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prefrontal

[prē′frənt·əl]
(anatomy)
Situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe of the brain.
(vertebrate zoology)
Of or pertaining to a bone of some vertebrate skulls, located anterior and lateral to the frontal bone.
Of, pertaining to, or being a scale or plate in front of the frontal scale on the head of some reptiles and fishes.
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Stress disrupts the lateral prefrontal cortex control mechanism, but you may be able train people to seek a different strategy, ' he said.
Emotional disorders have been observed in children suffering from ALL after first remission.4 Neural projections from prefrontal cortex extend to emotion circuits of the brain.
Post-mortem studies have revealed that the inhibitory neurons (which use GABA) in the hippocampi of these individuals are compromised, possibly making it harder for the prefrontal cortex to regulate activity in this structure.
[9] Other studies have found progressive loss of brain tissues in schizophrenia and reduction of neuronal density decreased in the prefrontal cortex, as well as (NAA+NAAG) representative neuronal density and activity gradually decreased with the development of disease.
The medial prefrontal cortex of the 156 mg/kg Allium sativum group showed hypertrophy and hyperplasia especially in the cortical plate.
In addition, a novel miRNA (miR-101b) was found to be downregulated in depression and could decrease mRNA and protein levels of glutamate transporter SLC1A1 in the prefrontal cortex [59].
They also had less blood flow to the subgenual prefrontal cortex.
Fuchikami of the department of psychiatry at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and his coinvestigators placed microinfusions of ketamine into several different areas of the prefrontal cortex of rat subjects.
They include the hypothalamus; the striatal region, which includes the putamen and caudate and is in charge of motivation and reward; the limbic region, where emotion and memory reside; and the cortical region, which includes the prefrontal cortex, insula, and the anterior cingulate cortex and handles the integration and processing of the brain.
These studies reported significant impairments in the prefrontal cortex of antisocial individuals; specifically, impairments were shown in the right orbitofrontal cortex, right anterior cingulate cortex, and left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
The second brain region, a place a little closer to the eyes called the rostromedial prefrontal cortex, maybe a more sophisticated matchmaker, focusing on personality instead of physical attractiveness.
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