User:Ian Kates/Cingulum Project

Introduction
This is the project proposal for the creation of the Wikipedia page for the cingulum of the brain. This project for BI481 Introduction to Neuroscience to help expand the field of neuroscience for the Society for Neuroscience.

Members working on this project: Ian Kates, Katie Czepiel, and Jennifer Goldberg.

The project page can be found here.

Topics to Cover

 * Function
 * serves as a connection between the cingulate gyrus and entorhinal cortex.
 * Structure
 * made of white fibers and connects the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex.
 * Development
 * Associated Conditions and Disorders
 * Phantom limb pain, Alzhemier's, scheizoprenia, depression, dementia, obsessive compulsive disorders, etc.
 * Clinical Research
 * clinical research has focused on diseases, such as Alzhemier's, and psychological conditions, such as Schizoprenia, to see what happens to the cingulum that causes these diseases. Focus is on tissue damage either by physical trauma or natural degradation. This section ma also include potential therapies and drugs that have been developed that specifically target the cingulum or its associated structures.
 * References

Division of Work
Ian Kates will focus on Structure and Clinical Research. Conditions: Dementia, Schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's

Katie Czepiel will focus on Function and Development. Conditions: Phantom Limb pain, Depression

Jennifer Goldberg will focus on development and will assist in the research on depression and dementia.

We will all be working on the Associated Conditions and Disorders due to the possible large amount of conditions associated with the cingulum. We will coordinate with each other to split the work as evenly as possible if we find more information on one condition than another and to make sure all associated conditions are properly covered.

Current Articles and Information
Cingulum damage and its relation to alzheimer's disease.

Apathy in Alzheimer's patients.

Cingulum and Schizophrenia.

Analysis of Cingulum structure.

Phantom Limb pain and the possible connection with the cingulum.

The cingulum and depression.

The growing connection between damaged white matter (cingulum) and Alzheimer's.

Points to a contribution of central neural plasticity to the development of pathological pain after injuries that damage peripheral tissues and nerves.