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rat orbitofrontal cortex

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Aliases

OFC, rat OFC

Evidence Snippets

Rat orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is located in the dorsal bank of the rhinal sulcus, and is divided into the medial orbital area, ventral orbital area, ventrolateral orbital area, lateral orbital area, dorsolateral orbital area, and agranular insular areas.

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Source 1review2017Journal of NeuroscienceDOI PubMed

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Claim 1anatomical scopesupports2017Source 1DOI PubMed

Rat orbitofrontal cortex is described as comprising multiple subregions including medial, ventral, ventrolateral, lateral, dorsolateral orbital, and agranular insular areas.

Claim 2review objectivesupports2017Source 1DOI PubMed

The review aims to integrate rat orbitofrontal cortex studies with recent anatomical findings to clarify subregion-specific functions in reward learning and decision making.

Claim 3sampling biassupports2017Source 1DOI PubMed

Some rat orbitofrontal cortex subregions have been oversampled and others undersampled in the literature.

Claim 4terminology variabilitysupports2017Source 1DOI PubMed

Definitions and targeting of rat orbitofrontal cortex vary across studies of appetitive behavior, even within the same species.