Area 32 - Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex
Area 32 - Cortex cingularis anterior dorsalis
Definition
The dorsal anterior cingulate area 32, refers to a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally defined cingulate region of cerebral cortex. In the human it forms an outer arc around the anterior cingulate gyrus. The cingulate sulcus defines approximately its inner boundary and the superior rostral sulcus (H) its ventral boundary; rostrally it extends almost to the margin of the frontal lobe. Cytoarchitecturally it is bounded internally by the ventral anterior cingulate area 24, externally by medial margins of the agranular frontal area 6, intermediate frontal area 8, granular frontal area 9, frontopolar area 10, andprefrontal area 11-1909. (Brodmann19-09).
Dorsal region of anterior cingulate gyrus is associated with rational thought processes, most notably active during the Stroop task.
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