Talk:Prefrontal cortex
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The Phineas Gage section should probably be rewritten, it diverges somewhat from Wikipedia's own section on it
How about some External Links?
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[edit] Connections
I am thinking about intergrating more of the executive function discussion into this page, and a discussion around brain function and brain strucutres. Any thoughts
[edit] Prefrontal Cortex with the Amygdala
I was reading, and I would like to say that from what I read the Prefrontal Cortex and the Amygdala are strongly connected to each other. The Amygdala is in the Temporal Lobe.
[edit] Prefrontal Cortex/Amygdala with Hippocampus
Studies of the rat brain with dyes have shown that the medial prefrontal cortex is connected by virtue of thalamocortical circuits to the amygdala and hippocampus, where memories of things such as music are formed (see article on the primary auditory cortex)
[edit] Medial prefrontal cortex, stress, and the healing power of music
The recent study by Liston et. al. has shown that frontal cortical areas differ in response to stress, mainly by dendritic loss. Music activates this region of the brain that can succumb to dendritic loss and loss of synapses (medial prefrontal cortex), and in the brain a neuron being pruned can regenerate its connections with stimulation. Perhaps music not only "ameliorates the soul", but also prevents loss of grey matter in the prefrontal cortex with stress?
[edit] Place in context
IANA neurologist, but (or maybe, "so,") I think it would be useful to add a bit of context to the article. It is implied but not stated that all the content of the article applies only to the human brain. This could be made more clear, perhaps by stating it is only found in humans (?) and even providing a little bit of history. Eg, how and when did we get it? Maybe even, are there any structures in other creatures that provide some of the same facilities? Somegeek 19:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
