Brain: Cingulate gyrus
Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere.
Human brain inferior-medial view (Cingulate gyrus is #7)
Latin	gyrus cinguli
Components	Anterior cingulate gyrus, Posterior cingulate gyrus
NeuroNames	hier-141
MeSH	Gyrus+Cinguli
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_798

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Cingulate gyrus (belt ridge in eng.) is a gyrus in the medial part of the brain. It partially wraps around the corpus callosum and is limited above by the cingulate sulcus.

The cortical part of the cingulate gyrus is referred to as cingulate cortex.

Contents 1 Connections 2 Function 3 See also 4 References 5 External links 6 External links

[edit] Connections

The cingulate gyrus receives inputs from the anterior nucleus of the thalamus and the neocortex, as well as from somatosensory areas of the cerebral cortex. It projects to the entorhinal cortex via the cingulum.

[edit] Function

It functions as an integral part of the limbic system, which is involved with emotion formation and processing, learning, and memory. Also, executive control needed to suppress inappropriate unconscious priming is known to involve the anterior cingulate gyrus. It is also involved in respiratory control.

[edit] See also

• Cingulate sulcus
• Cingulate cortex
• Brodmann area 24

[edit] References

• Pain Stimuli Recorded Over the Human Anterior Cingulate Gyrus, Lenz, et al.

[edit] External links

• BrainMaps at UCDavis cingulate gyrus

• Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-3

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Cingulate_cortex

• NIF Search - Cingulate gyrus via the Neuroscience Information Framework

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v • d • e Human brain: forebrain (cerebrum · cerebral cortex · cerebral hemispheres, grey matter) (TA A14.1.09.002-240, 301-320, GA 9.818-826) Frontal lobe Superolateral Prefrontal Superior frontal gyrus (4l, 6l, 8l) · Middle frontal gyrus (9l, 10l, 46) Inferior frontal gyrus: 11l · 47-Pars orbitalis · Broca's area (44-Pars opercularis, 45-Pars triangularis) Superior frontal sulcus · Inferior frontal sulcus Precentral Precentral gyrus · Precentral sulcus Medial/inferior Prefrontal Superior frontal gyrus (4m, 6m) · Medial frontal gyrus (8m, 9m) Paraterminal gyrus/Paraolfactory area (12) · Straight gyrus (11m) · Orbital gyri/Orbitofrontal cortex (10m, 11m, 12) · Ventromedial prefrontal cortex (10m) · Subcallosal area (25) Olfactory sulcus · Orbital sulci Precentral Paracentral lobule (4) · Paracentral sulcus Both Primary motor cortex (4) · Premotor cortex (6) · Supplementary motor area (6) · Frontal eye fields (8) Parietal lobe Superolateral Superior parietal lobule (5l, 7l) · Inferior parietal lobule (40-Supramarginal gyrus, 39-Angular gyrus) · Parietal operculum (43) Intraparietal sulcus Medial/inferior Paracentral lobule (1m, 2m, 3m, 5m) · Precuneus (7m) Marginal sulcus Both Postcentral gyrus/primary somatosensory cortex (1 · 2 · 3) · Secondary somatosensory cortex (5) · Posterior parietal cortex (7) Occipital lobe Superolateral Occipital pole of cerebrum · Lateral occipital gyrus (18, 19) · Lunate sulcus · Transverse occipital sulcus Medial/inferior Primary visual cortex (17) · Cuneus · Lingual gyrus Calcarine fissure Temporal lobe Superolateral Transverse temporal gyrus/Primary auditory cortex (41, 42) · Superior temporal gyrus (38, 22/Wernicke's area) · Middle temporal gyrus (21) · Inferior temporal gyrus (20) Superior temporal sulcus · Inferior temporal sulcus Medial/inferior Fusiform gyrus (37) Medial temporal lobe ((27 · 28 · 34 · 35 · 36)) Inferior temporal sulcus Interlobar sulci/fissures Superolateral Central (frontal+parietal) · Lateral (frontal+parietal+temporal) · Parieto-occipital · Preoccipital notch Medial/inferior Medial longitudinal · Cingulate (frontal+cingulate) · Collateral (temporal+occipital) · Callosal sulcus Limbic lobe Parahippocampal gyrus anterior (Entorhinal cortex, Perirhinal cortex) · Posterior parahippocampal gyrus · Prepyriform area Cingulate cortex/gyrus Subgenual area (25) · Anterior cingulate (24, 32, 33) · Posterior cingulate (23, 31) Isthmus of cingulate gyrus: Retrosplenial cortex (26, 29, 30) Hippocampal formation Hippocampal sulcus · Fimbria of hippocampus · Dentate gyrus Other Supracallosal gyrus · Uncus Insular lobe Long gyrus of insula · Short gyri of insula · Circular sulcus of insula General Operculum · Poles of cerebral hemispheres Some categorizations are approximations, and some Brodmann areas span gyri.

v • d • e Papez circuit pathway Diencephalon Mammillary body → Mammillothalamic tract → Anterior nuclei of thalamus → Telencephalon Anterior limb of internal capsule → Cingulate gyrus → Cingulum → Parahippocampal gyrus → Entorhinal cortex → Perforant path → Hippocampus/Hippocampal formation (CA3 → CA1 → Subiculum) → Fornix →

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