#summary Posterior Cortical Amygdaloid Nucleus
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This page covers biological details of component Posterior Cortical Amygdaloid Nucleus.
Region is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

  * *Top-down path to region*: Forebrain Telencephalon -> Extended Amygdala (FAM.FT.EXTAM) -> [BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala] (FAM.FT.AM) -> Corticomedial Nuclear Complex (FAM.FT.AM.CTM) -> Cortical Amygdaloid Nucleus (FAM.FT.AM.CO) -> [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_COP Posterior Cortical Amygdaloid Nucleus] (FAM.FT.AM.COP) (see [OverallMindMaps Mind Maps])
  * *Type*: nucleus
  * *Quality*: L0
  * *Brain area*: [BrainAreaFAM Forebrain - Affective Motivations Area] (FAM)
  * *Area circuit*: Fast Unconditional Sensory Data and Association Memory (FAMXUS)
  * *Role*: processor.affective
  * *Function*: olfactory processing - unconditional signaling
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= Components =
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= Connectivity =
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*Inbound Region Connections:*

|| *Source Area* || *Source Region* || *Source Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaLPC LPC] || [BrainRegionLPC_FT_AOB LPC.FT.AOB] || Accessory Olfactory Bulb || excitatory-glu || driver ||[https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/tufted-cell Summary of main projection pathways in the olfactory system (AOB -> AMYG, abstract)] ||

*Outbound Region Connections:*

|| *Target Area* || *Target Region* || *Target Name* || *Type* || *Role* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainAreaFAM FAM] || [BrainRegionFAM_FT_AM_MEA FAM.FT.AM.MEA] || Medial Anterior Amygdaloid Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || (unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainAreaLAC LAC] || [BrainRegionLAC_FD_HT_SO LAC.FD.HT.SO] || Supraoptic Nucleus || excitatory-glu || uncertain || [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Role for serotonin in moral behavior (AMY -> HYP, abstract)] ||

= Thirdparty Circuits =
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  * [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.medium.gif Role for serotonin in moral behavior] - see [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Reference] (CF.EMOTIONAL-MODULATION)

 ACG=Anterior Cingulate Cortex,NC.AL.ACG (see [BrainCenterNC_ACG Anterior Cingulate Area])
 AMY=[BrainCenterFAM_FT_AM Amygdala,FAM.FT.AM]
 HYP=[BrainCenterFD_HT Hypothalamus,FD.HT]
 LPFC=Mid-Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex,NDM.NC.AL.DLPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_LPFC Lateral Prefrontal Cortex])
 OMPFC=Orbitofrontal Cortex,NC.AL.OPFC (see [BrainCenterNC_AL_OMPFC Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex])
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= References =
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  * http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html