Brodmann area 47
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'''Brodmann area 47''', or BA47, is part of the [[frontal lobe|frontal]] [[cerebral cortex | cortex]] in the [[human brain]]. Curving from the lateral surface of the frontal lobe into the ventral (orbital) frontal cortex. It is below areas [[Brodmann area 10|BA10]] and [[Brodmann area 45|BA45]], and beside [[Brodmann area 11|BA11]].
This area is also known as '''orbital area 47'''. In the human, on the orbital surface it surrounds the caudal portion of the [[orbital sulcus]] (H) from which it extends laterally into the orbital part of [[inferior frontal gyrus]] (H). [[cytoarchitecture|Cytoarchitectonically]] it is bounded caudally by the [[triangular area 45]], medially by the [[prefrontal area 11]] of Brodmann-1909, and rostrally by the [[frontopolar area 10]] (Brodmann-1909).
It incorporates the region that Brodmann identified as "Area 12" in the monkey, and therefore, following the suggestion of [[Michael Petrides]], some contemporary neuroscientists refer to the region as "BA47/12."
BA47 has been implicated in the processing of [[syntax]] in spoken and signed languages, and more recently in musical syntax.
==Further reading==
* {{cite journal | author=Petrides, M. & Pandya, D.N. | title=Comparative cytoarchitectonic analysis of the human and the macaque ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and corticocortical connection patterns in the monkey | journal=European Journal of Neurosciences | volume=16 | year=2002 | pages=291–310 | doi=10.1046/j.1460-9568.2001.02090.x}}
* {{cite journal | author=[[Daniel Levitin|Levitin, D. J.]] & Menon, V. | title=Musical structure is processed in "language" areas of the brain: A possible role for Brodmann Area 47 in temporal coherence | journal=[[NeuroImage]] | volume=20 | year=2003 | pages=242–252 | url=http://ego.psych.mcgill.ca/labs/levitin/research/Menon&Levitin_2005.pdf }}
==External links==
* For Neuroanatomy of this area visit [http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/Scripts/ancilcentraldirectory.aspx?ID=55 BrainInfo]
==See also==
* [[Brodmann area]]
* [[List of regions in the human brain]]
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