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 93 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2004	5	0	5
2005	4	1	5
2006	0	1	1
2007	1	3	4
2008	3	0	3
2009	1	1	2
2010	4	0	4
2011	3	0	3
2012	2	0	2
2013	3	4	7
2014	6	2	8
2015	4	1	5
2016	3	4	7
2017	7	0	7
2018	6	5	11
2019	2	3	5
2020	2	0	2
2021	3	3	6
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2

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Proteome-Wide Discovery of Cortical Proteins That May Provide Motor Resilience to Offset the Negative Effects of Pathologies in Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 03 01; 78(3):494-503.

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Abnormal gait and motor cortical processing in drug-resistant juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. Brain Behav. 2023 02; 13(2):e2872.

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Disease severity and prefrontal cortex activation during obstacle negotiation among patients with Parkinson's disease: Is it all as expected? Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2022 08; 101:20-26.

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Neural Variability in the Prefrontal Cortex as a Reflection of Neural Flexibility and Stability in Patients With Parkinson Disease. Neurology. 2022 02 22; 98(8):e839-e847.

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Social cognitive skills groups increase medial prefrontal cortex activity in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Res. 2021 12; 14(12):2495-2511.

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Multitarget Transcranial Electrical Stimulation for Freezing of Gait: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Mov Disord. 2021 11; 36(11):2693-2698.

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Targeted tDCS Mitigates Dual-Task Costs to Gait and Balance in Older Adults. Ann Neurol. 2021 09; 90(3):428-439.

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A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in Alzheimer's disease highlights novel differentially methylated loci across cortex. Nat Commun. 2021 06 10; 12(1):3517.

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Cortical proteins may provide motor resilience in older adults. Sci Rep. 2021 05 28; 11(1):11311.

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Causal roles of stress kinase JNK2 in DNA methylation and binge alcohol withdrawal-evoked behavioral deficits. Pharmacol Res. 2021 02; 164:105375.

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