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. 2016 Jul 25;26(8):3508–3526. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhw157

Table 1.

Ontology and nomenclature of brain areas and their abbreviations in the Brainnetome Atlas

Lobe Gyrus Left and right hemispheres Label ID.L Label ID.R Modified cyto-architectonic lh.MNI (X,Y,Z) rh.MNI (X, Y, Z)
Frontal lobe SFG, Superior frontal gyrus SFG_L(R)_7_1 1 2 A8m, medial area 8 −5 ,15, 54 7, 16, 54
SFG_L(R)_7_2 3 4 A8dl, dorsolateral area 8 −18, 24, 53 22, 26, 51
SFG_L(R)_7_3 5 6 A9l, lateral area 9 −11, 49, 40 13, 48, 40
SFG_L(R)_7_4 7 8 A6dl, dorsolateral area 6 −18, −1, 65 20, 4, 64
SFG_L(R)_7_5 9 10 A6m, medial area 6 −6, −5, 58 7, −4, 60
SFG_L(R)_7_6 11 12 A9m, medial area 9 −5, 36, 38 6, 38, 35
SFG_L(R)_7_7 13 14 A10m, medial area 10 −8, 56, 15 8, 58, 13
MFG, Middle frontal gyrus MFG_L(R)_7_1 15 16 A9/46d, dorsal area 9/46 −27, 43, 31 30, 37, 36
MFG_L(R)_7_2 17 18 IFJ, inferior frontal junction −42, 13, 36 42, 11, 39
MFG_L(R)_7_3 19 20 A46, area 46 −28, 56, 12 28, 55, 17
MFG_L(R)_7_4 21 22 A9/46v, ventral area 9/46 −41, 41, 16 42, 44, 14
MFG_L(R)_7_5 23 24 A8vl, ventrolateral area 8 −33, 23, 45 42, 27, 39
MFG_L(R)_7_6 25 26 A6vl, ventrolateral area 6 −32, 4, 55 34, 8, 54
MFG_L(R)_7_7 27 28 A10l, lateral area 10 −26, 60, −6 25, 61, −4
IFG, Inferior frontal gyrus IFG_L(R)_6_1 29 30 A44d, dorsal area 44 −46, 13, 24 45, 16, 25
IFG_L(R)_6_2 31 32 IFS, inferior frontal sulcus −47, 32, 14 48, 35, 13
IFG_L(R)_6_3 33 34 A45c, caudal area 45 −53, 23, 11 54, 24, 12
IFG_L(R)_6_4 35 36 A45r, rostral area 45 −49, 36, −3 51, 36, −1
IFG_L(R)_6_5 37 38 A44op, opercular area 44 −39, 23, 4 42, 22, 3
IFG_L(R)_6_6 39 40 A44v, ventral area 44 −52, 13, 6 54, 14, 11
OrG, Orbital gyrus OrG_L(R)_6_1 41 42 A14m, medial area 14 −7, 54, −7 6, 47, −7
OrG_L(R)_6_2 43 44 A12/47o, orbital area 12/47 −36, 33, −16 40, 39, −14
OrG_L(R)_6_3 45 46 A11l, lateral area 11 −23, 38, −18 23, 36, −18
OrG_L(R)_6_4 47 48 A11m, medial area 11 −6, 52, −19 6, 57, −16
OrG_L(R)_6_5 49 50 A13, area 13 −10, 18, −19 9, 20, −19
OrG_L(R)_6_6 51 52 A12/47l, lateral area 12/47 −41, 32, −9 42, 31, −9
PrG, Precentral gyrus PrG_L(R)_6_1 53 54 A4hf, area 4(head and face region) −49, −8, 39 55, −2, 33
PrG_L(R)_6_2 55 56 A6cdl, caudal dorsolateral area 6 −32, −9, 58 33, −7, 57
PrG_L(R)_6_3 57 58 A4ul, area 4(upper limb region) −26, −25, 63 34, −19, 59
PrG_L(R)_6_4 59 60 A4t, area 4(trunk region) −13, −20, 73 15, −22, 71
