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side fails to constrict to light and absence of medial/superior movement of the orbit, resulting in a fixed, dilated pupil and an eye with a characteristic "down and out" position due to dominance of the abducens and trochlear nerves. Further pressure on the midbrain results in progressive lethargy,
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A sparse amount of literature exists to propose a comprehensive overview of the functionality of the uncus. A study has indicated that psychotic-like experiences were associated with reduced expansion within the uncus between the ages of 14 and 19 in cannabis-using individuals.
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that is on the temporal lobe covers the area of the uncus, which leads into the two significant clinical aspects: herniations and seizures
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This causes problems associated with a non-functional or problematic CN III - the pupil on the
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may be pushed against the tentorial notch, resulting in a characteristic indentation known as
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Knowledge (XXG) articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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An important landmark that crosses the inferior surface of the uncus is the
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Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. Uncus is shown in orange.
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of the brain can occur if increased intracranial pressure due to a
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which are characterized by hallucinations of taste or smell.
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coma and death due to compression of the mesencephalic
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lobule 1006:Supplementary motor area 1484:Inferior temporal gyrus 1428:Occipitotemporal sulcus 1374:Superior temporal gyrus 1267:Lateral occipital gyrus 1018:Supplementary eye field 759:Inferior frontal sulcus 754:Superior frontal sulcus 329:Position of uncus (red) 200:, and it was coined by 1745:Fimbria of hippocampus 811:Superior frontal gyrus 709:Inferior frontal gyrus 663:Superior frontal gyrus 35:uncus (insect anatomy) 16:Structure in the brain 1732:Hippocampal formation 1591:Parahippocampal gyrus 1405:Middle temporal gyrus 461:10.1007/3-540-30672-2 208:Clinical significance 148:parahippocampal gyrus 26:For the component of 1705:Retrosplenial cortex 1553:Longitudinal fissure 1445:Medial temporal lobe 1122:Intraparietal sulcus 982:Primary motor cortex 879:Orbitofrontal cortex 828:Medial frontal gyrus 685:Middle frontal gyrus 1885:Hippocampus (brain) 1682:Posterior cingulate 1092:Supramarginal gyrus 1740:Hippocampal sulcus 1660:Anterior cingulate 1537:Preoccipital notch 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Index

Cervical vertebrae
lepidopteran
genitalia
uncus (insect anatomy)


NeuroNames
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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parahippocampal gyrus
temporal lobe
sulcus
rhinal sulcus
hippocampal gyrus
morphologically
rhinencephalon
band of Giacomini
dentate gyrus
uncus
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr
olfactory cortex
Herniations
tumor

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