What is Cingual Cortex?
The largest area of the brain, called the brain, consists of a number of sections called lobes. It is located in the center of the brain and wrapped around the central bundle of nerves known as Corpus Callosum, a lobe called Cinguelate Cortex. Its loop shape around Corpus Callosum contributed to its name because the word "cinguelate" means "belt" in Latin. This area of the brain is part of a limbic system that plays a role in learning, memory and emotions. The front part of this area, the front cingle bark, receives information from Thalam, a routing center for sensory data. He sends nerve connections known as axons, regions involved in tongue and emotions. It seems that one function of this area is in emotional regulation, because postmortal studies have shown that individuals with depression and other mood of Disorders tend to have a lack of support cells in this area.
It seems that another role performed by the front area is in the tasks of decision -making andError detection. Imaging studies have shown that some cells in this area respond to detection of rewards from a certain behavior and notice when the size of this reward changes. Damage to these areas, as shown in other research, reduces the ability to integrate past remuneration and the possibility of deciding whether to fulfill the task. These results show that the front cingulation bark also hires memories of previous rewards into decision -making processes.
Cingulation bark parts show the differences between sexes. Healthy women of several species usually show areas of rostral front cinguelate gyrus, which is of greater size. In individuals, schizophrenia disappears this volume difference because the area is smaller in schizophrenic individuals of both sexes.
other studies involving patients with schizophrenia have shown other structural differences involving the cingles. Both the back and the anterior regions of this area were smaller in schizophrenic people and their immediate relatives, which shows that there is geneticFolder of size difference. The smaller the size of the region, in general, the lower the level of social functioning and the more symptoms that the individual has shown. These size differences could explain some emotional deficits listed between schizophrenic people.