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Cingulothalamic and Prefrontal Control of Autonomic Function

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Neurobiology of Cingulate Cortex and Limbic Thalamus

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Well before the turn of the century, it was demonstrated that electrical stimulation of the cerebral cortex could elicit changes in autonomic systems (Eulenburg and Landois, 1876; Spencer, 1894). In the intervening years, many studies have suggested that dorsal anterior cingulate (area 24) and medial prefrontal cortices participate in such autonomic adjustments. This review begins with the background evidence that these areas mediate autonomic responses, the pathways that underlie such responses, and methodologies by which their role in learning may be studied. In subsequent sections, the contributions of cingulate and prefrontal cortices, and their related thalamic nuclei, to specific autonomic responses in the rabbit are reported as are their role in learned autonomic responses.

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Buchanan, S.L., Powell, D.A. (1993). Cingulothalamic and Prefrontal Control of Autonomic Function. In: Vogt, B.A., Gabriel, M. (eds) Neurobiology of Cingulate Cortex and Limbic Thalamus. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6704-6_14

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