MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Prefrontal Cortex
Tree Number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.700
Unique ID: D017397
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017397
Scope Note: The rostral part of the frontal lobe, bounded by the inferior precentral fissure in humans, which receives projection fibers from the MEDIODORSAL NUCLEUS OF THE THALAMUS. The prefrontal cortex receives afferent fibers from numerous structures of the DIENCEPHALON; MESENCEPHALON; and LIMBIC SYSTEM as well as cortical afferents of visual, auditory, and somatic origin.
Entry Term(s): Anterior Prefrontal Cortex; Brodmann Area 10; Brodmann Area 11; Brodmann Area 12; Brodmann Area 47; Brodmann's Area 10; Brodmann's Area 11; Brodmann's Area 12; Brodmann's Area 47; Frontal Sulcus; Gyrus Frontalis Inferior; Gyrus Frontalis Superior; Gyrus Orbitalis; Gyrus Rectus; Inferior Frontal Gyrus; Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex; Marginal Gyrus; Medial Frontal Gyrus; Olfactory Sulci; Orbital Area; Orbital Cortex; Orbital Gyri; Orbitofrontal Cortex; Orbitofrontal Gyri; Orbitofrontal Gyrus; Orbitofrontal Region; Pars Orbitalis; Rectal Gyrus; Rectus Gyrus; Straight Gyrus; Subcallosal Area; Superior Frontal Convolution; Superior Frontal Gyrus; Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex; Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex
NLM Classification #: WL 307
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Cortex (1966-1992); Frontal Lobe (1966-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

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Nervous System [A08]
- Central Nervous System [A08.186]
  - Brain [A08.186.211]
    - Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.200]
      - Telencephalon [A08.186.211.200.885]
        
        Cerebrum [A08.186.211.200.885.287]
        
        Cerebral Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500]
        
        Frontal Lobe [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270]
        
        Motor Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.548]
        
        Prefrontal Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.700]
        
        Broca Area [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.700.500]
        
        Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.700.750]
        
        Uncinate Fasciculus [A08.186.211.200.885.287.500.270.850]

Prefrontal Cortex Preferred

Frontal Sulcus Narrower

Superior Frontal Gyrus Narrower

Concept UI: M0590513
Terms: Superior Frontal Gyrus Preferred Term
Term UI T853667
Date01/16/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Marginal Gyrus
Term UI T857260
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Gyrus Frontalis Superior
Term UI T857258
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Superior Frontal Convolution
Term UI T857259
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

Medial Frontal Gyrus Narrower

Inferior Frontal Gyrus Narrower

Straight Gyrus Narrower

Concept UI: M0590530
Terms: Straight Gyrus Preferred Term
Term UI T853694
Date01/17/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Brodmann's Area 11
Term UI T001089499
Date10/07/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Gyrus Rectus
Term UI T853733
Date01/17/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Rectus Gyrus
Term UI T857247
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Rectal Gyrus
Term UI T857248
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Brodmann Area 11
Term UI T001089498
Date10/07/2020
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Orbitofrontal Cortex Narrower

Concept UI: M0590531
Terms: Orbitofrontal Cortex Preferred Term
Term UI T853695
Date01/17/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Orbitofrontal Gyrus
Term UI T857249
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Orbitofrontal Gyri
Term UI T857250
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Orbital Cortex
Term UI T857251
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Orbital Area
Term UI T857252
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Gyrus Orbitalis
Term UI T857253
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Orbital Gyri
Term UI T853696
Date01/17/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Orbitofrontal Region
Term UI T857254
Date03/24/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

Subcallosal Area Narrower

Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Narrower

Olfactory Sulci Narrower

Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Narrower

Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Narrower

Brodmann Area 12 Narrower

Brodmann Area 47 Narrower

Pars Orbitalis Narrower

Prefrontal Cortex MeSH Descriptor Data 2025