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. 2016 Mar 20;129(6):679–689. doi: 10.4103/0366-6999.178002

Table 2.

Cortical and sub-cortical regions as anatomically defined in the AAL template and their corresponding abbreviations

Region name Abbreviation
Precentral gyrus PreCG
Postcentral gyrus PosCG
Rolandic operculum ROL
Superior frontal gyrus, dorsolateral SFGdor
Superior frontal gyrus, orbital SFGorb
Superior frontal gyrus, medial SFGmed
Superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital SFGmedorb
Middle frontal gyrus MFG
Middle frontal gyrus, orbital MFGorb
Inferior frontal gyrus, opercular IFGoper
Inferior frontal gyrus, triangular IFGtri
Inferior frontal gyrus, orbital IFGorb
Supplementary motor area SMA
Olfactory cortex OLF
Gyrus rectus GRE
Paracentral lobule PCL
Heschl gyrus HES
Superior temporal gyrus STG
Middle temporal gyrus MTG
Inferior temporal gyrus ITG
Superior parietal gyrus SPG
Inferior parietal, but supramarginal and angular gyri IPL
Supramarginal gyrus SMG
Angular gyrus ANG
Precuneus PCUN
Calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex CAL
Cuneus CUN
Lingual gyrus LING
Superior occipital gyrus SOG
Middle occipital gyrus MOG
Inferior occipital gyrus IOG
Fusiform gyrus FFG
Anterior cingulate and paracingulate gyri ACG
Median cingulate and paracingulate gyri DCG
Posterior cingulate gyrus PCG
Hippocampus HIP
Parahippocampal gyrus PHG
Temporal pole: superior temporal gyrus TPOstg
Temporal pole: middle temporal gyrus TPO
Amygdala AMY
Caudate nucleus CAU
Lenticular nucleus, putamen PUT
Lenticular nucleus, pallidum PAL
Thalamus THA
Insula INS

AAL: Automated anatomical labeling.