Medial frontal gyrus

Not to be confused with Middle frontal gyrus.

Medial frontal gyrus
Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere.
Identifiers
TA98	A14.1.09.207
TA2	5461
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [ edit on Wikidata]

The medial frontal gyrus is a continuation of the superior frontal gyrus from its most anterior border onto the medial surface of the hemisphere. The medial and superior frontal gyri are two of the frontal gyri of the frontal lobe. The portion on the lateral surface of the hemisphere is usually more or less completely subdivided into an upper and a lower part by an antero-posterior sulcus, the paramedial sulcus, which, however, is frequently interrupted by bridging gyri.

There is some evidence that it plays a role in executive mechanisms. ^[1]

References

1. Talati A, Hirsch J (July 2005). "Functional specialization within the medial frontal gyrus for perceptual go/no-go decisions based on "what," "when," and "where" related information: an fMRI study" . J Cogn Neurosci. 17 (7): 981–93. doi:10.1162/0898929054475226. PMID   16102231. S2CID   17680371.

• This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 821 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)