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What, If Anything, Is Rodent Prefrontal Cortex?
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270 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 453 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ferret as a model system for studying the anatomy and function of the prefrontal cortex: A systematic review.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Quantifying the inverted U: A meta-analysis of prefrontal dopamine, D1 receptors, and working memory.Behavioral neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Kappa-Opioid Receptor/Dynorphin System in Modulating Neural-Circuits of Depression and Anxiety-A Review.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026Review
- Stage-Dependent Effects of "Too Little and Too Much" Medial Prefrontal Activity on Reversal Learning in Rats: Functional Inhibition Impairs Early, Whereas Neural Disinhibition Impairs Late Reversals.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Comparative insights into insula structure and function.Nature neuroscience · 2026Review
- Sexually dimorphic organization of extracellular matrix and perineuronal nets in the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) social brain.Brain structure & function · 2026Article
- Medial prefrontal cortex encodes but is not required to generate goal-directed actions under threat.eLife · 2026Article
- Activity-dependent development of vocal circuits in the neonatal rodent forebrain.EMBO reports · 2026Article
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- Orbitofrontal-sensory cortical interactions in learning and adaptive decision-making.Trends in cognitive sciences · 2026Review
- An olfactory-prefrontal cortical circuit supports social recognition.Research square · 2026Article
- Visual Salience Controls the Speed of Evidence Accumulation in Value-Based Decisions by Rats.eNeuro · 2026Article
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- Prefrontal modulation of striatal engagement: a hierarchical framework for goal-directed behavior.Communications biology · 2026Review
- Shifts in attentional demand are accompanied by sex-specific patterns of insula-frontal cortical interactions in mice.NeuroImage · 2026Article
- Changes in perineuronal net and parvalbumin expression in the orbitofrontal cortex of male Wistar rats following repeated fentanyl administration.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Cortical-limbic circuit dynamics of approach-avoidance conflict in humans.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Prefrontal cortex interneurons and their contributions to attention, working memory, and adaptive behavior.Progress in neurobiology · 2026Review
- The Relationship Between Emotion Processing and Flexor Afferent Responses in Upper Limbs.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Prefrontal cortex (PFC) means different things to different people. In recent years, there has been a major increase in publications on the PFC, especially using mice. However, inconsistencies in the nomenclature and anatomical boundaries of PFC areas has made it difficult for researchers to compare data and interpret findings across species. We conducted a meta-analysis of publications on the PFC of humans and rodents and found dramatic differences in the focus of research on these species. In addition, we compared anatomical terms and criteria across several common rodent brain atlases and found inconsistencies among, and even within, leading atlases. To assess the impact of these issues on the research community, we conducted a survey of established PFC researchers on their use of anatomical terms and found little consensus. We report on the results of the survey and propose an alternative scheme for interpreting data from rodent studies, based on structural analysis of the corpus callosum and nomenclature used in research on the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) of primates.
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