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PREFRONTAL CORTEX

Specialty Definition: PREFRONTAL CORTEX

DomainDefinition

Health

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. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: PREFRONTAL CORTEX

DomainTitle

Books

  • Structure and Functions of the Human Prefrontal Cortex (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences : Vol. 769) (reference)

  • The Prefrontal Cortex (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: PREFRONTAL CORTEX

Expression using "PREFRONTAL CORTEX": ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PREFRONTAL CORTEX

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

prefrontal cortex

17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: PREFRONTAL CORTEX

Language Translations for "PREFRONTAL CORTEX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

prefrontaalinen aivokuori, prefrontaalialue, etuotsalohkon aivokuori. (various references)

   

French

  

cortex préfrontal. (various references)

   

German

  

präfrontaler Cortex, präfrontale Rinde. (various references)

   

Italian

  

corteccia prefrontale. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

efrontalpray ortexcay

   

Spanish

  

corteza prefrontal. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

prefrontala kortex, prefrontala cortex. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PREFRONTAL CORTEX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-l-n-o-o-p-r-r-r-t-t-x"

-5 letters: coleopteran, expectorant, protectoral.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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