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Brain image adapted, with permission, from the Yakovlev-Haleem collection from the National Museum of Health and Medicine.
Cingulate gyrus
* Cingulate gyrus (lies above the corpus callosum)
The anterior cingulate gyrus is part of the anterior network of motivation, attention, and behavior and is associated with the amygdala.
The posterior cingulate gyrus is part of the posterior network of learning and memory and is associated with the hippocampus.
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