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Anterior cingulate cortex
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In the human brain, 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.
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Anterior cingulate cortex | |
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![]() Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere, with anterior cingulate highlighted | |
![]() Medial surface of right hemisphere, with Brodmann's areas numbered | |
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Latin | cortex cingularis anterior |
NeuroNames | 161 |
NeuroLex ID | birnlex_936 |
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It is involved in certain higher-level functions, such as attention allocation,[1] reward anticipation, decision-making, impulse control (e.g. performance monitoring and error detection),[2] and emotion. The anterior mid-cingulate cortex is attributed to human will.[3][4][5]
![Sagittal MRI slice with highlighting indicating location of the anterior cingulate cortex.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/MRI_anterior_cingulate.png/320px-MRI_anterior_cingulate.png)