"Occipital Lobe" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Posterior portion of the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES responsible for processing visual sensory information. It is located posterior to the parieto-occipital sulcus and extends to the preoccipital notch.
| Descriptor ID |
D009778
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.571
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| Concept/Terms |
Occipital Lobe- Occipital Lobe
- Lobe, Occipital
- Lobes, Occipital
- Occipital Lobes
- Occipital Region
- Occipital Regions
- Region, Occipital
- Regions, Occipital
Calcarine Sulcus- Calcarine Sulcus
- Sulcus, Calcarine
- Sulcus Calcarinus
- Calcarinus, Sulcus
- Calcarine Fissure
- Calcarine Fissures
- Fissure, Calcarine
- Fissures, Calcarine
Cuneus- Cuneus
- Occipital Cortex
- Cortex, Occipital
- Cortices, Occipital
- Occipital Cortices
- Cuneus Cortex
- Cortex, Cuneus
- Cortices, Cuneus
- Cuneus Cortices
Lingual Gyrus- Lingual Gyrus
- Gyrus, Lingual
- Medial Occipitotemporal Gyrus
- Gyrus, Medial Occipitotemporal
- Occipitotemporal Gyrus, Medial
- Gyrus Lingualis
- Gyrus Linguali
- Linguali, Gyrus
- Lingualis, Gyrus
Cuneate Lobule- Cuneate Lobule
- Cuneate Lobules
- Lobule, Cuneate
- Lobules, Cuneate
- Cuneus Gyrus
- Gyrus, Cuneus
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Occipital Lobe" by people in Profiles.
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Nadkarni N, Lee YJ, Hoefen R, Alweis R. Cholangiocarcinoma Manifesting as Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis in a Young Patient. Am J Med. 2020 08; 133(8):e396-e398.
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Fraint E, Miller R, Walter A. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis in a Case of Pediatric B-Cell ALL. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2017 03; 39(2):e71-e73.
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Fraser CL, Taylor S, Reid K, Ahmad O, Moster ML. Of grave concern. Surv Ophthalmol. 2017 Jan - Feb; 62(1):96-102.
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Herial NA, Khan AA, Sherr GT, Qureshi MH, Suri MF, Qureshi AI. Detachable-Tip Microcatheters for Liquid Embolization of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations and Fistulas: A United States Single-Center Experience. Neurosurgery. 2015 Sep; 11 Suppl 3:404-11; discussion 411.
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Rymarczuk GN, Davidson L, Severson MA, Armonda RA. Use of a Minimally Invasive Retractor System for Retrieval of Intracranial Fragments in Wartime Trauma. World Neurosurg. 2015 Oct; 84(4):1055-61.
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Dilli E, Halker R, Vargas B, Hentz J, Radam T, Rogers R, Dodick D. Occipital nerve block for the short-term preventive treatment of migraine: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study. Cephalalgia. 2015 Oct; 35(11):959-68.
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Kim J, Whyte J, Patel S, Europa E, Slattery J, Coslett HB, Detre JA. A perfusion fMRI study of the neural correlates of sustained-attention and working-memory deficits in chronic traumatic brain injury. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2012 Sep; 26(7):870-80.
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Dodick DW. Suboccipital steroid injections for cluster headache. Lancet Neurol. 2011 Oct; 10(10):867-9.
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Trentman TL, Zimmerman RS, Dodick DW. Occipital nerve stimulation: technical and surgical aspects of implantation. Prog Neurol Surg. 2011; 24:96-108.
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Wang C, Khurana DS, Kothare SV, Legido A, Harrison G, Carvalho KS, Valencia I. Significance of interictal occipital epileptiform discharges in children. Epileptic Disord. 2010 Mar; 12(1):59-64.