Synonyms for prefrontal cortex
pre·frontal cor·tex

Princeton's WordNet

1. prefrontal lobe, prefrontal cortexnoun

   the anterior part of the frontal lobe

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1. Luana Marques:

   Charge up, what I mean by that is eating, sleeping and exercise. All three of those are things that we know help us activate our prefrontal cortex.

2. Amy Arnsten:

   It's a double whammy. At the same time the prefrontal cortex is getting weaker and more primitive, the brain circuits that generate emotion like fear are getting stronger, you start seeing the world as harmful even when it's not.

3. Pamela Rutledge:

   The prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until the mid-20s, so there is a slow maturation in the ability to calculate risk.

4. Amy Arnsten:

   One of the most striking( effects) is thinning of the gray matter of an area of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, it helps us to act appropriately. It gives us insight about ourselves and others. It gives us perspective. It allows us to do complex decision-making and to be able to have thoughtful, abstract reasoning rather than concrete or habitual responses.

5. Amy Arnsten:

   If you feel like you're in control of the stressor, then there aren't these toxic brain changes, if you feel out of control it leads to chemical changes in the prefrontal cortex that weakens the connections, and over time actually erode those connections away.