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frontal cortex

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Noun1.frontal cortex - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the foreheadfrontal cortex - that part of the cerebral cortex in either hemisphere of the brain lying directly behind the forehead
cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex, pallium - the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
frontal gyrus - any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum
precentral gyrus - the convolution of the frontal lobe that is bounded in back by the central sulcus and that contains the motor area
lobe - (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; "ear lobe"


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The amygdala has the option of making an immediate emotional decision or passing the stimuli on to the frontal cortex area of the brain for a laborious analytical evaluation.
Interestingly, the increase in size was limited to the frontal cortex, showing that at the time the population of early progenitors was abnormally expanded in Fgf10 mutants, their area identity had been fixed.
It is among the strongest evidence to date for a systemic organization of the frontal cortex," said lead author David Badre of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
 
 
 
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