Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

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Ventromedial prefrontal cortex topic overview

The analysis highlights Art, Function and Anatomy as prominent areas in the source structure around Ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

Related topics: 55
Source areas: 3
Connected nodes: 58
Extracted relationships: 52
Concept neighborhoods: 16
Bridge connections: 58

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Function · 29 topics

Anatomy · 16 topics

Overview · 10 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Latin: cortex praefrontalis ventromedialis

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Overview

Anatomy

10 Brodmann area 10
14 Brodmann area 14
25 Brodmann area 25
32 Brodmann area 32
11 Brodmann area 11
12 Brodmann area 12
13 Brodmann area 13
Orbitofrontal cortex
António Damásio
Ventral tegmental area
Temporal lobe
Olfactory system
Dorsomedial thalamus Medial dorsal nucleus
Lateral hypothalamus
Hippocampal formation
Cingulate cortex

Function

Developmental neuroscience
Cortisol
Rewards Reward system
Irony
Sarcasm
Deception
Advertising
Skepticism
Beliefs Belief
Moral judgments Moral judgment
Emotions
Social norms Social norm
Functional imaging
Moral emotion Moral emotions
Phineas Gage
Serotonin
Morten Kringelbach
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Frontotemporal dementia
Theory of mind
Mentalizing
Defense mechanisms
Somatic marker hypothesis
Extinction Extinction (psychology)
Memory consolidation
Cocaine
Gray matter Grey matter
Pyramidal cells Pyramidal cell
Drug seeking behaviors Drug seeking behavior

Advanced semantic analysis

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How Ventromedial prefrontal cortex connects Entity context

The extracted context around Ventromedial prefrontal cortex shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → António Damásio, Brodmann, Different, However, It, Price, Sometimes, The, This, While Another extracted example is Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → Both, Chronic, Frequent, Inactivation, Specifically, The, When. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Anatomy · 10

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → António Damásio, Brodmann, Different, However, It, Price, Sometimes, The, This, While

related to Cocaine abuse · 7

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → Both, Chronic, Frequent, Inactivation, Specifically, The, When

related to Function · 6

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → Compared, Functional, However, It, Research, There

related to Extinction · 5

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → Another, In, Patients, Studies, The

related to Gender specific social cues · 3

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → One, Ventromedial, Whereas

is a · 2

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → important component for reactivating past emotional associations and events, major locus of dysfunction in the mild stages of the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia

Latin · 1

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → cortex praefrontalis ventromedialis

Important terminology

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Important terminology

vmpfc cortex prefrontal ventromedial patients also damage emotional amygdala making associated moral lesions role social extinction emotions activation brain medial

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 52 structured relationships around Ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Examples in this analysis include Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → Latin → cortex praefrontalis ventromedialis and Ventromedial prefrontal cortex → is a → important component for reactivating past emotional associations and events. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex	Latin	cortex praefrontalis ventromedialis	1.00	infobox
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex	is a	important component for reactivating past emotional associations and events	0.90	text
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex	is a	major locus of dysfunction in the mild stages of the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia	0.90	text
the amygdala	instance of	Evidence has shown that impulsive murderers have decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex and increased activity in subcortical areas	0.80	text
compassion	instance of	Their emotional responsiveness is generally diminished and they show markedly reduced social emotions	0.80	text
shame	instance of	Their emotional responsiveness is generally diminished and they show markedly reduced social emotions	0.80	text
guilt	instance of	Their emotional responsiveness is generally diminished and they show markedly reduced social emotions	0.80	text
lack of empathy	instance of	Patients also exhibit poorly regulated anger and frustration tolerance in certain circumstances.Patients with focal lesions in the vmPFC show personality changes	0.80	text
irresponsibility	instance of	Patients also exhibit poorly regulated anger and frustration tolerance in certain circumstances.Patients with focal lesions in the vmPFC show personality changes	0.80	text
and poor decision making	instance of	Patients also exhibit poorly regulated anger and frustration tolerance in certain circumstances.Patients with focal lesions in the vmPFC show personality changes	0.80	text
intellectualization	instance of	showing that the brain regions is directly involved in empathy and mentalizing.The capacity for mature defense mechanisms	0.80	text
compensation	instance of	showing that the brain regions is directly involved in empathy and mentalizing.The capacity for mature defense mechanisms	0.80	text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Ventromedial prefrontal cortex bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Cortex, Prefrontal and Ventromedial. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
- Cortex
- Prefrontal
- Ventromedial
- Associated
- Social
- Damage
- Specific
- Regulation
- Shown
- Control
- Medial
- Emotion
ventromedial prefrontal cortex
- Cortex
- Prefrontal
- Ventromedial
- Associated
- Also
- Social
- Amygdala
- Damage
- Ventral
- Specific
- Cocaine
- Regulation
prefrontal cortex
- Cortex
- Prefrontal
- Ventromedial
- Also
- Amygdala
- Ventral
- Associated
- Cocaine
- Regulation
- Shown
- Brain
- Control
orbitofrontal cortex
- Prefrontal
- Ventromedial
- Also
- Associated
- Damage
- Cocaine
- Regulation
- Shown
- Brain
- Control
- Emotion
- Activation
cingulate cortex
- Prefrontal
- Ventromedial
- Also
- Associated
- Damage
- Cocaine
- Regulation
- Shown
- Brain
- Control
- Emotion
- Activation
mammalian brain
- Cocaine
- Medial
- Amygdala
- Prefrontal
- Cortex
- Ventral
- Patients
- Hypothesis
- Specific
- Area
- Decision
- Regulation
cocaine
- Activation
- Shown
- Prefrontal
- Ventral
- Cortex
- Hypothesis
- Specific
- Area
- Decision
- Found
- Regulation
- Use
moral emotion
- Regulation
- People
- Patients
- Social
- Associated
- Decisions
- Emotions
- Moral
- Emotional
- Ventromedial
- Ventral
- Hypothesis

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Ventromedial prefrontal cortex, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Ventromedial prefrontal cortex with Function. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex — Function · splits 29 ⟂ 30

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex — Anatomy · splits 42 ⟂ 17

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex — Overview · splits 48 ⟂ 11

Map overview Semantic statistics

Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Nodes59

Edges58

Triples52

Avg. degree1.97

Density0.033898

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Ventromedial prefrontal cortex to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Art, Function & Anatomy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Ventromedial prefrontal cortex · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout