TABLE 6.

Areas in the human cerebral cortex according to von Economo and Koskinas (1925/2008) and their corresponding types: Limbic, insular, and temporal lobes.

Cortical region	Abbreviation	Cortical area	Plate number	Cortical type
Superior limbic lobe (L) areas	L𝒜1	Precingulate agranular anterior limbic area	45	Ag
	L𝒜2	Anterior cingulate agranular anterior limbic area	46	Ag
	L𝒜3	Cingulate agranular anterior limbic area limitans	47	Dys-Ag
	L𝒞1	Dorsal posterior cingulate area	48	Eu-I
	L𝒞2	Ventra posterior cingulate area	49	Dys
	L𝒞3	Posterior cingulate area limitans	50	Ag
	L𝒟	Agranular retrosplenial area	52	Ag
	Lℰ1	Superior retrosplenial area granulosa	52	Dys
	Lℰ2	Inferior retrosplenial area granulosa	52	Ag
Insular lobe (I) areas	I𝒜1	Dorsal precentral insular area	53	Dys
	I𝒜2	Ventral precentral insular area	54, 55	Dys
	I𝒜2 (B)	Transitional area	55	Eu-I
	Iℬ	Post-central insular area	55, 56	Eu-I
	Iℬ𝒯	Post-central insular area at temporal entrance	57	Eu-I
	I𝒞	Orbito-insular area	58	Dys-Ag
	I𝒟	Piriform insular area	58	Dys-Ag**
Temporal lobe (T) areas	T𝒜1	Posterior superior temporal area	88, 89	Eu-II
			92	Eu-III
	T𝒜2	Anterior superior temporal area	−	Eu-I**
	Tℬ	Magnocellular supratemporal area simplex	93	Eu-III
	T𝒞	Supratemporal area granulosa	94	Koniocortex
	T𝒟	Intercalated supratemporal area	95	Koniocortex
	Tℰ1	Middle temporal area proper	89, 90	Eu-III
	Tℰ2	Inferior temporal area proper	91	Eu-I
	Tℱ	Fusiform area	96	Eu-I
	Tℋ	Hippocampotemporal area	108	Ag
	Tℋα	Agranular hippocampotemporal area	−	Ag**
	T𝒢	Temporopolar area	97	Dys
	T𝒢α	Agranular temporopolar area	98, 99	Ag
	Tℐ	Temporal piriform area	98	Ag
	T𝒦	Posterior area of substantia perforate	−	Dys-Ag**

**Cortical type classifications were derived based on neighboring classifications and topological organization of cortical types along gradients of laminar differentiation, as no picture was available in the Atlas of von Economo and Koskinas (1925/2008).