#summary High-Level Motivations
@@[Home] -> [BiologicalLifeResearch] -> [CircuitConsciousMotivations]
----

This page covers components and connections of circuit High-Level Motivations.
Circuit is part of aHuman target integrated biological model.

(generated)
= Components =
(generated)

|| *Mind Area* || *Component ID* || *Component Name* || *Type* || *Function* ||
|| [BrainAreaAMA AMA] || [BrainRegionBFA_FT_AM BFA.FT.AM] || Amygdala || nucleus || Experiencing and recognizing emotions ||
||  || [BrainRegionBFA_FT_BNST BFA.FT.BNST] || Bed Nucleus of Stria Terminalis || nucleus || Mediate slow longer-lasting responses that accompany sustained threats ||
||  || [BrainRegionBFA_FT_SEP BFA.FT.SEP] || Septal Nucleus || nucleus || Inhibition of fear and expression of pleasurable responses ||
|| [BrainAreaECA ECA] || [BrainRegionBGA_FT_ACC BGA.FT.ACC] || Accumbens Nucleus || nucleus || Activate motor functions under attention ||
||  || [BrainRegionBGA_FT_SN_PR BGA.FT.SN.PR] || Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata || nucleus || Convey final processed signals of basal ganglia to thalamus and superior colliculus ||
|| [BrainAreaMCA MCA] || [BrainRegionBMA_HP_PB BMA.HP.PB] || Parabrachial Nucleus || nucleus || Source of short-latency nociceptive input ||
|| [BrainAreaEPA EPA] || [BrainRegionCGA_FD_TH_LD CGA.FD.TH.LD] || Lateral Dorsal Nucleus of Thalamus || nucleus || Head direction, spatial learning ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_DACG CGA.NC.DACG] || Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Area || cortex, BA 32 || Rational Thought Processes ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_MPL_PCG CGA.NC.MPL.PCG] || Posterior Cingulate Cortex || cortex, BA 23,31 || Self-awareness, pain and episodic memory retrieval ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_MPL_RSC CGA.NC.MPL.RSC] || Retrosplenial Cortex || cortex, BA 26,29,30 || Processing of emotionally salient stimuli ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_PACG CGA.NC.PACG] || Pregenual Area || cortex, BA 33 || Sensation of Emotion ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_SGC CGA.NC.SGC] || Subgenual Cortex || cortex, BA 25 || Influences changes in appetite and sleep ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_SPL_PF CGA.NC.SPL.PF] || Rostral Precuneus || cortex, BA 07 || Spatial orientation, representation of the self ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || Ventral Anterior Cingulate Area || cortex, BA 24 || Seat of Free Will ||
|| [BrainAreaMCA MCA] || [BrainRegionFBA_MM_PAG FBA.MM.PAG] || Periaqueductal Gray Matter || nucleus || Descending modulation of pain and in defensive behaviour ||
||  || [BrainRegionFBA_MM_VTA FBA.MM.VTA] || Ventral Tegmental Area || nucleus || Respond to novel stimuli, unexpected rewards, and reward predictive sensory cues ||
|| [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_LPFC FCA.NC.LPFC] || Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex || cortex, BA 09,46 || Temporal Integration ||
||  || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || Orbitomedial Prefrontal Cortex || cortex, BA 10,11,12 || Personality ||
|| [BrainAreaACA ACA] || [BrainRegionHTA_FD_HT_AH HTA.FD.HT.AH] || Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus || nucleus || Thermoregulation, panting, sweating ||
||  || [BrainRegionHTA_FD_HT_RCH HTA.FD.HT.RCH] || Retrochiasmatic Area || nucleus || Maintenance of normal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function ||
|| [BrainAreaBAA BAA] || [BrainRegionSMA_NC_SPL_SA SMA.NC.SPL.SA] || Somatosensory Association Cortex || cortex, BA 05 || Locating objects in space ||

= Connections =
(generated)

http://usvn.ahuman.org/svn/ahwiki/images/dot/aHuman/CircuitConsciousMotivations.dot.jpg

