title: A pain in the ACC.
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.
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Frankland
authors.forename: Cátia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D010146:Pain / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology