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The cingular vocalization pathway in the squirrel monkey

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In 39 squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), the effects of various brain lesions on vocalizations elicited from the precallosal cingulate gyrus were tested. It was found that lesions abolishing the “cingular vocalization” completely can be traced from the stimulation site continuously down to the laryngeal motoneurons in the nucleus ambiguus. The pathway thus determined (Fig. 4) travels from the precallosal cingulate gyrus through the frontal white matter and enters the internal capsule from a dorsolateral position. The pathway then follows this structure in a medio-caudal direction down to the caudal diencephalon. Here, the effective lesions leave the corticospinal tract and ascend dorsally into the periaqueductal grey. The pathway follows this structure to its end where it sweeps lateral through the parabrachial area and then descends through the lateral pons and ventrolateral medulla to the nucleus ambiguus.

In nine of the animals, in addition, the effects of bilateral anterior cingular lesions on vocalizations elicited in other brain areas were tested. It was found that the only vocalization-eliciting area which becomes ineffective after destruction of the anterior cingulate gyrus is the postero-medial orbital cortex.

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Abbreviations

a:

nucl. accumbens

aa:

area anterior amygdalae

ab:

nucl. basalis amygdalae

ac:

nucl. centralis amygdalae

al:

nucl. lateralis amygdalae

am:

nucl. medialis amygdalae

an:

nucl. anterior thalami

aq:

griseum centralis

bc:

brachium conjunctivum

ca:

caudatum

cb:

cerebellum

cc:

corpus callosum

cen:

nucl. centralis superior Bechterew

ci:

capsula interna

cin:

cingulum

cl:

claustrum

coa:

commissura anterior

coli:

colliculus inferior

cols:

colliculus superior

cop:

commissura posterior

cr:

corpus restiforme

csp:

tractus corticospinalis

db:

fasciculus diagonalis Brocae

dbc:

decussatio brachii conjunctivi

f:

fornix

gc:

gyrus cinguli

gl:

geniculatum laterale

gm:

geniculatum mediale

gp:

globus pallidus

gr:

gyrus rectus

gs:

gyrus subcallosus

h:

area tegmentalis (Forel)

ha:

habenula

hi:

tractus habenulo-interpeduncularis

hip:

hippocampus

hya:

hypothalamus anterior

hyv:

hypothalamus ventromedialis

in:

nucl. interpeduncularis

lap:

nucl. lateralis posterior thalami

lem:

lemniscus medialis

lm:

fasciculus longitudinalis medialis

m:

nucl. mammillaris

md:

nucl. medialis dorsalis thalami

mt:

tractus mammillothalamicus

nst:

nucl. striae terminalis

nts:

nucl. solitarius

oi:

oliva inferior

ol:

fasciculus olfactorius (Zuckerkandl)

os:

oliva superior

p:

pedunculus cerebri

pmc:

brachium pontis

po:

griseum pontis

pro:

area praeoptica

pu:

nucl. pulvinaris

put:

putamen

re:

formatio reticularis mesencephali

rep:

nucl. reticularis tegmenti pontis

rl:

nucl. reticularis lateralis

rub:

nucl. ruber

s:

septum

sm:

stria medullaris

sn:

substantia nigra

st:

stria terminalis

sto:

stria olfactoria lateralis

tec:

tractus tegmentalis centralis

trz:

corpus trapezoideum

va:

nucl. ventralis anterior thalami

ves:

nucl. vestibularis

vpl:

nucl. ventralis posterior lateralis th.

vpm:

nucl. ventralis posterior medialis th.

zi:

zona incerta

II:

tractus opticus

IIchde:

chiasma n. opticorum

III:

nucl. n. oculomotorii and n. oculomotorius

IV:

nucl. n. trochlearis

VI:

n. abducens

VII:

nucl. n. facialis and n. facialis

VIII:

n. acusticus

XII:

nucl. n. hypoglossi

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Jürgens, U., Pratt, R. The cingular vocalization pathway in the squirrel monkey. Exp Brain Res 34, 499–510 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239145

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