posterior

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Scientists have long proposed, including Sur's colleague Earl K. Miller at MIT, that the prefrontal cortex can guide the activity of more posterior areas of the brain.

From Science Daily

Those anterior genes were especially active at the center of each arm, whereas the genetic signatures became more posterior moving out toward the perimeter of each arm.

From Scientific American

"Both the frontal and posterior temporal cortexes disrupt semantic integration, which we see happen in individuals with various aphasias," Murphy said.

From Science Daily

However, if there is much FGF, the effect of BMP is suppressed and cells of the posterior body axis are more likely to grow.

From Science Daily

Those lucky enough to have got their posteriors on the leather seats of ministerial cars all know the situation is bad.

From BBC