The medial frontal cortex and the subjective control of behaviour

e-Neuroforum - Tập 17 Số 4 - Trang 79-87 - 2011
Rüdiger J. Seitz1
1Neurologische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

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Abstract The role of the cortex at the medial aspect of the frontal lobe for the subjective control of behaviour has been elaborated in re­cent years. As apparent from meta-analy­ses of functional imaging studies, the medial frontal cortex accommodates critical nodes in a caudo-rostral gradient that are involved in the evaluation of sensorimotor, empathic and abstract information. Brain electrical activity was found to be changed in the medial frontal cortex as early as 120 ms after stimu­lus presentation in relation to the modulation of perception. These functions become estab­lished during adolescence, mediating subjective perspective in a social context. They are most likely brought about by dedicated neurons of the mirror neuron system, but sub­cortical connections suggest a relationship to the reward system. While lesions of the medial frontal cortex such as brain infarction and brain tumours are rare, impairments of me­dial frontal cortex functions occur quite frequently in neurological, psychiatric and psy­chosomatic disorders. Essentially, the medial frontal cortex is closely connected to the concept of personality, opening up an approach for an interdisciplinary scientific discourse.

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