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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Struct Funct. 2017 Jun 20;222(9):4131–4147. doi: 10.1007/s00429-017-1463-6

Table 1.

Anatomical labels of 118 brain neural structures and their abbreviations.

Abbreviations Structures Left/right Level
1 RG Gyrus rectus Left Frontal Lobe
2 RG Gyrus rectus Right Frontal Lobe
3 MOG Medial orbital gyrus Left Frontal Lobe
4 MOG Medial orbital gyrus Right Frontal Lobe
5 LOG Lateral orbital gyrus Left Frontal Lobe
6 LOG Lateral orbital gyrus Right Frontal Lobe
7 FOG Fronto-orbital gyrus Left Frontal Lobe
8 FOG Fronto-orbital gyrus Right Frontal Lobe
9 OT Olfactory tubercle Left Frontal Lobe
10 OT Olfactory tubercle Right Frontal Lobe
11 SFG Superior frontal gyrus Left Frontal Lobe
12 SFG Superior frontal gyrus Right Frontal Lobe
13 MFG Middle frontal gyrus Left Frontal Lobe
14 MFG Middle frontal gyrus Right Frontal Lobe
15 IFG Inferior frontal gyrus Left Frontal Lobe
16 IFG Inferior frontal gyrus Right Frontal Lobe
17 PrCG Precentral gyrus Left Frontal Lobe
18 PrCG Precentral gyrus Right Frontal Lobe
19 PoCG Postcentral gyrus Left Parietal Lobe
20 PoCG Postcentral gyrus Right Parietal Lobe
21 SPL Superior parietal lobule Left Parietal Lobe
22 SPL Superior parietal lobule Right Parietal Lobe
23 SMG Superior marginal gyrus Left Parietal Lobe
24 SMG Superior marginal gyrus Right Parietal Lobe
25 AnG Angular gyrus Left Parietal Lobe
26 AnG Angular gyrus Right Parietal Lobe
27 Ins Insular cortex Left Insula Lobe
28 Ins Insular cortex Right Insula Lobe
29 OG Occipital gyrus Left Occipital Lobe
30 OG Occipital gyrus Right Occipital Lobe
31 IOG Inferior occipital gyrus Left Occipital Lobe
32 IOG Inferior occipital gyrus Right Occipital Lobe
33 AG Annectant gyrus Left Occipital Lobe
34 AG Annectant gyrus Right Occipital Lobe
35 PrCu Precuneus Left Occipital Lobe
36 PrCu Precuneus Right Occipital Lobe
37 Cun Cuneus Left Occipital Lobe
38 Cun Cuneus Right Occipital Lobe
39 LiG Lingual gyrus Left Occipital Lobe
40 LiG Lingual gyrus Right Occipital Lobe
41 STG Superior temporal gyrus Left Temporal Lobe
42 STG Superior temporal gyrus Right Temporal Lobe
43 MTG Middle temporal gyrus Left Temporal Lobe
44 MTG Middle temporal gyrus Right Temporal Lobe
45 ITG Inferior temporal gyrus Left Temporal Lobe
46 ITG Inferior temporal gyrus Right Temporal Lobe
47 PA Prepyriform area Left Temporal Lobe
48 PA Prepyriform area Right Temporal Lobe
49 Hippo Hippocampus Left Temporal Lobe
50 Hippo Hippocampus Right Temporal Lobe
51 PHG Parahippocampal gyrus Left Temporal Lobe
52 PHG Parahippocampal gyrus Right Temporal Lobe
53 FuG Fusiform gyrus Left Temporal Lobe
54 RFu Fusiform gyrus Right Temporal Lobe
55 Ent Entorhinal area Left Temporal Lobe
56 Ent Entorhinal area Right Temporal Lobe
57 ACgG Anterior cingulate gyrus Left Temporal Lobe
58 ACgG Anterior cingulate gyrus Right Temporal Lobe
59 PCgG Posterior cingulate gyrus Left Temporal Lobe
60 PCgG Posterior cingulate gyrus Right Temporal Lobe
61 cst Corticospinal tract Left Projection tracts
62 cst Corticospinal tract Right Projection tracts
63 atr Anterior thalamic radiation Left Thalamic tracts
64 atr Anterior thalamic radiation Right Thalamic tracts
65 str Superior thalamic radiation Left Thalamic tracts
66 str Superior thalamic radiation Right Thalamic tracts
67 ilf Inferior longitudinal fasciculus Left Association tracts
68 ilf Inferior longitudinal fasciculus Right Association tracts
69 ifo Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus Left Association tracts
70 ifo Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus Right Association tracts
71 unc Uncinate fasciculus Left Association tracts
72 unc Uncinate fasciculus Right Association tracts
73 slf III Superior longitudinal fasciulus III Left Association tracts
74 slf III Superior longitudinal fasciulus III Right Association tracts
75 cgh Cingulum hippocampal part Left Limbic tracts
76 cgh Cingulum hippocampal part Right Limbic tracts
77 cgc Cingulum cingulate gyrus part Left Limbic tracts
78 cgc Cingulum cingulate gyrus part Right Limbic tracts
79 cc-body Corpus callosum (body) Commissural tracts
80 Fminor Forceps minor Commissural tracts
81 Fmajor Forceps major Commissural tracts
82 Tap Tapetum Left Commissural tracts
83 Tap Tapetum Right Commissural tracts
84 fx Fornix Left Limbic tracts
85 fx Fornix Right Limbic tracts
86 ac Anterior commissure Commissural tracts
87 mcp Middle cerebellar peduncle Cerebellar tracts
88 scp Superior cerebellar peduncle Left Cerebellar tracts
89 scp Superior cerebellar peduncle Right Cerebellar tracts
90 icp Inferior cerebellar peduncle Left Cerebellar tracts
91 icp Inferior cerebellar peduncle Right Cerebellar tracts
92 Caud Caudate nucleus Left Basal Nuclei
93 Caud Caudate nucleus Right Basal Nuclei
94 Put Putamen Left Basal Nuclei
95 Put Putamen Right Basal Nuclei
96 GP Globus pallidus Left Basal Nuclei
97 GP Globus pallidus Right Basal Nuclei
98 Cl Claustrum Left Basal Nuclei
99 Cl Claustrum Right Basal Nuclei
100 Amyg Amygdala Left Basal Nuclei
101 Amyg Amygdala Right Basal Nuclei
102 HT Hypothalamus Left Diencephalon
103 HT Hypothalamus Right Diencephalon
104 opt Optic tract Left Diencephalon
105 opt Optic tract Right Diencephalon
106 SN Septal nucleus Left Diencephalon
107 SN Septal nucleus Right Diencephalon
108 NA Nucleus accumbens Left Diencephalon
109 NA Nucleus accumbens Right Diencephalon
110 Tha Thalamus Left Diencephalon
111 Tha Thalamus Right Diencephalon
112 LGN Lateral geniculate nucleus Left Diencephalon
113 LGN Lateral geniculate nucleus Right Diencephalon
114 PaR Pars reticulata Left Diencephalon
115 PaR Pars reticulata Right Diencephalon
116 Lat Ven Lateral ventricle Left Ventricle
117 Lat Ven Lateral ventricle Right Ventricle
118 3rd Ven Third ventricle Ventricle