 Occipital Lobe
"Occipital Lobe" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Posterior portion of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES responsible for processing visual sensory information. It is located posterior to the parieto-occipital sulcus and extends to the preoccipital notch.
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D009778
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.571
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| Concept/Terms |
Occipital Lobe- Occipital Lobe
- Lobe, Occipital
- Lobes, Occipital
- Occipital Lobes
- Occipital Region
- Occipital Regions
- Region, Occipital
- Regions, Occipital
Calcarine Sulcus- Calcarine Sulcus
- Sulcus, Calcarine
- Sulcus Calcarinus
- Calcarinus, Sulcus
- Calcarine Fissure
- Calcarine Fissures
- Fissure, Calcarine
- Fissures, Calcarine
Cuneus- Cuneus
- Occipital Cortex
- Cortex, Occipital
- Cortices, Occipital
- Occipital Cortices
- Cuneus Cortex
- Cortex, Cuneus
- Cortices, Cuneus
- Cuneus Cortices
Lingual Gyrus- Lingual Gyrus
- Gyrus, Lingual
- Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus
- Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal
- Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial
- Gyrus Lingualis
- Gyrus Linguali
- Linguali, Gyrus
- Lingualis, Gyrus
Cuneate Lobule- Cuneate Lobule
- Cuneate Lobules
- Lobule, Cuneate
- Lobules, Cuneate
- Cuneus Gyrus
- Gyrus, Cuneus
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| 1982 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1983 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Occipital Lobe" by people in Profiles.
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Palejev D, Hwang W, Landi N, Eastman M, Frost SJ, Fulbright RK, Kidd JR, Kidd KK, Mason GF, Mencl WE, Yrigollen C, Pugh KR, Grigorenko EL. An application of the elastic net for an endophenotype analysis. Behav Genet. 2011 Jan; 41(1):120-4.
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Juranek J, Fletcher JM, Hasan KM, Breier JI, Cirino PT, Pazo-Alvarez P, Diaz JD, Ewing-Cobbs L, Dennis M, Papanicolaou AC. Neocortical reorganization in spina bifida. Neuroimage. 2008 May 01; 40(4):1516-22.
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Shaywitz BA, Shaywitz SE, Blachman BA, Pugh KR, Fulbright RK, Skudlarski P, Mencl WE, Constable RT, Holahan JM, Marchione KE, Fletcher JM, Lyon GR, Gore JC. Development of left occipitotemporal systems for skilled reading in children after a phonologically- based intervention. Biol Psychiatry. 2004 May 01; 55(9):926-33.
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Green MF, Mintz J, Salveson D, Nuechterlein KH, Breitmeyer B, Light GA, Braff DL. Visual masking as a probe for abnormal gamma range activity in schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2003 Jun 15; 53(12):1113-9.
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Papanicolaou AC, Simos PG, Breier JI, Zouridakis G, Willmore LJ, Wheless JW, Constantinou JE, Maggio WW, Gormley WB. Magnetoencephalographic mapping of the language-specific cortex. J Neurosurg. 1999 Jan; 90(1):85-93.
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Breier JI, Simos PG, Zouridakis G, Papanicolaou AC. Relative timing of neuronal activity in distinct temporal lobe areas during a recognition memory task for words. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1998 Dec; 20(6):782-90.
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Hannay HJ, Falgout JC, Leli DA, Katholi CR, Halsey JH, Wills EL. Focal right temporo-occipital blood flow changes associated with judgment of line orientation. Neuropsychologia. 1987; 25(5):755-63.
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Hannay HJ, Leli DA, Falgout JC, Katholi CR, Halsey JH. rCBF for middle-aged males and females during right-left discrimination. Cortex. 1983 Dec; 19(4):465-74.
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Leli DA, Hannay HJ, Falgout JC, Katholi CR, Halsey JH. Age effects on focal cerebral blood flow changes produced by a test of right-left discrimination. Neuropsychologia. 1983; 21(5):525-33.
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Leli DA, Hannay HJ, Falgout JC, Wilson EM, Wills EL, Katholi CR, Halsey JH. Focal changes in cerebral blood flow produced by a test of right-left discrimination. Brain Cogn. 1982 Apr; 1(2):206-23.
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