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. 2018 Nov;39(11):2140–2147. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5834

Table 4:

AAL abbreviations and standardized names of the corresponding brain regions

AAL Abbreviation Standardized Name of the Brain Region
Amygdala Amygdala
Angular Angular gyrus
Calcarine Calcarine fissure and surrounding cortex
Caudate Caudate nucleus
Cingulum_Mid Median cingulate and paracingulate gyri (>20% overlap with anterior cingulate)
Cingulum_Post Posterior cingulate gyrus
Frontal_Inf_Oper Inferior frontal gyrus, opercular part
Frontal_Inf_Orb Inferior frontal gyrus, orbital part
Frontal_Inf_Tri Inferior frontal gyrus, triangular part
Frontal_Mid Middle frontal gyrus
Frontal_Mid_Orb Middle frontal gyrus, orbital part
Frontal_Sup_Medial Superior frontal gyrus, medial
Frontal_Sup_Orb Superior frontal gyrus, orbital part
Fusiform Fusiform gyrus
Hippocampus Hippocampus
Lingual Lingual gyrus
Olfactory Olfactory cortex
Pallidum Lenticular nucleus, pallidum
ParaHippocampal Parahippocampal gyrus
Parietal_Inf Inferior parietal, excluding supramarginal and angular gyri
Parietal_Sup Superior parietal gyrus
Postcentral Postcentral gyrus
Precentral Precentral gyrus
Precuneus Precuneus
Putamen Lenticular nucleus, putamen
Rolandic_Oper Rolandic operculum
Supp_Motor_Area Supplementary motor area
SupraMarginal Supramarginal gyrus
Temporal_Mid Middle temporal gyrus
Temporal_Pole_Mid Temporal pole, middle temporal gyrus
Temporal_Pole_Sup Temporal pole, superior temporal gyrus
Temporal_Sup Superior temporal gyrus