Dieulafoy's Lesions are characterized by a single large tortuous arteriole in the submucosa which does not undergo normal branching or a branch with caliber of 1 – 5 mm ( more than 10 times the normal diameter of mucosal capillaries ).

Lesions to the olfactory nerve can occur because of blunt trauma, such as coup-contra-coup damage, meningitis, and tumors of the frontal lobe.

Lesions of the abducens nucleus and the MLF produce observable sixth nerve problems, most notably internuclear ophthalmoplegia ( INO ).

Lesions of all other cranial nuclei affect the ipsilateral side except the optic nerves-cranial nerve II-which innervate both eyes.

Lesions in the spinal cord or the spinal root can cause damage to a nerve or nerve root.

* Al Jazeera Fish born with Lesions as a result of BP oil spill

Lesions to this area of INP result in an inability to acquire eyeblink CRs in naïve animals.

Lesions, therefore, result in a contralateral hemiparesis or hemiplegia.

Lesions of the pulvinar can result in neglect syndromes and attentional deficits.

Lesions will occur in the mandible and maxilla, although 75 % occur in the ascending ramus area and will result in extensive and grotesque deformitites of the mandible and maxilla.

Lesions to this area can result in multiple deficits in visual tracking and oculomotor control ( such as nystagmus and vertigo ), integration of vestibular information for eye and head control, as well as control of axial muscles for balance.

Lesions in the reticular formation have been found in the brains of people who have post-polio syndrome, and some imaging studies have shown abnormal activity in this area in people with chronic fatigue syndrome, indicating a high likelihood that damage to the reticular formation is responsible for the fatigue associated with these syndromes.

Lesions that destroy lower areas of the spinal trigeminal nucleus ( but which spare higher areas ) preserve pain / temperature sensation in the nose ( V < sub > 1 </ sub >), upper lip ( V < sub > 2 </ sub >) and mouth ( V < sub > 3 </ sub >) while removing pain / temperature sensation from the forehead ( V < sub > 1 </ sub >), cheeks ( V < sub > 2 </ sub >) and chin ( V < sub > 3 </ sub >).

Lesions to the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway below the decussation of its fibers produce loss of sensation on the same side of the body as the lesion.

Lesions in DNA consist of breaks and other changes in the chemical structure of the helix ( see types of DNA lesions ) while lesions in proteins consist of both broken bonds and improper folding of the amino acid chain.

Lesions should not be interpreted as an all-or-nothing condition, in the case of H. M. not all memory and recognition is lost, although the declarative memory is severely damaged he still has a sense of self and memories that were developed before the lesion occurred.

Lesions are sometimes intentionally inflicted during neurosurgery, such as the carefully placed brain lesion used to treat epilepsy and other brain disorders.

Lesions can occur naturally through trauma or disease, or they can be surgically induced by researchers.

Lesions to Broca's Area resulted primarily in disruptions to speech production.

* Lesions of the lower cervical ( C5 – T1 ) region will cause a combination of upper and lower motor neuron signs in the upper limbs, and exclusively upper motor neuron signs in the lower limbs.

Lesions are made by radiation, thermo-coagulation, freezing or cutting.

Lesions at the targeted tissue are made with the help of fine electrodes inserted very carefully at the right angle into the subject ’ s brain based on plotting charts and making sure important arteries and blood vessels are intact.

Lesions in the pars compacta lead to learning deficits in repeating identical movements, and some studies point to its involvement in a dorsal striatal-dependent, response-based memory system that functions relatively independent of the hippocampus, which is traditionally believed to subserve spatial or episodic-like memory functions.

Lesions which greatly deviate from the common characteristics are labeled as an " Ugly Duckling ", and further professional exam is required.

Lesions vary in size.

Lesions affecting other parts of the extracerebral visual pathways can also cause micropsia.

* Visible and Palpable Lesions in Children by C. Everett Koop, M. D., Sc. D.

Lesions can lead to severe functional impairment.

* A. Precancerous Dermatologic Lesions

Lesions done by knife cuts and suction techniques, called mechanical lesions, were tried by Veyssiere and Nothnagel in 1874.

Lesions can occur anywhere in the body that consists of soft tissue or osseous matter, though most frequently found in the mouth, skin, and the brain, or anywhere where a tumour may occur.

Lesions may be classified by the shape they form, as is the case with many ulcers, which can have a bullseye or ' target ' appearance.

Lesions of the teeth are usually called dental caries.

When they were closer and he saw that one was a woman, he was more puzzled than ever.

`` There's only one more ranch three miles north of here.

With every leaping stride of the horse beneath him he crossed one more patch of earth that had been his, that he would never see again.

Joyce had seen him like this once before -- more than once, actually, but on one particularly memorable occasion.

A carbine cracked more loudly, and a slug clipped fragments from the brush off at one side.

Johnson unwired the right hand door, whose window was, like the left one, merely loosely-taped fragments of glass, and Johnson wadded himself into a narrow seat made still more narrow by three cases of beer.

This one was actually more of a `` near miss ''.

But in our case -- and neither my wife nor I have extreme views on integration, nor are we given to emotional outbursts -- the situation has ruined one or two valued friendships and come close to wrecking several more.

But it is more than irony: one of the main reasons why nationalism is no longer a tenable concept is because it has spread throughout the planet.

Only one rule prevailed in my conversations with these men: The more highly placed they are -- that is, the more they know -- the more concerned they have become.

What if one or more of them turn irrational or suddenly, coolly, decide to clobber the Russians??

The Negro faces as much, if not more, difficulty in fitting himself into an urban economy as he did in an agrarian one.

In the work of every artist, I suppose, there may be found one or more moments which strike the student as absolutely decisive, ultimately emblematic of what it is all about ; ;

Operating as a one man police force in fact if not in name, he is at once more independent and more dedicated than the police themselves.

He is not one to remain more comfortably and unquestioningly within a body of social, cultural, or literary traditions than he was within the traditions -- or possibly the regulations -- governing his tenure in the post office at Oxford, Mississippi, thirty-five years ago.

Even if people do, in a not far distant future, begin to read one another's minds, there will still be the question of whether what you find in another man's mind is especially worth reading -- worth more, that is, than what you can read in good books.

If in any one calculation Ptolemy had had to invoke 83 epicycles all at once, while Copernicus never required more than one third this number, then ( in the sense obvious to Margenau ) Ptolemaic astronomy would be simpler than Copernican.

But no single planetary problem ever required of Ptolemy more than six epicycles at one time.

one can take it as no more than another veil torn from the mystery of the soul.

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