|| *Source Region* || *Target Region* || *Type* || *Reference* ||
|| [BrainRegionBFA_FT_AM BFA.FT.AM] || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_PACG CGA.NC.PACG] || nucleus-neocortex || [http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp Amygdalar disruption of prefrontal cortex (AM -> ACG, abstract)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || nucleus-neocortex || [http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00184/full Directed Effort Network (AM -> vACC)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionFCA_FD_TH_MD FCA.FD.TH.MD] || nucleus-nucleus || [https://www.google.ru/search?hl=rutbo=ptbm=bksq=isbn:0080887988 Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) in emotional behavior (AM -> TH)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || nucleus-neocortex || [http://neuropolitics.org/defaultmay10.asp Amygdalar disruption of prefrontal cortex (AM -> MPFC)] ||
|| [BrainRegionBFA_FT_SEP BFA.FT.SEP] || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_SGC CGA.NC.SGC] || nucleus-neocortex || (unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_FD_TH_LD CGA.FD.TH.LD] || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_SPL_PF CGA.NC.SPL.PF] || nucleus-neocortex || (unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_NC_DACG CGA.NC.DACG] || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || neocortex-neocortex || [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0071402357/156721/figure350_1.html Principal Connections of Hippocampus (DorsalCingulate -> VentralCingulate)] ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_NC_MPL_RSC CGA.NC.MPL.RSC] || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_LPFC FCA.NC.LPFC] || neocortex-neocortex || [https://www.google.ru/search?hl=rutbo=ptbm=bksq=isbn:0080887988 Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) in emotional behavior (PCA -> LPFC, abstract)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || neocortex-neocortex || [https://www.google.ru/search?hl=rutbo=ptbm=bksq=isbn:0080887988 Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) in emotional behavior (PCA -> OPFC, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_NC_SGC CGA.NC.SGC] || [BrainRegionBFA_FT_BNST BFA.FT.BNST] || neocortex-nucleus || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionBMA_HP_PB BMA.HP.PB] || neocortex-nucleus || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionFBA_MM_PAG FBA.MM.PAG] || neocortex-nucleus || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionHTA_FD_HT_AH HTA.FD.HT.AH] || neocortex-nucleus || (unknown reference) ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_NC_SPL_PF CGA.NC.SPL.PF] || [BrainRegionCGA_FD_TH_LD CGA.FD.TH.LD] || neocortex-nucleus || [http://what-when-how.com/neuroscience/the-thalamus-and-cerebral-cortex-integrative-systems-part-2/ Thalamocortical relationships (sLD -> LD, abstract)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_MPL_RSC CGA.NC.MPL.RSC] || neocortex-neocortex || (unknown reference) ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_PACG CGA.NC.PACG] || neocortex-neocortex || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959438808001566 Global visual system (ParietalCortex -> FrontalCortex, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_MPL_PCG CGA.NC.MPL.PCG] || neocortex-neocortex || [http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0071402357/156721/figure350_1.html Principal Connections of Hippocampus (VentralCingulate -> PosteriorCingulate)] ||
|| [BrainRegionFCA_FD_TH_MD FCA.FD.TH.MD] || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_PACG CGA.NC.PACG] || nucleus-neocortex || [http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v5/n3/box/nrn1345_BX1.html Saccadic Vision (Thalamus -> FrontalCortex, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || [BrainRegionBGA_FT_ACC BGA.FT.ACC] || neocortex-nucleus || [http://www.expertsmind.com/topic/emotion/affective-basal-ganglia-circuit-93570.aspx Affective basal ganglia circuit (OMPFC -> NACC)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionBGA_FT_SN_PR BGA.FT.SN.PR] || neocortex-nucleus || [http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/html/cravings.html Craving (OMPFC -> SNr)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_PACG CGA.NC.PACG] || neocortex-neocortex || [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/40/17071/F1.expansion.html Role for serotonin in moral behavior (OMPFC -> ACG, abstract)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionCGA_NC_VACG CGA.NC.VACG] || neocortex-neocortex || [http://www.frontiersin.org/Human_Neuroscience/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00184/full Directed Effort Network (OPFC -> vACC)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionFBA_MM_VTA FBA.MM.VTA] || neocortex-nucleus || [http://www.impulsecontroldisorders.org/html/cravings.html Craving (OMPFC -> VTA)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_LPFC FCA.NC.LPFC] || neocortex-neocortex || [https://www.google.ru/search?hl=rutbo=ptbm=bksq=isbn:0080887988 Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) in emotional behavior (OPFC -> LPFC)] ||
||  || [BrainRegionHTA_FD_HT_RCH HTA.FD.HT.RCH] || neocortex-nucleus || [https://www.google.ru/search?hl=rutbo=ptbm=bksq=isbn:0080887988 Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) in emotional behavior (OPFC -> HT, abstract)] ||
|| [BrainRegionSMA_NC_SPL_SA SMA.NC.SPL.SA] || [BrainRegionFCA_NC_OMPFC FCA.NC.OMPFC] || neocortex-neocortex || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810011000080 Cortico-Cortical Connectivity (SA -> PFC, abstract)] ||