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Seghier ML. The angular gyrus: multiple functions and multiple subdivisions. Angular gyrus syndrome mimicking depressive pseudodementia.
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Institutional subscriptions support Language. Keep me signed in. Forgot your password? Sign in with Facebook. Sign in with Apple. Description The angular gyrus is a region of the brain in the parietal lobe, that lies near the superior edge of the temporal lobe, and immediately posterior to the supramarginal gyrus; it is involved in a number of processes related to language, number processing and spatial cognition, memory retrieval, attention, and theory of mind.
This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. Alexia and agraphia are disorders common to the left inferior parietal lobe , including the angular gyrus and supramarginal gyrus. Burks et al. Damage to the angular gyrus manifests as Gerstmann syndrome.
Damage may impair one or more of the below functions. Share via Share via Connections Connected to the ipsilateral frontal and caudal lateral prefrontal and inferior frontal regions Caudate Parahippocampal gyrus and hippocampus Precuneus and superior frontal gyrus Supramarginal gyrus Via the Superior longitudinal fasciculus.
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