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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Neurol. 2013 Dec 30;29(12):1616–1625. doi: 10.1177/0883073813510603

Table 2.

Landmarks used to assess brain shape

Landmark Name
1 Frontal pole
2 Occipital pole
3 Temporal pole
4 Central sulcus/Lateral sulcus intersection
5 Central sulcus – superior termination
6 Opercular sulcus (i.e., ascending ramus of the lateral sulcus)
8 Superior temporal sulcus – posterior inflexion
9 Parietooccipital sulcus – superior termination
10 Cerebellum – lateral pole
11 Cerebellum – midsagittal inferior
12 Cerebellum – midsagittal posterior
13 Cerebellum – midsagittal superior
14 Fourth ventricle
15 Amygdala
16 Caudate nucleus
17 Thalamus
18 Corpus callosum – genu
19 Corpus callosum – midbody
20 Corpus callosum – splenium
21 Pons – inferior
22 Pons – superior
23 Superior colliculus

Twenty-three cortical and subcortical landmarks were used to characterize brain shape. The numbers in the left column correspond with the numbered landmarks in the figures.