Baleydier C, Mauguiere F
Brain. 1980 Sep;103(3):525-54. doi: 10.1093/brain/103.3.525.
According to most behavioural, electrophysiological, and clinical studies, the cingulate gyrus is widely thought to be involved in regulation of emotional life, reactivity to painful stimuli, memory processing, and attention to sensory stimuli. Anatomically the cingulate cortex is composed of two distinct areas numbered 24 and 23 in Brodmann's classification. We have investigated the connections of the cingulate gyrus in monkeys, using horseradish peroxydase and radioautographic techniques, in order to verify the hypothesis of an anatomical complementarity of these cytoarchitectonic subdivisions. The posterior cingulate gyrus (area 23) is specifically connected with the associative temporal cortex, the medial temporal and orbitofrontal cortices, and with the medial pulvinar. The anterior cingulate gyrus (area 24) is related to the intralaminar, mediodorsal, and ventral anterior thalamic nuclei, the amygdala, and the nucleus accumbens septi. The two cingulate areas were found to be interconnected and to have, in common, connections with the 'limbic' thalamic nuclei (AM, AV, LD), the caudate nucleus, the claustrum, the lateral frontal and the posterior parietal (area 7) cortices.
根据大多数行为学、电生理学及临床研究，人们普遍认为扣带回参与了情绪生活的调节、对疼痛刺激的反应、记忆处理以及对感觉刺激的注意。在解剖学上，扣带回皮质由布罗德曼分类法中编号为24和23的两个不同区域组成。我们运用辣根过氧化物酶和放射自显影技术研究了猴子扣带回的连接，以验证这些细胞构筑亚区在解剖学上具有互补性这一假说。后扣带回（23区）与联合颞叶皮质、颞内侧和眶额皮质以及内侧丘脑枕有特定连接。前扣带回（24区）与丘脑板内核、背内侧核和腹前核、杏仁核以及伏隔核有关。发现两个扣带区相互连接，并与“边缘”丘脑核（AM、AV、LD）、尾状核、屏状核、额叶外侧皮质和顶叶后部（7区）皮质有共同连接。
