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In most bony fish, or teleosts, motor neurons for fins are found on the sides (ventrolateral zone) of the underside (ventral horn) of the spinal cord.
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Interestingly, however, those neurons are completely separate from the ones which issue commands to the fish’s other three dorsal fins, located in the lower side of its ventral horn, called the ventrolateral zone.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
When participants in the study viewed photos of faces that looked angry or fearful, activity in the amygdala increased, but when the participants used words to name the observed emotions, activity in the amygdala decreased and activity in the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex increased.
—Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
The second area—cumbersomely dubbed the ventrolateral part of the ventromedial hypothalamus, or VMHvl—is associated with aggression.
—Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2020
But an entirely different region, called the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, became active.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
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Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Interestingly, however, those neurons are completely separate from the ones which issue commands to the fish’s other three dorsal fins, located in the lower side of its ventral horn, called the ventrolateral zone.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2024
When participants in the study viewed photos of faces that looked angry or fearful, activity in the amygdala increased, but when the participants used words to name the observed emotions, activity in the amygdala decreased and activity in the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex increased.
—Clair Wills, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
The second area—cumbersomely dubbed the ventrolateral part of the ventromedial hypothalamus, or VMHvl—is associated with aggression.
—Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2020
But an entirely different region, called the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, became active.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
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“Ventrolateral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ventrolateral. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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