ventromedial

adjective

ven·​tro·​me·​di·​al ˌven-ˌtrō-ˈmē-dē-əl How to pronounce ventromedial (audio)
: ventral and medial

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Brain regions such as the anterior cingulate and ventromedial prefrontal cortex integrate many sources of information – essential for being able to form a mixed emotion. Anthony Gianni Vaccaro, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024 During these 25-minute sessions, half of the veterans simultaneously received painless, 2 milliamp tDCS stimulations directed at their ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Mar. 2024 In the imaging, researchers saw activity in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, meaning the brain was processing being watched as a type of reward. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024 The second part—called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, which supports decision making—acted as a likeability test, showing more favoritism as the human-likeness of the robots increased, but dipped for the most life-like robots. Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 Estrogen significantly raises oxytocin binding in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus, and women produce more of it than men. Maria Williams, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023 The ventromedial prefrontal cortex may produce a fundamental model of the self and knit together versions of us from past and present—even projecting into the future. Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 June 2023 The ventromedial prefrontal cortex also lit up. Womensmedia, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021 Previous research in this area has focused on the emotionally cold side of psychopathy, which may stem from problems in other parts of the brain like the amygdala, involved in emotions, and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), involved in fear and risk. Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2010

Word History

Etymology

ventro- + medial

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ventromedial was in 1908

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“Ventromedial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ventromedial. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

ventromedial

adjective
ven·​tro·​me·​di·​al -ˈmēd-ē-əl How to pronounce ventromedial (audio)
: ventral and medial
ventromedially adverb
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