cingulate gyrus, aka the worrywart center, which is more developed in the female brain. — Katty Kay, Time, 20 Apr. 2018

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