Posterior Cingulate Cortex

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This page covers biological details of component Posterior Cingulate Cortex. Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

Top-down path to region: Cerebral Cortex -> Parietal Lobe (NC.LOBE.PAR) -> Medial Parietal Lobule (NC.MPL) -> Posterior Cingulate Cortex (NCP.NC.MPL.PSCG) (see Mind Maps)
Type: cortex
Brain area: Neocortical Brain - Conscious Personality Area
Brodmann ID: 23,31
Role: cortex.generic
Function: Self-awareness, pain and episodic memory retrieval

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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
FAM	FAM.FD.TH.PT	Paratenial Nucleus of Thalamus	excitatory-glu	Contributions of Diencephalon to Recognition Memory (MID -> PostCingulate, abstract)
	FAM.FT.AM.BM	Magnocellular Basal Amygdaloid Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Oculomotor decision-making (AMYG -> CGp, abstract)
FMM	FMM.FD.TH.AV	Anteroventral Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Contribution of hippocampal region CA3 to consciousness (TH.AV -> PosteriorCingulate)
NCP	NCP.FD.TH.AM	Anteromedial Nucleus	excitatory-glu	Feeling (AN -> CG, abstract)
NDM	NDM.NC.AL.DACG	Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area	feedforward-glu	Global visual system (FrontalCortex -> ParietalCortex, abstract)
	NDM.NC.AL.VACG	Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area	feedforward-glu	Principal Connections of Hippocampus (VentralCingulate -> PosteriorCingulate)
NPE	NPE.FD.TH.MPV	Medial Pulvinar	excitatory-glu	Contributions of Diencephalon to Recognition Memory (mPULV -> PostCingulate)
	NPE.NC.IPL.MST	Medial Superior Temporal Area	feedforward-glu	Contribution of hippocampal region CA3 to consciousness (IPL -> PosteriorCingulate, abstract)
	NPE.NC.IPS.MIP	Medial Intraparietal Sulcus	feedforward-glu	(unknown reference)

Outbound Region Connections:

Target Area	Target Region	Target Name	Type	Reference
FEC	FEC.FT.ACC.SH	Nucleus Accumbens Shell	excitatory-glu	(unknown reference)
FMM	FMM.FT.HC.CA1P	Proximal CA1 of Hippocampus	excitatory-glu	Feeling (CG -> HC, abstract)
	FMM.NC.PH.MEC	Medial Entorhinal Cortex	feedforward-glu	McNaughton Spatial Processing Network (PCGRSP -> EnthCortex, abstract)
NDM	NDM.FD.TH.MDM	Medial Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus	excitatory-glu	Contributions of Diencephalon to Recognition Memory (PostCingulate -> MDmc, abstract)
NPE	NPE.NC.IPS.LIP	Lateral Intraparietal Sulcus	feedforward-glu	Oculomotor decision-making (CGp -> LIP)