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Frontal cortex
| Name: | Frontal cortex |
| Description: | Anterior portion of the frontal cortex, lying anterior to the central sulcus in humans. It is bounded by the parietal cortex posteriorly and the temporal cortex laterally. |
| Is part of: | neocortex, frontal lobe |
| Super-category: | Regional part of brain |
| Id: | nlx_anat_20090601 |
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Parts of Frontal cortex
Inferred outgoing projections for Frontal cortex
The following brain regions receive axons from Frontal cortex: Caudate nucleus, Parafascicular nucleus, Red nucleus, Ventral tegmental area. The statements about these projections are not made on this page, but rather are made on the pages linked here.
Inferred incoming projections for Frontal cortex
The following brain regions send axons into Frontal cortex: Claustrum, Ventral tegmental area. The statements about these projections are not made on this page, but rather are made on the pages linked here.
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| Comment | I don't know how we want to represent the … I don't know how we want to represent the relationship between frontal cortex and frontal lobe; right now, I'm going to relate them through "Same As" relationship, although I'm not going to assert that these two terms are synonymous, because there are many species that do not have a frontal "lobe". species that do not have a frontal "lobe". |
| CurationStatus | uncurated + |
| Definition | Anterior portion of the frontal cortex, lying anterior to the central sulcus in humans. It is bounded by the parietal cortex posteriorly and the temporal cortex laterally. |
| Has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| Id | nlx_anat_20090601 + |
| Is part of | Neocortex +, and Frontal lobe + |
| Label | Frontal cortex + |
| ModifiedDate | 27 April 2012 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | PONS brain region + |
| SuperCategory | Regional part of brain + |