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. 2012 Nov 14;136(4):1304–1327. doi: 10.1093/brain/aws295

Table 1.

Abbreviations used for Einstein’s brain

a, additional fi (Connolly, 1950; earlier termed radiate sulcus)
a1, ascending branch of ts
a2, angular sulcus; often a branch of ts
a3, anterior occipital sulcus; may be a branch of ts or ti (pre-occipital sulcus of Connolly, 1950)
ac, anterior calcarine sulcus
apo, anterior parolfactory sulcus
aps, anterior periinsular sulcus
arc, arcuate orbital sulcus
aS, posterior ascending limb of Sylvian fissure
c, central sulcus
ca, callosal sulcus
cal, calcarine sulcus
cc, corpus callosum
ci, cingulate sulcus
cis, central insular sulcus
col, collateral sulcus
cu, cuneus sulcus
d, diagonal sulcus
dt, descending terminal branch of Sylvian fissure
e, processus acuminis sulcus (usually a branch of par)
f, fornix
fi, inferior frontal sulcus
fm, midfrontal sulcus (intermediate frontal sulcus of Ono et al., 1990)
fs, superior frontal sulcus
hpt, hypothalamus
ht, posterior terminal horizontal branch of Sylvian fissure
i, inferior polar sulcus
ia, insular apex
inp, intermediate posterior parietal sulcus
ip, intraparietal sulcus
ipo, parieto-occipital incisure
k, motor cortex for right hand
K, knob representing motor cortex for left hand
lc, lateral calcarine sulcus
li, lingual sulcus (intralingual sulcus of Ono et al., 1990)
los, lateral olfactory stria
lp, limiting sulcus of precuneus
m, marginal sulcus
mb, mammillary body
mf, medial frontal sulcus
mo, medial orbital sulcus
mos, medial olfactory stria
oa, anterior orbital sulcus
oal, lateral anterior orbital sulcus
ob, olfactory bulb
oci, inferior occipital sulcus
ocl, lateral occipital sulcus (prelunate sulcus of Connolly, 1950)
ocs, superior occipital sulcus
oct, occipito-temporal sulcus (ti of Connolly, 1950; lateral oct of Duvernoy et al., 1999)
on, optic nerve
op, posterior orbital sulcus
opl, lateral posterior orbital sulcus
os, olfactory sulcus
ot, olfactory tract
otr, transverse occipital sulcus
par, paroccipital sulcus
pc, paracalcarine sulcus
pci, precentral inferior sulcus
pcis, precentral insular sulcus
pcs, precentral superior sulcus
pis, postcentral insular sulcus
pma, marginal precentral sulcus
pme, medial precentral sulcus
po, parieto-occipital sulcus
prc, paracentral sulcus
ps, superior parietal sulcus
pst, transverse parietal sulcus (superior transverse parietal of Connolly, 1950)
pti, postcentral inferior sulcus
pts, postcentral superior sulcus
R, ascending ramus of anterior Sylvian fissure
R’, horizontal ramus of anterior Sylvian fissure
rc, retrocalcarine sulcus
rh, rhinal sulcus
ri, inferior rostral sulcus
rs, superior rostral sulcus
sa, sulcus acousticus (Duvernoy et al., 1999)
S, Sylvian fissure
sca, subcentral anterior sulcus
scp, subcentral posterior sulcus
sep, septum pellucidum
si, inferior sagittal sulcus
sip, intermedius primus sulcus (of Jensen) [intermedius anterior (ina) of Connolly, 1950]
sis, short insular sulcus
sp, subparietal sulcus
sps, superior periinsular sulcus
ss, superior sagittal sulcus
th, thalamus
ti, inferior temporal sulcus (tm of Connolly, 1950)
tri, triangular sulcus (Keller et al., 2009)
ts, superior temporal sulcus (parallel sulcus)
tt, transverse temporal sulcus (Duvernoy et al., 1999)
u, unnamed sulcus
W, fronto-marginal sulcus of Wernicke
1, superior frontal gyrus
2, atypical superior middle frontal gyrus
3, atypical inferior middle frontal gyrus
4, inferior frontal gyrus (usually the ‘inferior third frontal gyrus’)