The broadest inclusion criteria used in the literature for prefrontal cortex is the receipt of projections from the DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE THALAMUS. In the brain of PRIMATES, the dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus (MD) sends projections to two...

Discriminating and responding to a STIMULUS based on features of that stimulus results in the formation of an ATTENTIONAL SET, which enhances the efficiency of processing of the relevant features. When the contingencies of discriminating and responding...

The area of FRONTAL CORTEX of the MEDIAL WALL in rats, with reciprocal connections with DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS OF THE THALAMUS and possibly homologous to DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX in PRIMATES. The precise extent of rodent medial prefrontal cortex is...

The agranular cortex refers to the motor areas of the CEREBRAL CORTEX that lack the internal granular layer (layer 4). These areas are characterized by the presence of a type of giant (50–80 μm) pyramidal neuron, called a BETZ CELL, in layer...

The prefrontal cortex is the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain, lying in front of the motor and premotor areas. In terms of its cytoarchitectonics, the prefrontal cortex is defined by the presence of an internal granular layer IV (in...