Prefrontal Cortex

"Prefrontal Cortex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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 ID	D017397
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.270.700
Concept/Terms	Prefrontal Cortex Prefrontal Cortex Cortex, Prefrontal Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Cortex, Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortices, Lateral Orbitofrontal Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortices Orbitofrontal Cortex, Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortices, Lateral Medial Frontal Gyrus Medial Frontal Gyrus Frontal Gyrus, Medial Gyrus, Medial Frontal Olfactory Sulci Olfactory Sulci Olfactory Sulcus Sulci, Olfactory Sulcus, Olfactory Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Prefrontal Cortex, Dorsolateral Cortex, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortices Prefrontal Cortices, Dorsolateral Straight Gyrus Straight Gyrus Gyrus, Straight Rectus Gyrus Gyrus, Rectus Rectal Gyrus Gyrus, Rectal Gyrus Rectus Rectus, Gyrus Subcallosal Area Subcallosal Area Area, Subcallosal Areas, Subcallosal Subcallosal Areas Superior Frontal Gyrus Superior Frontal Gyrus Frontal Gyrus, Superior Gyrus, Superior Frontal Superior Frontal Convolution Convolution, Superior Frontal Convolutions, Superior Frontal Frontal Convolution, Superior Frontal Convolutions, Superior Superior Frontal Convolutions Marginal Gyrus Gyrus, Marginal Gyrus Frontalis Superior Frontalis Superior, Gyrus Frontalis Superiors, Gyrus Gyrus Frontalis Superiors Superior, Gyrus Frontalis Superiors, Gyrus Frontalis Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Cortex, Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortices, Ventromedial Prefrontal Prefrontal Cortex, Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortices, Ventromedial Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortices Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex Frontal Sulcus Frontal Sulcus Sulcus, Frontal Inferior Frontal Gyrus Inferior Frontal Gyrus Frontal Gyrus, Inferior Gyrus, Inferior Frontal Gyrus Frontalis Inferior Frontalis Inferior, Gyrus Frontalis Inferiors, Gyrus Gyrus Frontalis Inferiors Inferior, Gyrus Frontalis Inferiors, Gyrus Frontalis Orbitofrontal Cortex Orbitofrontal Cortex Cortex, Orbitofrontal Cortices, Orbitofrontal Orbitofrontal Cortices Orbitofrontal Gyrus Gyrus, Orbitofrontal Orbitofrontal Region Orbitofrontal Regions Region, Orbitofrontal Regions, Orbitofrontal Orbital Cortex Cortex, Orbital Cortices, Orbital Orbital Cortices Orbital Area Area, Orbital Areas, Orbital Orbital Areas Gyrus Orbitalis Gyrus Orbitali Orbitali, Gyrus Orbitalis, Gyrus Orbital Gyri Gyri, Orbital Gyrus, Orbital Orbital Gyrus Orbitofrontal Gyri Gyri, Orbitofrontal

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Telencephalon [A08.186.211.730.885]
Cerebrum [A08.186.211.730.885.287]
Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500]
Frontal Lobe [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.270]
Prefrontal Cortex [A08.186.211.730.885.287.500.270.700]

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Prefrontal Cortex
Broca Area

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Bar chart showing 80 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2008 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1998	2	0	2
1999	0	1	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	2	1	3
2003	1	3	4
2004	0	1	1
2005	3	0	3
2006	2	4	6
2007	1	1	2
2008	1	6	7
2009	4	0	4
2010	3	2	5
2011	5	1	6
2012	1	1	2
2013	2	1	3
2014	5	2	7
2015	1	3	4
2016	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	0	5	5
2019	1	1	2
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	1	2

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Khan OA, Singh T, Barany DA, Modlesky CM. Accuracy deficits during robotic time-constrained reaching are related to altered prefrontal cortex activity in children with cerebral palsy. J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2024 Dec 19; 21(1):216.

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Borst B, Jovanovic T, House SL, Bruce SE, Harnett NG, Roeckner AR, Ely TD, Lebois LAM, Young D, Beaudoin FL, An X, Neylan TC, Clifford GD, Linnstaedt SD, Germine LT, Bollen KA, Rauch SL, Haran JP, Storrow AB, Lewandowski C, Musey PI, Hendry PL, Sheikh S, Jones CW, Punches BE, Hudak LA, Pascual JL, Seamon MJ, Datner EM, Pearson C, Peak DA, Domeier RM, Rathlev NK, O'Neil BJ, Sergot P, Sanchez LD, Harte SE, Koenen KC, Kessler RC, McLean SA, Ressler KJ, Stevens JS, van Rooij SJH. Sex Differences in Response Inhibition-Related Neural Predictors of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Civilians With Recent Trauma. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Jul; 9(7):668-680.

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Licea J, Khan OA, Singh T, Modlesky CM. Prefrontal cortex hemodynamic activity during a test of lower extremity functional muscle strength in children with cerebral palsy: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study. Eur J Neurosci. 2024 Jan; 59(2):298-307.

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Rubinstein DY, Weidemann CT, Sperling MR, Kahana MJ. Direct brain recordings suggest a causal subsequent-memory effect. Cereb Cortex. 2023 05 24; 33(11):6891-6901.

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Sinko L, Regier P, Curtin A, Ayaz H, Rose Childress A, Teitelman AM. Neural correlates of cognitive control in women with a history of sexual violence suggest altered prefrontal cortical activity during cognitive processing. Womens Health (Lond). 2022 Jan-Dec; 18:17455057221081326.

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Hernan AE, Mahoney JM, Curry W, Mawe S, Scott RC. Fine Spike Timing in Hippocampal-Prefrontal Ensembles Predicts Poor Encoding and Underlies Behavioral Performance in Healthy and Malformed Brains. Cereb Cortex. 2021 01 01; 31(1):147-158.

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Hahn B, Harvey AN, Concheiro-Guisan M, Huestis MA, Ross TJ, Stein EA. Nicotinic receptor modulation of the default mode network. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021 Feb; 238(2):589-597.

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Ross JA, Alexis R, Reyes BAS, Risbrough V, Van Bockstaele EJ. Localization of amyloid beta peptides to locus coeruleus and medial prefrontal cortex in corticotropin releasing factor overexpressing male and female mice. Brain Struct Funct. 2019 Sep; 224(7):2385-2405.

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Magee R, Londin E, Rigoutsos I. TRNA-derived fragments as sex-dependent circulating candidate biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 08; 65:203-209.

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Ezquer F, Quintanilla ME, Morales P, Santapau D, Ezquer M, Kogan MJ, Salas-Huenuleo E, Herrera-Marschitz M, Israel Y. Intranasal delivery of mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes reduces oxidative stress and markedly inhibits ethanol consumption and post-deprivation relapse drinking. Addict Biol. 2019 09; 24(5):994-1007.

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