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. 2012 Feb 21;109(10):3979–3984. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1200506109

Table 1.

List of the coordinates of the DMN components in rat and human

Rat DMN
Human DMN
Paxino's atlas
Talairach space
Region M-L D-V A-P Region X Y Z
Orbital ctx (VO, LO, rMO) ±1.8 5.2 3.64 Orbital frontal ctx (BA 47) 46 31 −1
−46 37 −3
Prelimbic ctx (CG1/CG2) ±0.6 3.0 3.64 mPFC/ACC (BA 9/10/11/24/32) 1 52 33
±0.4 2.0 0.64
Auditory/temporal association ctx −7.0 5.8 −4.68 Infer temporal gyrus (BA 20/21) 56 −11 −16
7.4 5.4 −4.68 −55 −5 −18
Post parietal ctx (PtPR, PtPD, V2M) 3.2 1.0 −4.36 Infer parietal ctx (BA 7/39/40) 50 −61 21
−4.4 1.4 −4.36 −47 −65 29
Retro splenial ctx (RSD/RSG) ±0.4 2.3 −3.36 Post cingulate ctx (BA 23/31) −2 −58 30
Dorsal hipp ±1.0 4.0 −4.36 Parahipp gyrus/hipp (BA 27/28/35/36) 25 −10 −19
−25 −11 −18

Coordinates are centers of the mass in individual areas. A-P, D-V, and M-L indicate anterior–posterior, dorsal–ventral, and medial–lateral directions, respectively. A-P and D-V coordinates are based on rat atlas coregistered to MR images. For the M-L coordinates, medial to the left side is defined as negative and to the right side as positive. ctx, cortex; infer parietal ctx, inferior parietal cortex; mPFC, medial prefrontal cortex; parahipp gyrus/hipp, parahippocampal gyrus/hippocampus; PtPR and PtPD, rostral and dorsal posterior parietal cortex (post parietal ctx); V2M, medial secondary visual cortex.