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- noun
congenital malformation of thecerebral hemisphere , resulting in unusually thickconvolutions of thecerebral cortex and typically causingdevelopmental delay andseizures
Etymologies
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[[cortical connectivity]] and, consequently, adult human brain (a condition known as '' pachygyria ''), or even totally absent ( '' agyria '').
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Neuronal changes during normal and abnormal cortical folding Primary cortical folding in the human newborn: an early marker of later functional development Agyria-pachygyria: Clinical, neuroimaging, and neurophysiologic correlations
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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& C.B. Johnson et al. (2004), "Autosomal recessive frontotemporal pachygyria",
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Neuronal changes during normal and abnormal cortical folding Primary cortical folding in the human newborn: an early marker of later functional development Agyria-pachygyria: Clinical, neuroimaging, and neurophysiologic correlations
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Neuronal changes during normal and abnormal cortical folding Primary cortical folding in the human newborn: an early marker of later functional development Agyria-pachygyria: Clinical, neuroimaging, and neurophysiologic correlations
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Lissencephaly as a developmental disorder pachygyria '(broad gyri) are used to describe the appearance of the surface of the brain.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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& C.B. Johnson et al. (2004), "Autosomal recessive frontotemporal pachygyria",
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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& C.B. Johnson et al. (2004), "Autosomal recessive frontotemporal pachygyria",
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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This means that [[sulcus | cortical fissures]] being less pronounced than, for instance, in the adult human brain (a condition known as [[pachygyria]]), or even totally absent ([[agyria]]).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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This means that [[sulcus | cortical fissures]] being less pronounced than, for instance, in the adult human brain (a condition known as [[pachygyria]]), or even totally absent ([[agyria]]) and accompanying lack of development of brain folds lissencephaly syndromes. ''
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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