precentral region

The term precentral region refers to a cytoarchitecturally defined portion of the cerebral cortex that lies immediately rostral to the central sulcus.It occupies caudal portions of the superior frontal gyrus and middle frontal gyrus and the precentral gyrus. It extends into the rostral bank of the central sulcus, though not to the full depth of the sulcus at all points. It consists of the area 4 of Brodmann (human) and the area 6 of Brodmann (human) ( Brodmann-1909 ).

Also known as: precentral region, Regio praecentralis

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Name:

precentral region

Language:

English

Organism:

guenon

Source:

Garey-1999

Citation:

Garey LK (translator/editor) Brodmann's 'Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex', Imperial College Press, London, 1999.

Source Title:

Brodmann's 'Localisation in the Cerebral Cortex'

Name:

Regio praecentralis

Language:

Latin

Organism:

human

Source:

Brodmann-1909

Citation:

IV. Kapitel in Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde (Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosias Barth), 1909

Source Title:

Beschreibung der einzelnen Hirnkarten

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Organism:

Homo sapiens (human)

Their Name:

Regio praecentralis

Source:

Brodmann-1909

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