PrG_L(R)_6_5 61 62 A4tl, area 4(tongue and larynx region) −52, 0, 8 54, 4, 9
PrG_L(R)_6_6 63 64 A6cvl, caudal ventrolateral area 6 −49, 5, 30 51, 7, 30
PCL, Paracentral lobule PCL_L(R)_2_1 65 66 A1/2/3ll, area 1/2/3 (lower limb region) −8, −38, 58 10, −34, 54
PCL_L(R)_2_2 67 68 A4ll, area 4, (lower limb region) −4, −23, 61 5, −21, 61
Temporal lobe STG, Superior temporal gyrus STG_L(R)_6_1 69 70 A38m, medial area 38 −32, 14, −34 31, 15, −34
STG_L(R)_6_2 71 72 A41/42, area 41/42 −54, −32, 12 54, −24, 11
STG_L(R)_6_3 73 74 TE1.0 and TE1.2 −50, −11, 1 51, −4, −1
STG_L(R)_6_4 75 76 A22c, caudal area 22 −62, −33, 7 66, −20, 6
STG_L(R)_6_5 77 78 A38l, lateral area 38 −45, 11, −20 47, 12, −20
STG_L(R)_6_6 79 80 A22r, rostral area 22 −55, −3, −10 56, −12, −5
MTG, Middle temporal gyrus MTG_L(R)_4_1 81 82 A21c, caudal area 21 −65, −30, −12 65, −29, −13
MTG_L(R)_4_2 83 84 A21r, rostral area 21 −53, 2, −30 51, 6, −32
MTG_L(R)_4_3 85 86 A37dl, dorsolateral area 37 −59, −58, 4 60, −53, 3
MTG_L(R)_4_4 87 88 aSTS, anterior superior temporal sulcus −58, −20, −9 58, −16, −10
ITG, Inferior temporal gyrus ITG_L(R)_7_1 89 90 A20iv, intermediate ventral area 20 −45, −26, −27 46, −14, −33
ITG_L(R)_7_2 91 92 A37elv, extreme lateroventral area 37 −51, −57, −15 53, −52, −18
ITG_L(R)_7_3 93 94 A20r, rostral area 20 −43, −2, −41 40, 0, −43
ITG_L(R)_7_4 95 96 A20il, intermediate lateral area 20 −56, −16, −28 55, −11, −32
ITG_L(R)_7_5 97 98 A37vl, ventrolateral area 37 −55, −60, −6 54, −57, −8
ITG_L(R)_7_6 99 100 A20cl, caudolateral of area 20 −59, −42, −16 61, −40, −17
ITG_L(R)_7_7 101 102 A20cv, caudoventral of area 20 −55, −31, −27 54, −31, −26
FuG, Fusiform gyrus FuG_L(R)_3_1 103 104 A20rv, rostroventral area 20 −33, −16, −32 33, −15, −34
FuG_L(R)_3_2 105 106 A37mv, medioventral area 37 −31, −64, −14 31, −62, −14
FuG_L(R)_3_3 107 108 A37lv, lateroventral area 37 −42, −51, −17 43, −49, −19
PhG, Parahippocampal gyrus PhG_L(R)_6_1 109 110 A35/36r, rostral area 35/36 −27, −7, −34 28, −8, −33
PhG_L(R)_6_2 111 112 A35/36c, caudal area 35/36 −25, −25, −26 26, −23, −27
PhG_L(R)_6_3 113 114 TL, area TL (lateral PPHC, posterior parahippocampal gyrus) −28, −32, −18 30, −30, −18
PhG_L(R)_6_4 115 116 A28/34, area 28/34 (EC, entorhinal cortex) −19, −12, −30 19, −10, −30
PhG_L(R)_6_5 117 118 TI, area TI(temporal agranular insular cortex) −23, 2, −32 22, 1, −36
PhG_L(R)_6_6 119 120 TH, area TH (medial PPHC) −17, −39, −10 19, −36, −11
pSTS, Posterior superior temporal sulcus pSTS_L(R)_2_1 121 122 rpSTS, rostroposterior superior temporal sulcus −54, −40, 4 53, −37, 3
