prefrontal cortex

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Noun

prefrontal cortex

1. (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the frontal lobes of the mammalian brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas.

Synonyms

• PFC (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

• cortex / cerebral cortex

Meronyms

• orbitofrontal cortex

Derived terms

• PFC (abbreviation)
• ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Translations

the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain

Chinese: Mandarin: 前額葉皮質 / 前额叶皮质 (qián éyè pízhì) Finnish: aivokuoren etuosa French: cortex préfrontal (fr) m German: präfrontaler Cortex m Italian: corteccia prefrontale f Polish: kora przedczołowa f Russian: префронта́льная кора́ f (prefrontálʹnaja korá) Spanish: corteza prefrontal f Turkish: prefrontal korteks Ukrainian: префронта́льна кора́ f (prefrontálʹna korá)