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The association cortex is a part of the cerebral cortex that performs complex cognitive functions. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Unlike primary sensory or motor areas , which process specific sensory inputs or motor outputs, the association cortex integrates information from various sources to support higher-order cognitive processes.
Cortical white matter increases from childhood (~9 years) to adolescence (~14 years), most notably in the frontal and parietal cortices. [8] Cortical grey matter development peaks at ~12 years of age in the frontal and parietal cortices, and 14–16 years in the temporal lobes (with the superior temporal cortex being last to mature), peaking at about roughly the same age in both sexes ...
A third definition of the prefrontal cortex is the area of frontal cortex whose electrical stimulation does not lead to observable movements. For example, in 1890 David Ferrier [17] used the term in this sense. One complication with this definition is that the electrically "silent" frontal cortex includes both granular and non-granular areas. [11]
Frontal lobe. Cortex Primary motor cortex (Precentral gyrus, M1) Premotor cortex; Supplementary motor cortex; Prefrontal cortex. Orbitofrontal cortex; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex; Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex; Gyri. Superior frontal gyrus; Middle frontal gyrus; Inferior ...
The development of the prefrontal cortex has been implicated in the ability to regulate behavior and engage in inhibitory control. [ 53 ] As a result of synaptic pruning and myelination of the prefrontal cortex, improvements in executive functions have been observed during adolescence.
The development of the cerebral cortex, known as corticogenesis is the process during which the cerebral cortex of the brain is formed as part of the development of the nervous system of mammals including its development in humans. The cortex is the outer layer of the brain and is composed of up to six layers. Neurons formed in the ventricular ...
The uncinate fasciculus is a hook-shaped bundle of axons that links anterior portions of the temporal lobe with the inferior frontal gyrus and the lower surfaces of the frontal lobe. It arises in the anterior temporal lobe and amygdala , in the temporal lobe curving in an upward pathway behind the external capsule inward of the insular cortex ...
Area 12 – Orbitofrontal area (used to be part of BA11, refers to the area between the superior frontal gyrus and the inferior rostral sulcus) Area 13 and Area 14 * – Insular cortex; Area 15 * – Anterior temporal lobe; Area 16 – Insular cortex; Area 17 – Primary visual cortex (V1) Area 18 – Secondary visual cortex (V2)