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Abstract
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.
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- Cortex, Prefrontal
- Anterior Prefrontal Cortex
- Brodmann Area 10
- Brodmann Area 11
- Brodmann Area 12
- Brodmann Area 47
- Brodmann's Area 10
- Brodmann's Area 11
- Brodmann's Area 12
- Brodmann's Area 47
- Frontal Sulcus
- Gyrus Frontalis Inferior
- Gyrus Frontalis Superior
- Gyrus Orbitalis
- Gyrus Rectus
- Inferior Frontal Gyrus
- Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex
- Marginal Gyrus
- Medial Frontal Gyrus
- Olfactory Sulci
- Orbital Area
- Orbital Cortex
- Orbital Gyri
- Orbitofrontal Cortex
- Orbitofrontal Gyri
- Orbitofrontal Gyrus
- Orbitofrontal Region
- Pars Orbitalis
- Rectal Gyrus
- Rectus Gyrus
- Straight Gyrus
- Subcallosal Area
- Superior Frontal Convolution
- Superior Frontal Gyrus
- Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex
- Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
- Anterior Prefrontal Cortices
- Area 10, Brodmann
- Area 10, Brodmann's
- Area 11, Brodmann
- Area 11, Brodmann's
- Area 12, Brodmann
- Area 12, Brodmann's
- Area 47, Brodmann
- Area 47, Brodmann's
- Area, Orbital
- Area, Subcallosal
- Brodmanns Area 10
- Brodmanns Area 11
- Brodmanns Area 12
- Brodmanns Area 47
- Convolution, Superior Frontal
- Convolutions, Superior Frontal
- Cortex, Anterior Prefrontal
- Cortex, Lateral Orbitofrontal
- Cortex, Orbital
- Cortex, Orbitofrontal
- Cortex, Ventromedial Prefrontal
- Cortices, Ventromedial Prefrontal
- Frontal Convolution, Superior
- Frontal Gyrus, Inferior
- Frontal Gyrus, Medial
- Frontal Gyrus, Superior
- Frontalis Superior, Gyrus
- Gyrus, Inferior Frontal
- Gyrus, Marginal
- Gyrus, Medial Frontal
- Gyrus, Orbital
- Gyrus, Orbitofrontal
- Gyrus, Rectal
- Gyrus, Rectus
- Gyrus, Straight
- Gyrus, Superior Frontal
- Inferior, Gyrus Frontalis
- Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortices
- Olfactory Sulcus
- Orbital Areas
- Orbital Cortices
- Orbital Gyrus
- Orbitalis, Pars
- Orbitofrontal Cortex, Lateral
- Orbitofrontal Cortices
- Orbitofrontal Cortices, Lateral
- Orbitofrontal Regions
- Prefrontal Cortex, Anterior
- Prefrontal Cortex, Ventromedial
- Prefrontal Cortices, Anterior
- Region, Orbitofrontal
- Subcallosal Areas
- Sulcus, Frontal
- Superior Frontal Convolutions
- Superior, Gyrus Frontalis
- Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortices
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- Cerebral Cortex (1966-1992)
- Frontal Lobe (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Prefrontal Cortex. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017397. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017397
- Prefrontal Cortex. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal_cortex
- Prefrontal Cortex. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18680