title: The right dorsal anterior cingulate cortex may play a role in anxiety disorder and visual function.
abstract: Recent investigation suggests that the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is involved in the interplay between cognition and emotion. The present study described three patients who underwent removal of brain tumors just above the right dorsal ACC. These patients had residual tumor  following surgery and showed anxiety disorder (AD) both before and after surgery. Visual memory or attention was abnormal before surgery in these patients, but these deficits improved following surgery, possibly due to a decrease in compression of the right dorsal ACC. These results suggest  that damage to the right dorsal ACC is involved in AD and well as in deficits in visual memory or attention. Therefore, the right dorsal ACC might play a role in vision-related cognition and emotion, such as anxiety.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Komagome Metropolitan Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. shinoura@cick.jp
authors: Nobusada
authors: N
authors: Shinoura
authors: Ryozi
authors: R
authors: Yamada
authors: Yusuke
authors: Y
authors: Tabei
authors: Taketo
authors: T
authors: Shiode
authors: Chihiro
authors: C
authors: Itoi
authors: Seiko
authors: S
authors: Saito
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Midorikawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006179:Gyrus Cinguli / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome