area 8 of Brodmann (human) ( 8 )

The term area 8 of Brodmann (human) refers to a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally defined frontal region of cerebral cortex. In the human it is located primarily in the superior frontal gyrus extending from the cingulate sulcus on the medial surface over the margin of the hemisphere to the middle frontal gyrus. Cytoarchitecturally it is bounded caudally by the area 6 of Brodmann (human) and ventrally by the area 9 of Brodmann-1909 (human) ( Brodmann-1909 ).

Also known as

Name Language Source Source Citation Source Title Organism
Area frontalis intermedia Latin Brodmann-1909 IV. Kapitel in Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde (Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosias Barth), 1909 Beschreibung der einzelnen Hirnkarten human
intermediate frontal area 8 English NeuroNames-2000 NeuroNames is used as a term's source if no published source of the term has been found. In most cases, the term is an English translation of a commonly used Latin term. In some cases it is a Latin translation of an English term for which no published Latin equivalent has been found. Latin roots of words not found in the neuroanatomical literature are derived from Cassell's Latin Dictionary (Simpson-59). human
Feld 8 German Brodmann-1909 IV. Kapitel in Vergleichende Lokalisationslehre der Grosshirnrinde (Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosias Barth), 1909 Beschreibung der einzelnen Hirnkarten human
Brodmann's area 8 English NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
area 8 of Brodmann (human) English NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
BA8 acronym NeuroNames University of Washington, Seattle, WA NeuroNames Unspecified
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