#summary Anterior Cingulate Area @@[Home] -> [BiologicalLifeResearch] -> [BrainCenterNC_ACG] ---- This page covers biological details of component group Anterior Cingulate Area. Component group is part of aHuman target integrated biological model. * *Top-down path to center*: Cerebral Cortex -> Anterior Lobe (NC.LOBE.ANT) -> Anterior Cingulate Area (NC.ACG) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps]) * *Function*: * *Notes to function*: consists of anterior cingulate cortex and middle cingulate cortex (generated) = Components = (generated) *Component items*: * *Anterior Cingulate Cortex* (NC.AL.ACG): Error Correction * [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VACG Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.VACG): Seat of Free Will * [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.DACG): Rational Thought Processes * [BrainRegionNCP_NC_AL_SGCG Subgenual Cingulate Cortex] (NCP.NC.AL.SGCG): Influences changes in appetite and sleep * *Medial Cingulate Cortex* (NC.AL.MCG): Error Correction * [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VMCG Ventral Medial Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.VMCG): Response Selection * [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DMCG Dorsal Medial Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.DMCG): Rational Thought Processes * [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_PGCG Pregenual Cingulate Cortex] (NDM.NC.AL.PGCG): Sensation of Emotion = Connectivity = (generated) *Internal Regions Connections:* unavailable || *Source Region* || *Target Region* || *Reference* || || [BrainRegionNCP_NC_AL_SGCG Subgenual Cingulate Cortex] (NCP.NC.AL.SGCG) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.DACG) || [http://brmlab.cz/project/brain_hacking/tdcs/pfc Regulation of Social Brain (SGC -> DACC)] || || || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VACG Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.VACG) || [http://brmlab.cz/project/brain_hacking/tdcs/pfc Regulation of Social Brain (SGC -> VACC)] || || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.DACG) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VACG Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area] (NDM.NC.AL.VACG) || [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0071402357/156721/figure350_1.html Principal Connections of Hippocampus (DorsalCingulate -> VentralCingulate)] || *External Connections:* unavailable *External Inbound Center Connections:* || *Source Center* || *Sample Link* || *Reference* || || [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala] (FAM.FT.AM) || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_AB FAM.FT.AM.AB] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp Amygdalar disruption of prefrontal cortex (AM -> ACG, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterFD_TH_CR Cognitive Thalamus] (FD.TH.CR) || [BrainRegionNMA_FD_TH_MDL NMA.FD.TH.MDL] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n3/box/nrn1345_BX1.html Saccadic Vision (Thalamus -> FrontalCortex, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterFD_TH_MR Motor Thalamus] (FD.TH.MR) || [BrainRegionFMM_FD_TH_LD FMM.FD.TH.LD] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://what-when-how.com/neuroscience/the-thalamus-and-cerebral-cortex-integrative-systems-part-2/ Thalamocortical relationships (LD -> pLD, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterFD_TH_SR Sensory Thalamus] (FD.TH.SR) || [BrainRegionNCP_FD_TH_LI NCP.FD.TH.LI] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v14/n7/fig_tab/nrn3516_F2.html Afferent pain pathways (Thalamus -> ACC, abstract)] || || [BrainRegionLMC_MM_VTA Ventral Tegmental Area] (LMC.MM.VTA) || [BrainRegionLMC_MM_VTA LMC.MM.VTA] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||(unknown reference) || || [BrainCenterNC_AL_LPFC Lateral Prefrontal Cortex] (NC.AL.LPFC) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_IPG NDM.NC.AL.IPG] -> [BrainRegionNCP_NC_AL_SGCG NCP.NC.AL.SGCG]||[http://brmlab.cz/project/brain_hacking/tdcs/pfc Regulation of Social Brain (IFG -> SGC)] || || [BrainCenterNC_AL_OMPFC Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex] (NC.AL.OMPFC) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_ROFCR