pSTS_L(R)_2_2 123 124 cpSTS, caudoposterior superior temporal sulcus −52, −50, 11 57, −40, 12
Parietal lobe SPL, Superior parietal lobule SPL_L(R)_5_1 125 126 A7r, rostral area 7 −16, −60, 63 19, −57, 65
SPL_L(R)_5_2 127 128 A7c, caudal area 7 −15, −71, 52 19, −69, 54
SPL_L(R)_5_3 129 130 A5l, lateral area 5 −33, −47, 50 35, −42, 54
SPL_L(R)_5_4 131 132 A7pc, postcentral area 7 −22, −47, 65 23, −43, 67
SPL_L(R)_5_5 133 134 A7ip, intraparietal area 7(hIP3) −27, −59, 54 31, −54, 53
IPL, Inferior parietal lobule IPL_L(R)_6_1 135 136 A39c, caudal area 39(PGp) −34, −80, 29 45, −71, 20
IPL_L(R)_6_2 137 138 A39rd, rostrodorsal area 39(Hip3) −38, −61, 46 39, −65, 44
IPL_L(R)_6_3 139 140 A40rd, rostrodorsal area 40(PFt) −51, −33, 42 47, −35, 45
IPL_L(R)_6_4 141 142 A40c, caudal area 40(PFm) −56, −49, 38 57, −44, 38
IPL_L(R)_6_5 143 144 A39rv, rostroventral area 39(PGa) −47, −65, 26 53, −54, 25
IPL_L(R)_6_6 145 146 A40rv, rostroventral area 40(PFop) −53, −31, 23 55, −26, 26
Pcun, Precuneus PCun_L(R)_4_1 147 148 A7m, medial area 7(PEp) −5, −63, 51 6, −65, 51
PCun_L(R)_4_2 149 150 A5m, medial area 5(PEm) −8, −47, 57 7, −47, 58
PCun_L(R)_4_3 151 152 dmPOS, dorsomedial parietooccipital sulcus(PEr) −12, −67, 25 16, −64, 25
PCun_L(R)_4_4 153 154 A31, area 31 (Lc1) −6, −55, 34 6, −54, 35
PoG, Postcentral gyrus PoG_L(R)_4_1 155 156 A1/2/3ulhf, area 1/2/3(upper limb, head and face region) −50, −16, 43 50, −14, 44
PoG_L(R)_4_2 157 158 A1/2/3tonIa, area 1/2/3(tongue and larynx region) −56, −14, 16 56, −10, 15
PoG_L(R)_4_3 159 160 A2, area 2 −46, −30, 50 48, −24, 48
PoG_L(R)_4_4 161 162 A1/2/3tru, area 1/2/3(trunk region) −21, −35, 68 20, −33, 69
Insular lobe INS, Insular gyrus INS_L(R)_6_1 163 164 G, hypergranular insula −36, −20, 10 37, −18, 8
INS_L(R)_6_2 165 166 vIa, ventral agranular insula −32, 14, −13 33, 14, −13
INS_L(R)_6_3 167 168 dIa, dorsal agranular insula −34, 18, 1 36, 18, 1
INS_L(R)_6_4 169 170 vId/vIg, ventral dysgranular and granular insula −38, −4, −9 39, −2, −9
INS_L(R)_6_5 171 172 dIg, dorsal granular insula −38, −8, 8 39, −7, 8
INS_L(R)_6_6 173 174 dId, dorsal dysgranular insula −38, 5, 5 38, 5, 5
Limbic lobe CG, Cingulate gyrus CG_L(R)_7_1 175 176 A23d, dorsal area 23 −4, −39, 31 4, −37, 32
CG_L(R)_7_2 177 178 A24rv, rostroventral area 24 −3, 8, 25 5, 22, 12
CG_L(R)_7_3 179 180 A32p, pregenual area 32 −6, 34, 21 5, 28, 27
CG_L(R)_7_4 181 182 A23v, ventral area 23 −8, −47, 10 9, −44, 11
