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The local component of the EEG response to opening of the eyes in the form of increased α coherence in the occipital areas is coupled with increased oxygenation of blood in the cortical representation of the visual analyzer (the +BOLD effect of the fMRI response).— CiteULike: Everyone's library
After this I could finally identify a hole near the midline in the occipital area that matched the size and shape of the Harper bone fragment uncannily well.— Signs of the Times
Practically all of these aches, however, are of the "fire-alarm" character; and while certain of these nerve-gongs show some tendency to respond more readily to calls coming in from certain regions of the body, as, for instance, the forehead nerves to eye-strain, the back-of-the-head nerves (occipital) to grave toxic states of the system, the tips of any of the nerves in the crown of the head to pelvic disturbances and anćmic conditions, the lateral branches in the temples to diseases of the teeth and throat, yet there is little fixed uniformity in these relations.— Preventable Diseases
The floor of the cranium consists of a series of cartilage bones, the basi-occipital (b.o.— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata

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