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. 2021 Mar 23;12:633500. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.633500

Table 1.

List of selected anatomical regions, corresponding ROIs according to the AAL atlas, and brain partitions used to assess anterior-posterior age-related gradients.

Anatomical region Abbreviation ROI label in AAL atlas
Prefrontal
Inferior frontal gyrus IFG 11,12,13,14,15,16
(pars orbitalis, pars opercularis, pars triangularis)
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex vmPFC 5,6,25,26
(superior frontal gyrus: orbital and medial)
Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex dlPFC 3,4,7,8
(dorsolateral superior frontal gyrus, middle frontal gyrus)
Temporoparietal
Superior parietal cortex SPL 59,60, 69,70
(Superior parietal and paracentral lobules)
Middle temporal gyrus MTG 85,86
Superior temporal gyrus STG 81,82
Inferior parietal cortex 61,62, 65,66
(Angular gyrus, Inferior parietal lobule)
Occipital
Calcarine cortex 43,44
Inferior occipital gyrus 53,54
Superior occipital gyrus 45,46
Supplementary Regions
Anterior cingulate gyrus ACC 31,32
Posterior cingulate gyrus PCC 35,36
Insula 29,30
Heschl's gyrus 79,80
Rolandic cortex (pre- and post-central gyri) 1,2,57,58
Temporal pole 83,84,87,88
Precuneus 67,68
Supplementary motor area SMA 19,20
Putamen 73,74
Caudate 71,72
Pallidum 75,76
Thalamus 77,78

Left and right hemisphere regions are indicated by odd and even numbers, respectively.