Functional connectivity of the anterior
cingulate cortex within the human frontal lobe: A brain - mapping meta - analysis
Not exact matches
Techniques that directly activate the posterior
cingulate cortex like brain stimulation or game play that promotes distraction, particularly
within situations that don't allow a routine to form, can lead to more creativity.
In trance, brain networks displayed notable reconfigurations, including increased connectivity in regions associated with internal thought (the default mode's posterior
cingulate cortex) and cognitive control (dorsal anterior
cingulate cortex and insula), as well as decreased connectivity
within the brainstem and auditory pathway.
These 2 modalities were used to investigate connectivity
within the default mode network, a set of brain regions — including medial prefrontal
cortex (MPFC), medial temporal lobes (MTLs), and posterior
cingulate cortex (PCC) / retropslenial
cortex (RSC)-- implicated in episodic memory processing.
Recently, fMRI has been adapted to examine connectivity
within a specific resting - state neural network — the default - mode network — that includes medial prefrontal and anterior
cingulate cortices.
The left precuneus demonstrated decreased FC to several regions of pain processing, reward, and higher executive functioning
within the prefrontal (orbitofrontal, anterior
cingulate, ventromedial prefrontal) and parietal
cortices (angular gyrus, superior and inferior parietal lobules).
Notably, coordinates of seed regions - of - interest defined
within the posterior
cingulate cortex (PCC) / precuneus, an area often employed to study functional connectivity of the DMN, have been inconsistent across studies.
What was startling was that the MRI scans showed that mindfulness groups increased gray matter concentration
within the left hippocampus, the posterior
cingulate cortex, the temporo - parietal junction, and the cerebellum.
Research also implicates a distributed network
within the prefrontal
cortex through which attention is deployed to closely monitor performance, incorporating feedback, as individuals then call on more specialized cognitive control mechanisms to modify subsequent behaviour.30 - 32 Anxiety related perturbations in this pattern are evident in both children33 and adults.34 Imaging studies have implicated the anterior
cingulate cortex (ACC) in this process, as it appears to be hyperactive in anxious individuals during tasks requiring cognitive or «top down» control.35