Prefrontal Cortex
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Sunday, November 08, 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...

Association of ideomotor apraxia with frontal gray matter volume loss in corticobasal syndrome.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the brain areas associated with specific components of ideomotor apraxia (IMA) in corticobasal syndrome (CBS). DESIGN: Case-control and cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: Forty-eight patients with CBS and 14 control ... 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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Prefrontal Cortex'

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
• Association of ideomotor apraxia with frontal gray matter volume loss in corticobasal syndrome. 29 Sep 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
• Differential effects of topiramate on prefrontal glutamatergic transmission when combined with raclopride or clozapine. 29 Sep 2009
• Increased expression of the NR2A NMDA receptor subunit in the prefrontal cortex of rats reared in isolation. 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
• Formation of spatial memory in rats with ischemic lesions to the prefrontal cortex; effects of a synthetic analog of ACTH(4-7). 21 Sep 2009
• Orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate cortex neurons selectively process cocaine-associated environmental cues in the rhesus monkey. 14 Sep 2009
• The structural integrity of an amygdala-prefrontal pathway predicts trait anxiety. 14 Sep 2009
• The convergence of information about rewarding and aversive stimuli in single neurons. 14 Sep 2009
• Medial prefrontal cortex, secondary hyperalgesia, and the default mode network. 14 Sep 2009
• Serotonergic modulation of basal ganglia circuits: complexity and therapeutic opportunities. 13 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
• Aberrant frontoparietal function during recognition memory in schizophrenia: a multimodal neuroimaging investigation. 7 Sep 2009
• Differential engagement of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex by goal-directed and habitual behavior toward food pictures in humans. 7 Sep 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"