middle temporal gyrus

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Etymology: AS, middel + L, tempus, time; Gk, gyros, turn

the middle of three gyri of the temporal area of the surface of the brain. It runs horizontally between the inferior and superior temporal sulci of the temporal lobe.

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angular gyrus cerebral gyrus cingulate gyrus frontal gyrus fusiform gyrus gyrus hippocampal gyrus lingual gyrus parahippocampal gyrus paraterminal gyrus precentral gyrus superior temporal sulcus supramarginal gyrus temporal gyrus			They analysed the brain activity of 11 students, and found that idiomatic sentences activated the right middle temporal gyrus (after 350ms) and the right medial frontal gyrus (at 270-300 and 500-780ms). We use both sides of our brains to understand idioms by Asian News International Increased brain activation was noted in both older patients and those with OSA, compared with controls, specifically in the left inferior parietal lobe, thalamus, caudate, middle temporal gyrus, and fusiform; in the right anterior cingulate; and in the bilateral precuneus and cerebellum. Brain deterioration seen in older sleep apnea patients by Worcester, Sharon / Clinical Psychiatry News However, when imagining sentences in another person's voice, hallucinators showed reduced blood flow in the supplementary motor area (SMA) and the left middle temporal gyrus (MTG), the scientists report in the Sept. Brain scans seek roots of imagined voices by Bower, Bruce / Science News			middle cervical ganglion middle cluneal nerve middle colic vein middle collateral artery middle constrictor muscle of pharynx middle costotransverse ligament middle cuneiform bone middle ear middle ear infection middle kidney middle lobe syndrome middle mediastinum middle meningeal vein middle molecule middle molecule toxins middle note middle plate middle rectal node middle rectal vein middle sacral artery middle scalene muscle middle stage HIV disease middle supraclavicular nerve middle suprarenal artery middle temporal artery middle temporal gyrus middle temporal sulcus middle temporal vein middle thyroid vein middle umbilical fold middle-aged middle-old Middlescence middlings midewewin midface midge midges midget midgut midgut loop midgut volvulus midheel line midlevel provider midlife Midlife Crisis midlife transition midline midline episiotomy midline granuloma midline myelotomy			Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools Middle States Commission on Higher Education Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools Middle States Regional Assembly Middle States Regional Office Middle Stone Age Middle Stone Age Middle Stone Age middle strip Middle subscapular nerve Middle superior alveolar nerve Middle superior alveolar nerve Middle superior alveolar nerve Middle superior alveolar nerve middle superior alveolar nerve block middle superior alveolar nerve block middle superior alveolar nerve block middle supraclavicular nerve Middle suprarenal arteries Middle suprarenal artery Middle Suwannee River Area Middle Temple Middle Temple Middle Temple Middle Temple Hall Middle Temple Hall Middle temporal artery Middle Temporal Canal Flap Middle Temporal Complex middle temporal gyrus middle temporal sulcus middle temporal vein middle temporal vein Middle Tennessee Advanced Practice Nurses Middle Tennessee Amateur Radio Society Middle Tennessee Anime Convention Middle Tennessee Arabian Horse Association Middle Tennessee Association of Diabetes Educators Middle Tennessee Basketball Officials Association Middle Tennessee Boxer Rescue Middle Tennessee Christian Writers Middle Tennessee Code Officials Association Middle Tennessee Dart Association Middle Tennessee Dirt Riders Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation Middle Tennessee Emergency Amateur Radio Society Middle Tennessee Experiment Station Middle Tennessee F-Body Association Middle Tennessee Fantasy Football League Middle Tennessee Football League Middle Tennessee Futbol Club Middle Tennessee Gem and Mineral Society Middle Tennessee Geocachers Club Middle Tennessee Golden Retriever Rescue Middle Tennessee Hockey Officials Association

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