Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Both ventral and medial; extending toward the ventral surface and the median line.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
ventromedian .
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- adjective anatomy Both
ventral andmedial
Etymologies
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Examples
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This part of the brain is called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC).
Srinivasan Pillay: New Ways to Think About Guilt: Inside the Human Brain 2009
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In another experiment published in March, University of Southern California neuroscientist Antonio R. Damasio and his colleagues showed that patients with damage to an area of the brain known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex lack the ability to feel their way to moral answers.
Balkinization 2007
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Activity in this area – known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex – increases during anxiety and helps control strategies on how to respond to the threat.
Boing Boing 2007
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A smaller brain region in the middle - called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex - helps you weigh the myriad decisions coursing through your mind minute to minute.
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Patients with damage to this brain area, known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
FuturePundit Randall Parker 2010
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Patients with damage to this brain area, known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
FuturePundit Randall Parker 2010
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The finding comes from the work of Jeff Cooper, who spent his time as a Stanford doctoral candidate studying a part of the brain called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Patients with damage to this brain area, known as the ventromedial prefrontal cortex
FuturePundit Randall Parker 2010
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The finding comes from the work of Jeff Cooper, who spent his time as a Stanford doctoral candidate studying a part of the brain called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Functional MRI scans showed changes from Ritalin use in brain areas that reflect inhibitory control, particularly a region called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.
Gas Drilling 2010
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