pregenual areas
The term pregenual areas refers to the more dorsal and rostral of two parts of anterior cingulate cortex defined on the basis of multiple criteria in the human and the macaque. Located in the anterior cingulate gyrus rostral to the genu of the corpus callosum, it is composed largely of area 32o, area 24a, area 24b, and area 24c. The more ventral and caudal part is the subgenual areas ( Vogt-2012 ).
There is some diversity of opinion with regard to appropriate cytoarchitectonic parcellation of this region within species and regarding equivalent areas of the region in the human and the macaque. It is also classified as part of medial prefrontal cortex of Ongur (see area 32ac and area 32pl of the human, Ongur-2003, and area 32o (macaque) of Carmichael-1994 ).
Also known as: pregenual subregion of the anterior cingulate cortex, pregenual areas
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