Prefrontal Cortex - Physiology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Resolving response, decision, and strategic control: evidence for a functional topography in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex.

19 Oct 2009 The dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) plays a central role in aspects of cognitive control and decision making. Here, we provide evidence for an anterior-to-posterior topography within the DMPFC using tasks that evoke three distinct forms of ... Read more...

Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex enhances complex verbal associative thought.

29 Sep 2009 The remote associates test (RAT) is a complex verbal task with associations to both creative thought and general intelligence. RAT problems require not only lateral associations and the internal production of many words but a convergent focus on a ... Read more...

The medial temporal lobe and the left inferior prefrontal cortex jointly support interference resolution in verbal working memory.

29 Sep 2009 During working memory retrieval, proactive interference (PI) can be induced by semantic similarity and episodic familiarity. Here, we used fMRI to test hypotheses about the role of the left inferior frontal gyrus (LIFG) and the medial temporal lobe ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Prefrontal Cortex - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Resolving response, decision, and strategic control: evidence for a functional topography in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex. 19 Oct 2009
• Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation of the prefrontal cortex enhances complex verbal associative thought. 29 Sep 2009
• The medial temporal lobe and the left inferior prefrontal cortex jointly support interference resolution in verbal working memory. 29 Sep 2009
• Distinct orbitofrontal regions encode stimulus and choice valuation. 29 Sep 2009
• Evidence for a common representation of decision values for dissimilar goods in human ventromedial prefrontal cortex. 28 Sep 2009
• Tracking the emergence of conceptual knowledge during human decision making. 22 Sep 2009
• Neuronal activity in rat medial prefrontal cortex during sucrose solution intake. 21 Sep 2009
• Medial prefrontal cortex, secondary hyperalgesia, and the default mode network. 14 Sep 2009
• The eyes have it: hippocampal activity predicts expression of memory in eye movements. 8 Sep 2009
• It's in my eyes, but it doesn't look that way to me. 8 Sep 2009
• Differential engagement of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex by goal-directed and habitual behavior toward food pictures in humans. 7 Sep 2009
• Neuroscience: Persistent feedback. Sep 2009
• Right ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices mediate adaptive decisions under ambiguity by integrating choice utility and outcome evaluation. 31 Aug 2009
• Adapting to dynamic stimulus-response values: differential contributions of inferior frontal, dorsomedial, and dorsolateral regions of prefrontal cortex to decision making. 31 Aug 2009
• Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Activation of the caudal anterior cingulate cortex due to task-related interference in an auditory Stroop paradigm. 30 Aug 2009
• Neural basis of individualistic and collectivistic views of self. 30 Aug 2009
• ERPs in anterior and posterior regions associated with duration and size discriminations. 30 Aug 2009
• Learning to become an expert: reinforcement learning and the acquisition of perceptual expertise. 30 Aug 2009
• Neural systems supporting the control of affective and cognitive conflicts. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Prefrontal Cortex'

Definition: The rostral part of the frontal lobe, bounded by the inferior precentral fissure in humans, which receives projection fibers from the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus. The prefrontal cortex receives afferent fibers from numerous structures of the diencephalon, mesencephalon, and limbic system as well as cortical afferents of visual, auditory, and somatic origin.

Descriptor UI: D017397

Alternative terms: Prefrontal Cortex; Cortex, Prefrontal;

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Tree Number: A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.270.700;

History Note: 93

Technical Notes: "rostral part of the frontal lobe"