Brodmann area 11

Brodmann area 11
Brodmann area 11
	Image of brain with Brodmann area 11 shown in red
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NeuroNames	1036
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_1742
FMA	68608
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Brodmann area 11 is one of Brodmann's cytologically defined regions of the brain. It is in the orbitofrontal cortex which is above the eye sockets (orbitae). It is involved in decision making,^[1] processing rewards,^[2] and encoding new information into long-term memory.^[3]

^ Rogers, R. D.; Owen, A. M.; Middleton, H. C.; Williams, E. J.; Pickard, J. D.; Sahakian, B. J.; Robbins, T. W. (1999). "Choosing between small, likely rewards and large, unlikely rewards activates inferior and orbital prefrontal cortex". The Journal of Neuroscience. 19 (20): 9029–9038. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.19-20-09029.1999. PMC 6782753. PMID 10516320. S2CID 16419625.
^ Kringelbach, M. (April 2004). "The functional neuroanatomy of the human orbitofrontal cortex: evidence from neuroimaging and neuropsychology". Progress in Neurobiology. 72 (5): 341–372. doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2004.03.006. PMID 15157726. S2CID 13624163.
^ Frey, S.; Petrides, M. (2000). "Orbitofrontal cortex: A key prefrontal region for encoding information". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 (15): 8723–8727. Bibcode:2000PNAS...97.8723F. doi:10.1073/pnas.140543497. PMC 27015. PMID 10880572.