[HTML][HTML] What is a cell type and how to define it?

H Zeng - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Cell types are the basic functional units of an organism. Cell types exhibit diverse
phenotypic properties at multiple levels, making them challenging to define, categorize, and …

The role of prefrontal cortex in cognitive control and executive function

NP Friedman, TW Robbins - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Concepts of cognitive control (CC) and executive function (EF) are defined in terms
of their relationships with goal-directed behavior versus habits and controlled versus …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of cortical neurons supporting human cognition

AA Galakhova, S Hunt, R Wilbers, DB Heyer… - Trends in cognitive …, 2022 - cell.com
Human cognitive abilities are generally thought to arise from cortical expansion over the
course of human brain evolution. In addition to increased neuron numbers, this cortical …

Molecular and cellular evolution of the primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

S Ma, M Skarica, Q Li, C Xu, RD Risgaard… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The granular dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) is an evolutionary specialization of
primates that is centrally involved in cognition. We assessed more than 600,000 single …

Anxious individuals shift emotion control from lateral frontal pole to dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

B Bramson, S Meijer, A van Nuland, I Toni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Anxious individuals consistently fail in controlling emotional behavior, leading to excessive
avoidance, a trait that prevents learning through exposure. Although the origin of this failure …

Prefrontal cortex as a key node in arousal circuitry

GA Mashour, D Pal, EN Brown - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
The role of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in the mechanism of consciousness is a matter of
active debate. Most theoretical and empirical investigations have focused on whether the …

Neural mechanisms that make perceptual decisions flexible

G Okazawa, R Kiani - Annual review of physiology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Neural mechanisms of perceptual decision making have been extensively studied in
experimental settings that mimic stable environments with repeating stimuli, fixed rules, and …

Resolving the prefrontal mechanisms of adaptive cognitive behaviors: A cross-species perspective

IL Hanganu-Opatz, T Klausberger, T Sigurdsson… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) enables a staggering variety of complex behaviors, such as
planning actions, solving problems, and adapting to new situations according to external …

The Aversive Lens: Stress effects on the prefrontal-cingulate cortical pathways that regulate emotion

AFT Arnsten, MKP Joyce, AC Roberts - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract ARNSTEN, AFT, MKP Joyce and AC Roberts. The Aversive Lens: Stress effects on
the prefrontal-cingulate cortical pathways that regulate emotion. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV …

Prenatal Zika virus infection has sex-specific effects on infant physical development and mother-infant social interactions

G Moadab, F Pittet, JL Bennett, CL Taylor… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
There is enormous variation in the extent to which fetal Zika virus (fZIKV) infection affects the
developing brain. Despite the neural consequences of fZIKV infection observed in people …