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Inferior frontal gyrus

Known as: Gyrus frontalis inferior, Gyrus, Inferior Frontal, Frontal Gyrus, Inferior 
A region on the surface of the frontal lobe visibly divided into three parts: the pars opercularis, the pars triangularis, and the pars orbitalis. It… 
National Institutes of Health

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Cerebral cortexCerebral gyrusLateral orbital gyrusMiddle frontal gyrus structure

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Prefrontal Cortexfrontal lobe

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opercular part of inferior frontal gyrus (human only)orbital part of inferior frontal gyrus (human only)triangular part of inferior frontal gyrus (human only)

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Perturbation of the left inferior frontal gyrus triggers adaptive plasticity in the right homologous area during speech production
Significance The role of the right hemisphere in aphasia recovery is unclear. We demonstrate that a virtual lesion of left… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Sex differences in brain activation to emotional stimuli: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies
Review
2011
Review
2011
Neuroanatomy of vulnerability to psychosis: A voxel-based meta-analysis
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Brain anatomy differences in childhood stuttering
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
An fMRI investigation of the neural correlates underlying the processing of novel metaphoric expressions
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Pantomime of tool use depends on integrity of left inferior frontal cortex.
Pantomime of tool use is a frequently used test for apraxia. For basic cognitive neuroscience, pantomime of tool use is of… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The role of the basal ganglia and cerebellum in language processing
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Gender difference analysis of cortical thickness in healthy young adults with surface-based methods
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Differential activity in left inferior frontal gyrus for pseudowords and real words: An event‐related fMRI study on auditory lexical decision
After Newman and Twieg ([ 2001 ]: Hum Brain Mapp 14:39–47) and others, we used a fast event‐related functional magnetic resonance… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Studies on the rumen flagellate Neocallimastix frontalis.
The vast increase in the population density of the rumen flagellate Neocallimastix frontalis shortly after the host animal has… 
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