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cerebral localization

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localization /lo·cal·iza·tion/ (lo″kal-ĭ-za´shun)
1. the determination of the site or place of any process or lesion.
2. restriction to a circumscribed or limited area.
3. the localization in the oocyte or blastomere of materials that will develop into a particular tissue or organ.

cerebral localization  determination of areas of the cortex involved in performance of certain functions.
germinal localization  the location on a blastoderm of prospective organs.

cerebral localization
n.
1. The mapping of the cerebral cortex into areas, and the correlation of these areas with cerebral function.
2. The diagnosis of the location in the cerebrum of a brain lesion, made either from the signs and symptoms manifested by the patient or from an electroencephalogram.

cerebral localization,
1 the determination of various areas in the cerebral cortex associated with specific functions, such as the 47 Brodmann's areas.
2 the diagnosis of a cerebral condition, such as a brain lesion, by analyzing the signs manifested by the patient to determine the area of the brain affected.

localization [lo″kah-lĭ-za´shun]
1. restriction to a circumscribed or limited area.
2. the determination of a site or place of any process or lesion.
cerebral localization determination of areas of the cortex involved in performance of certain functions.
germinal localization the location on a blastoderm of prospective organs.

localization
1. restriction to a circumscribed or limited area.
2. the determination of a site or place of any process or lesion.

cerebral localization
determination of areas of the cortex involved in performance of certain functions.
germinal localization
the location on a blastoderm of prospective organs.


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Aubertin would concede that the hypothesis of cerebral localization was false if anyone there could show him one case of speech loss without a lesion in the frontal lobe of the brain.
He thus performed a craniotomy based on cerebral localization and positioned his craniotomy at this site.
 
 
 
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