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Superior temporal gyrus

Known as: Gyrus Temporalis Superior, Superiors, Gyrus Temporalis, Temporal Gyrus, Superior 
A gyrus or ridge on the outer surface of the temporal lobe between the horizontal portion of the fissure of Sylvius and the superior temporal sulcus.
National Institutes of Health

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Cerebral cortexCerebral gyrusInferior frontal gyrusNeocortex

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Neuroanatomy of vulnerability to psychosis: A voxel-based meta-analysis
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Real versus imagined locomotion: A [18F]-FDG PET-fMRI comparison
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Progressive gray matter reduction of the superior temporal gyrus during transition to psychosis.
CONTEXT Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown progressive gray matter reduction in the superior temporal… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
The neural bases of obsessive–compulsive disorder in children and adults
Abstract Functional imaging studies have reported with remarkable consistency hyperactivity in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Middle and inferior temporal gyrus gray matter volume abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia: an MRI study.
OBJECTIVE Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of schizophrenia reveal temporal lobe structural brain abnormalities in the… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Gender difference analysis of cortical thickness in healthy young adults with surface-based methods
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Where am I? The neurological correlates of self and other.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Progressive decrease of left superior temporal gyrus gray matter volume in patients with first-episode schizophrenia.
OBJECTIVE Smaller temporal lobe cortical gray matter volumes, including the left superior temporal gyrus, have been reported in… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Auditory P300 abnormalities and left posterior superior temporal gyrus volume reduction in schizophrenia.
Abnormalities in the auditory P300 event-related potential are one of the most robust findings in schizophrenia. To investigate… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Projections to the basis pontis from the superior temporal sulcus and superior temporal region in the rhesus monkey
The present investigation was designed to determine the origins in the temporal lobe, and terminations in the pons, of the… 
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