NDM.NC.AL.ROFCR] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Role for serotonin in moral behavior (OMPFC -> ACG, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterNC_INS Insular Cortex] (NC.INS) || [BrainRegionNCP_NC_INS_PPC NCP.NC.INS.PPC] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp Amygdalar disruption of prefrontal cortex (INS -> ACG, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterNC_IPL Inferior Parietal Lobule] (NC.IPL) || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_IPL_MST NPE.NC.IPL.MST] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (ParietalCortex -> FrontalCortex, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterNC_SPL Superior Parietal Lobule] (NC.SPL) || [BrainRegionNPE_NC_SPL_PF NPE.NC.SPL.PF] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (ParietalCortex -> FrontalCortex, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterNSA_NC_TTG Transverse Temporal Gyrus] (NSA.NC.TTG) || [BrainRegionNSA_NC_TTG_A2 NSA.NC.TTG.A2] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG]||[http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00184/full Directed Effort Network (ACA -> dACC)] || *External Outbound Center Connections:* || *Target Center* || *Sample Link* || *Reference* || || [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala] (FAM.FT.AM) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG] -> [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_BP FAM.FT.AM.BP]||[http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Role for serotonin in moral behavior (ACG -> AMY, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterFAM_FT_CEAM Central Extended Amygdala] (FAM.FT.CEAM) || [BrainRegionNCP_NC_AL_SGCG NCP.NC.AL.SGCG] -> [BrainRegionFAM_FT_BNST FAM.FT.BNST]||(unknown reference) || || [BrainCenterFD_HT Hypothalamus] (FD.HT) || [BrainRegionNCP_NC_AL_SGCG NCP.NC.AL.SGCG] -> [BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_AH LAC.FD.HT.AH]||(unknown reference) || || [BrainCenterFEC_FD_STA Subthalamus Area] (FEC.FD.STA) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG] -> [BrainRegionFEC_FD_STN_CD FEC.FD.STN.CD]||[http://www.neurology.org/content/70/21/1991/F2.expansion.html Functional subdivisions of the subthalamic nucleus (ACG -> STN, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterFEC_FT_BG Basal Ganglia] (FEC.FT.BG) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG] -> [BrainRegionFEC_FT_CN_HD FEC.FT.CN.HD]||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (FrontalCortex -> BGA, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterHT_RF Pontine Reticular Formation] (HT.RF) || [BrainRegionNCP_NC_AL_SGCG NCP.NC.AL.SGCG] -> [BrainRegionLPC_HT_PRF_PB LPC.HT.PRF.PB]||[http://openagrosrl.com/www/page/292/ Motor neurons control (CTX -> PRF, abstract)] || || [BrainRegionLLC_MM_RD Red Nucleus] (LLC.MM.RD) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VACG NDM.NC.AL.VACG] -> [BrainRegionLLC_MM_RD LLC.MM.RD]||[http://instruct.uwo.ca/anatomy/530/cblm.htm Cerebellum functional divisions (CTX -> RD, abstract)] || || [BrainRegionLMC_HT_LC Locus Coeruleus] (LMC.HT.LC) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VACG NDM.NC.AL.VACG] -> [BrainRegionLMC_HT_LC LMC.HT.LC]||(unknown reference) || || [BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG Periaqueductal Gray Matter] (LMC.MM.PAG) || [BrainRegionNCP_NC_AL_SGCG NCP.NC.AL.SGCG] -> [BrainRegionLMC_MM_PAG LMC.MM.PAG]||(unknown reference) || || [BrainCenterNC_AL_LPFC Lateral Prefrontal Cortex] (NC.AL.LPFC) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_VACG NDM.NC.AL.VACG] -> [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DLPFCR NDM.NC.AL.DLPFCR]||[http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Role for serotonin in moral behavior (ACG -> LPFC, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterNC_MPL Medial Parietal Lobule] (NC.MPL) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG] -> [BrainRegionNCP_NC_MPL_PSCG NCP.NC.MPL.PSCG]||[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (FrontalCortex -> ParietalCortex, abstract)] || || [BrainCenterNC_PMC Premotor Cortex] (NC.PMC) || [BrainRegionNDM_NC_AL_DACG NDM.NC.AL.DACG] -> [BrainRegionNMA_NC_PMC_F7 NMA.NC.PMC.F7]||(unknown reference) ||