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Lesion network mapping
Lesion network mapping is a neuroimaging analysis method that links brain lesion locations to the symptoms they cause by mapping each lesion onto a normative human connectome.
Lesion of common peroneal nerve
Lesion of common peroneal nerve (peroneal nerve palsy, common fibular nerve dysfunction, ICD-10 G57.3): injury to the sciatic-nerve branch at the fibular neck causing foot drop, eversion weakness, and sensory loss; graded by Sunderland classification.
Lesion of femoral nerve
Lesion of femoral nerve (femoral neuropathy, ICD-11 8C11.2): damage to the L2–L4 femoral nerve causing weak knee extension and hip flexion. Main causes are compression and perioperative stretch; recovery is common but often incomplete.
Lesion of plantar nerve
Lesion of plantar nerve (ICD-11 8C11.6): damage to the medial or lateral plantar nerves, tibial nerve branches below the tarsal tunnel. Causes include entrapment, trauma, and surgery; presents with burning pain, paresthesias, jogger's foot, Morton's neuroma.
Lesion of radial nerve
Lesion of radial nerve (ICD-10 G56.3, ICD-11 8C10.2), also called radial neuropathy or radial nerve palsy: injury to the radial nerve causing wrist drop, most often from humeral fracture or compression, usually recovering with splinting.
Lesion of sciatic nerve
Lesion of sciatic nerve (ICD-11 8C11.0): disease or damage to the sciatic nerve trunk (L4-S3), causing sciatica, foot drop, and sensory loss; causes include trauma, compression, hip surgery, and piriformis syndrome.
Lesion of ulnar nerve
Lesion of ulnar nerve (ICD-11 8C10.1): ulnar neuropathy, usually cubital tunnel syndrome at the elbow or Guyon canal syndrome at the wrist; second most common upper-limb entrapment neuropathy, treated conservatively or surgically.
Lesion-symptom mapping
Lesion-symptom mapping (LSM) is a neuropsychological analysis method that statistically relates the locations of brain lesions, usually from stroke, to behavioral deficits, identifying which brain regions support specific cognitive functions.
Leskovac
Leskovac (Лесковац), city in Jablanica District, southern Serbia; 58,338 urban residents (2022). Former textile hub nicknamed "Serbian Manchester," home of Roštiljijada grill festival, and Serbian National Capital of Culture 2026.
Lesław Cmikiewicz
Lesław Ćmikiewicz, Polish midfielder and coach (born 1947 or officially 1948, Wrocław), Olympic gold 1972 and silver 1976, 1974 World Cup third place, Legia Warszawa 1970–1979, later Poland assistant and caretaker coach in 1993.
Leslee J. Shaw
Leslee J. Shaw is an American cardiac imaging researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, known for work on ischemic heart disease and sex differences.
Lesley A. Inker
Lesley A. Inker is a Canadian-trained nephrologist and Professor of Medicine at Tufts University in Boston who directs CKD-EPI and led the 2021 race-free kidney function equations.
Lesley Ann Warren
Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946, New York) is an American actress and singer, star of 1965's Cinderella, Oscar-nominated for Victor/Victoria, Miss Scarlet in Clue, Golden Globe winner for 79 Park Avenue.
Lesley Bush
Lesley Leigh Bush, American diver born 1947 in Orange, New Jersey; won 10 m platform gold at Tokyo 1964 at 16, 1967 Pan Am champion, 1968 Olympian, ISHOF honoree.
Lesley Dunlop
Lesley Jane Dunlop (born 1956, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British actress known for Zoë Angell in May to December, Anna Kirkwall in Where the Heart Is, and Brenda Walker in Emmerdale (2008–2024).
Lesley Eugene Warren
Lesley Eugene Warren, "The Babyface Killer" (born 1967), American serial killer convicted of murdering three women in North and South Carolina, 1989–1990, confessed to a fourth, on North Carolina death row.
Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett (born 1955, Thorne, Yorkshire) is an English soprano, ENO Principal Soprano from 1984, CBE 2002, Gramophone Award winner, and crossover star of recordings, TV, and West End musicals.
Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore (Lesley Sue Goldstein, 1946–2015), American pop singer of 1960s hits 'It's My Party' (No. 1) and 'You Don't Own Me' (No. 2); later Oscar-nominated songwriter for Fame, LGBT advocate, 2024 New Jersey Hall of Fame inductee.
Lesley Head
Lesley Head is an Australian geographer whose research centers on human-environment relations, especially humans and plants; she is an emeritus professor at the University of Melbourne and former president of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
Lesley J. McNair
Lesley J. McNair (1883–1944), U.S. Army lieutenant general, commanded Army Ground Forces and trained the ninety WWII divisions; killed by friendly fire near Saint-Lô during Operation Cobra, July 25, 1944.
Lesley Joseph
Lesley Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster best known as Dorien Green in the sitcom Birds of a Feather, which she played from 1989 to 1998.
Lesley Judd
Lesley Judd, born in 1946, is a British former television presenter and dancer, best known as a long-serving host of the BBC children's program Blue Peter from 1972 to 1979.
Lesley Manville
Lesley Manville (born 1956, Brighton) is an English stage, film, and TV actress, Mike Leigh's most-cast collaborator, Oscar-nominated for Phantom Thread, Princess Margaret in The Crown, and winner of two Oliviers and a Tony.
Lesley Nicol (actress)
Lesley Nicol (born 1953) is an English actress known as cook Mrs. Patmore in Downton Abbey (2010-2015) and its three films, a three-time SAG ensemble winner, with West End credits including Mamma Mia! and East Is East.
Lesley Seymour
Lesley Seymour is a Canadian medical oncologist who directs the Canadian Cancer Trials Group's Investigational New Drug Program in Kingston, Ontario, specializing in lung cancer.
Lesley Sharp
Lesley Sharp (born 1960, Manchester) is a British actress known for Rita, Sue and Bob Too!, The Full Monty, Scott & Bailey, Afterlife, Before We Die, Red Eye, and Bergerac series 2.
Lesley Stahl
Lesley Stahl (born 1941) is an American CBS News broadcast journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent since 1991, first woman at CBS to serve as White House correspondent and Face the Nation moderator.
Lesley Stewart
Lesley A. Stewart is a medical researcher and Professor of Evidence Synthesis at the University of York, known for pioneering individual participant data meta-analysis of clinical trials.
Lesley Thompson Willie
Lesley Thompson-Willie, Canadian rowing coxswain born 1959 in Toronto, won five Olympic medals (gold, Barcelona 1992 women's eight) over a record-tying eight Games and 10 world championship medals.
Lesley-Ann Brandt
Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 1981, Cape Town) is a South African-born, New Zealand-raised actress known for Mazikeen in Lucifer, Naevia in Spartacus, and Pearl Thorne in The Ones Who Live.