CG_L(R)_7_5 183 184 A24cd, caudodorsal area 24 −5, 7, 37 4, 6, 38
CG_L(R)_7_6 185 186 A23c, caudal area 24 −7, −23, 41 6, −20, 40
CG_L(R)_7_7 187 188 A32sg, subgenual area 32 −4, 39, −2 5, 41, 6
Occipital lobe MVOcC, MedioVentral occipital cortex MVOcC _L(R)_5_1 189 190 cLinG, caudal lingual gyrus −11, −82, −11 10, −85, −9
MVOcC _L(R)_5_2 191 192 rCunG, rostral cuneus gyrus −5, −81, 10 7, −76, 11
MVOcC _L(R)_5_3 193 194 cCunG, caudal cuneus gyrus −6, −94, 1 8, −90, 12
MVOcC _L(R)_5_4 195 196 rLinG, rostral lingual gyrus −17, −60, −6 18, −60, −7
MVOcC _L(R)_5_5 197 198 vmPOS,ventromedial parietooccipital sulcus −13, −68, 12 15, −63, 12
LOcC, Lateral occipital cortex LOcC_L(R)_4_1 199 200 mOccG, middle occipital gyrus −31, −89, 11 34, −86, 11
LOcC _L(R)_4_2 201 202 V5/MT+, area V5/MT+ −46, −74, 3 48, −70, −1
LOcC _L(R)_4_3 203 204 OPC, occipital polar cortex −18, −99, 2 22, −97, 4
LOcC_L(R)_4_4 205 206 iOccG, inferior occipital gyrus −30, −88, −12 32, −85, −12
LOcC_L(R)_2_1 207 208 msOccG, medial superior occipital gyrus −11, −88, 31 16, −85, 34
LOcC_L(R)_2_2 209 210 lsOccG, lateral superior occipital gyrus −22, −77, 36 29, −75, 36
Subcortical nuclei Amyg, Amygdala Amyg_L(R)_2_1 211 212 mAmyg, medial amygdala −19, −2, −20 19, −2, −19
Amyg_L(R)_2_2 213 214 lAmyg, lateral amygdala −27, −4, −20 28, −3, −20
Hipp, Hippocampus Hipp_L(R)_2_1 215 216 rHipp, rostral hippocampus −22, −14, −19 22, −12, −20
Hipp_L(R)_2_2 217 218 cHipp, caudal hippocampus −28, −30, −10 29, −27, −10
BG, Basal ganglia BG_L(R)_6_1 219 220 vCa, ventral caudate −12, 14, 0 15, 14, −2
BG_L(R)_6_2 221 222 GP, globus pallidus −22, −2, 4 22, −2, 3
BG_L(R)_6_3 223 224 NAC, nucleus accumbens −17, 3, −9 15, 8, −9
BG_L(R)_6_4 225 226 vmPu, ventromedial putamen −23, 7, −4 22, 8, −1
BG_L(R)_6_5 227 228 dCa, dorsal caudate −14, 2, 16 14, 5, 14
BG_L(R)_6_6 229 230 dlPu, dorsolateral putamen −28, −5, 2 29, −3, 1
Tha, Thalamus Tha_L(R)_8_1 231 232 mPFtha, medial pre-frontal thalamus −7, −12, 5 7, −11, 6
Tha_L(R)_8_2 233 234 mPMtha, pre-motor thalamus −18, −13, 3 12, −14, 1
Tha_L(R)_8_3 235 236 Stha, sensory thalamus −18, −23, 4 18, −22, 3
Tha_L(R)_8_4 237 238 rTtha, rostral temporal thalamus −7, −14, 7 3, −13, 5
Tha_L(R)_8_5 239 240 PPtha, posterior parietal thalamus −16, −24, 6 15, −25, 6
Tha_L(R)_8_6 241 242 Otha, occipital thalamus −15, −28, 4 13, −27, 8
Tha_L(R)_8_7 243 244 cTtha, caudal temporal thalamus −12, −22, 13 10, −14, 14
Tha_L(R)_8_8 245 246 lPFtha, lateral pre-frontal thalamus −11, −14, 2 13, −16, 7