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Broca's Area Pars Opercularis

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This page covers biological details of component Broca's Area Pars Opercularis. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

• Top-down path to region: Cerebral Cortex -> Anterior Lobe (NC.LOBE.ANT) -> Prefrontal Cortex (NC.AL.PFC) -> Lateral Prefrontal Cortex (NC.AL.LPFC) -> Ventrolateral Prefrontal Cortex (NC.AL.VLPFC) -> Broca's Area (NPE.NC.PFC.BRA) -> Broca's Area Pars Opercularis (NPE.NC.BRA.PO) (see Mind Maps)
• Type: cortex
• Brain area: Neocortical Brain - Unimodal Execution Area
• Brodmann ID: 44
• Role: cortex.generic
• Function: Speech Engine
• Notes to function: Orbital Inferior Frontal Gyrus

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Components

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Connectivity

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Inbound Region Connections:

Source Area	Source Region	Source Name	Type	Reference
NCP	NCP.NC.TPC	Temporopolar Cortex	feedforward-glu	Language-Related Regions (TC -> BA45, abstract)

Outbound Region Connections:

Target Area	Target Region	Target Name	Type	Reference
LLC	LLC.HT.PRF.RTMG	Pontine Reticulotegmental Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Motor neurons control (CTX -> PRF, abstract)
LRC	LRC.HT.PRF.RPO	Oral Pontine Reticular Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Motor neurons control (CTX -> PRF, abstract)
NPE	NPE.NC.PMC.AFEF	Anterior Frontal Eye Field	feedforward-glu	Cortical Auditory System (IFC44 -> PMC8, abstract)

Thirdparty Circuits

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• Cortical Auditory System - see Reference

• Motor neurons control - see Reference

References

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• http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v12/n6/fig_tab/nn.2331_F5.html
• http://openagrosrl.com/www/page/292/