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anterior cingulate cortex

n. (context anatomy English) The frontal part of the cingulate cortex

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Anterior cingulate cortex

The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is the frontal part of the cingulate cortex that resembles a "collar" surrounding the frontal part of the corpus callosum. It consists of Brodmann areas 24, 32, and 33.

It appears to play a role in a wide variety of autonomic functions, such as regulating blood pressure and heart rate.

It is also involved in certain higher-level functions, such as reward anticipation, decision-making, impulse control, and emotion.

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We even deliver mild jolts of pain by lighting up the anterior cingulate cortex - the center, not of pain itself, but of the conscious awareness of pain.