| When people, especially children, experience fear from external sources, the prefrontal cortex has to provide a sense of safety. |
| Called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, it lies just a couple of inches behind the right eye. |
| Third, unique human expression patterns were more common in the prefrontal cortex than in the cerebellum. |
| This substance stimulates neuronal activity in a specific region of the prefrontal cortex and could give rise to a new class of anti-depressants. |
| Affective and motivational dimensions of pain were proposed as mediated by medial thalamic nuclei, the prefrontal cortex, and the limbic system. |
| Their research indicates that the prefrontal cortex of the brain has a rapid period of growth just before puberty. |
