OCEANO 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Explicit Memory, Thalamus, Premotor Cortex
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Frontal lobe syndromes fuster: the cortex of the frontal lobe comprises over one-third of the totality of the cerebral cortex, the pfc is that part of the neocortex conventionally defined as the territory of cortical. It has 3 major anatomical aspects: dorsolateral, medial and inferior/orbital projection of the nucleus medialis dorsalis of the thalamus. Last region of the cerebral cortex to develop: this cortex is functionally heterogeneous. Neurological examination: the results of the clinical neurological examination of patients with prefrontal lobe syndrome may be entirely unremarkable, regardless of the site of the lesion. Lesion -> the subject becomes excessively distractible, incapable of suppressing the interference from trivial, irrelevant or inappropriate influences from the internal or external milieu that will tend to divert behavior away from its goal. Treatment: the treatment has to be directly addressed to the cause when it is known, the judicious use of pharmacological agents can be extremely useful to treat frontal lobe behaviors.
