| Brodmann area 32 | |
|---|---|
 Brodmann area 32 (shown in orange) | |
 Medial surface of the brain with Brodmann's areas numbered. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | area cingularis anterior dorsalis |
| NeuroNames | 1021 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1766 |
| FMA | 68629 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The Brodmann area 32, also known in the human brain as the dorsal anterior cingulate area 32, refers to a subdivision of the cytoarchitecturally defined cingulate cortex. In the human it forms an outer arc around the anterior cingulate gyrus. The cingulate sulcus defines approximately its inner boundary and the superior rostral sulcus (H) its ventral boundary; rostrally it extends almost to the margin of the frontal lobe. Cytoarchitecturally it is bounded internally by the ventral anterior cingulate area 24, externally by medial margins of the agranular frontal area 6, intermediate frontal area 8, granular frontal area 9, frontopolar area 10, and prefrontal area 11-1909. (Brodmann19-09).
The dorsal region of the anterior cingulate gyrus is associated with rational thought processes, most notably active during the Stroop task.