hypogyrification
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hypogyrification (uncountable)
- Less than normal gyrification
- 2016 February 13, “Cortical Gyrification Patterns Associated with Trait Anxiety”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Nixon and colleagues [33 ] found that individuals with depression displayed hypogyrification in the precuneus, as well as increased task-based functional connectivity between the precuneus and anterior nodes of the DMN. Since the DMN is thought to subserve self-focused thought, excessive connectivity may reflect pathological self-focus such as worry [13 ,14 ].