Molecular Pain (Mar 2005)

A pain in the ACC

  • Frankland Paul W,
  • Teixeira Cátia M

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8069-1-14
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
p. 14

Abstract

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Abstract An emerging theme in systems neurobiology is that even simple forms of memory depend on activity in a broad network of cortical and subcortical brain regions. One key challenge is to understand how different components of these complex networks contribute to memory. In a new study in Molecular Pain, Tang and colleagues use a novel set of approaches to characterize the role of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in the formation of Pavlovian fear memories.