#summary Conscious Alertness
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This page covers components and connections of circuit Conscious Alertness.
Circuit is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

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= Components =
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|| *Mind Area* || *Component ID* || *Component Name* || *Type* || *Function* ||
|| [BrainAreaAMA AMA] || [BrainRegionBFA_FT_AM BFA.FT.AM] || Amygdala || nucleus || Experiencing and recognizing emotions ||
|| [BrainAreaEPA EPA] || [BrainRegionCGA_FD_TH_AN CGA.FD.TH.AN] || Anterior Nucleus of Thalamus || nucleus || Extended hippocampal system ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area || cortex, BA 24 || Seat of Free Will ||
|| [BrainAreaMCA MCA] || [BrainRegionFBA_HP_LC FBA.HP.LC] || Locus Coeruleus || nucleus || Regulate the intensity of responses to salient stimuli ||
|| [BrainAreaEPA EPA] || [BrainRegionFCA_FD_TH_MD FCA.FD.TH.MD] || Mediodorsal Nucleus of Thalamus || nucleus || Attention, planning, organization, abstract thinking, multi-tasking, and active memory ||
||  || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex || cortex, BA 10,11,12 || Personality ||
|| [BrainAreaLCA LCA] || [BrainRegionMBA_HM_RF_MED MBA.HM.RF.MED] || Medullary Reticular Formation || nucleus || Somatic motor control, cardiovascular control, pain modulation, sleep and consciousness, habituation ||
|| [BrainAreaMRA MRA] || [BrainRegionMBA_MM_SC_DEEP MBA.MM.SC.DEEP] || Deep Superior Colliculus || nucleus || Head and eye attention to non-visual stimuli ||

= Connections =
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http://usvn.ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/aHuman/CircuitConsciousAlertness.dot.jpg

|| *Source Region* || *Target Region* || *Type* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainRegionBFA_FT_AM BFA.FT.AM] || [BrainRegionFBA_HP_LC FBA.HP.LC] || nucleus-nucleus || [http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp Amygdalar disruption of prefrontal cortex (AM -> LC)] ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_FD_TH_AN CGA.FD.TH.AN] || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || nucleus-neocortex || [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0071402357/156721/figure350_1.html Principal Connections of Hippocampus (AN -> VentralCingulate)] ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || [BrainRegionFBA_HP_LC FBA.HP.LC] || neocortex-nucleus || (unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionFCA_FD_TH_MD FCA.FD.TH.MD] || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || nucleus-neocortex || [http://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/18/6/384/F1.expansion.html Contributions of Diencephalon to Recognition Memory (MDmc -> MPFC)] ||
|| [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || [BrainRegionFBA_HP_LC FBA.HP.LC] || neocortex-nucleus || (unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionMBA_HM_RF_MED MBA.HM.RF.MED] || [BrainRegionFBA_HP_LC FBA.HP.LC] || nucleus-nucleus || (unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionMBA_MM_SC_DEEP MBA.MM.SC.DEEP] || [BrainRegionCGA_FD_TH_AN CGA.FD.TH.AN] || nucleus-nucleus || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (SCi -> ATH, abstract)] ||