Frontal and Subcortical areas

<p>The frontal lobe contains most of the&nbsp;<a title="Dopamine" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine">dopamine</a>-sensitive&nbsp;<a class="mw-redirect" title="Neurons" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurons">neurons</a> in the&nbsp;<a title="Cerebral cortex" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_cortex">cerebral cortex</a>. The&nbsp;<a title="Dopaminergic" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopaminergic">dopaminergic</a> system is associated with&nbsp;<a title="Reward system" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reward_system">reward</a>,&nbsp;<a title="Attention" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention">attention</a>,&nbsp;<a title="Short-term memory" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-term_memory">short-term memory</a> tasks,&nbsp;<a title="Planning" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning">planning</a>, and&nbsp;<a title="Motivation" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation">motivation</a>.&nbsp;<a title="Dopamine" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine">Dopamine</a> tends to limit and select&nbsp;<a title="Sense" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense">sensory information</a> arriving from the&nbsp;<a title="Thalamus" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalamus">thalamus</a>to the&nbsp;<a title="Forebrain" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forebrain">forebrain</a>.</p>