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frontal gyrus

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Or frontal convolution

noun

Anatomy.
  1. any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.


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The inferior frontal gyrus, key in inhibitory control, may play a crucial role in how adolescents regulate their engagement with rewarding stimuli such as social media.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

“The inferior frontal gyrus is really one of the main ‘brakes’ of our brain,” says Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who wrote a commentary accompanying the study in .

From Time • Feb. 3, 2012

Brain scans also showed that siblings had similar abnormalities in the connections between their inferior frontal gyrus, an area of the brain involved with self-control, and other regions that are critical for inhibiting impulses.

From Time • Feb. 3, 2012

Scientifically, these are known as the left inferior frontal gyrus, the left parieto-temporal area and the left occipito-temporal area.

From Time Magazine Archive

One area in left superior frontal gyrus showed superficial gliosis.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various