prefrontal cortex

English

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

• Finnish: aivokuoren etuosa
• French: cortex préfrontal (fr) m
• German: präfrontaler Cortex m
• Italian: corteccia prefrontale f
• Spanish: corteza prefrontal f
• Turkish: prefrontal korteks