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. 2022 Oct 3;12:16543. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20979-x

Table 2.

Brodmann areas involved in the Action–Execution behavioral category.

The somatosensory cortex The primary motor cortex
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Brodmann areas 3, 1, and 2 refers to the primary somatosensory cortex. In the connectome, these areas correspond to nodes 1R and 2R

Primary somatosensory cortex (represented by the Brodmann areas 3, 1, and 2 and corresponding to the network nodes 1R and 2R) is involved with the localization of the input stimulus, the evaluation of its intensity, the proprioception and the shape recognition processes. Area 3 receives the information that are then sent to areas 1, 2 and motor areas by the cortico-cortical neurons pathway

Brodmann area 4 denotes the primary motor cortex of the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 8. Located in the rear part of the frontal lobe, the motor cortex is involved in planning, control and execution of voluntary movements of the body, with the function of transmitting to the cells of the nuclei of the cranial nerves and cells of the spinal cord impulses for movements
The parietal cortex The frontal cortex
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Brodmann area 5 is part of the parietal cortex of the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to nodes 9 and 10. It is involved in somatosensory processing and association Brodmann area 8 is part of the frontal cortex of the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 15. The area is involved in the management of uncertainty
The anterior portion of the prefrontal cortex The frontal cortex
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Brodmann area 10 is the most anterior portion of the prefrontal cortex of the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 19. Brodmann area 10, the largest area of the human brain and the most unknown, is involved in strategic processes in memory recall and various executive functions Brodmann area 11 is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 21. It is involved in decision making and processing rewards, planning, encoding new information into long-term memory, and reasoning
The extra striate cortex The posterior cingulate cortex
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Brodmann area 19 is part of the occipital lobe cortex in the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 28. In humans with normal sight, extrastriate cortex is a visual association area, with feature-extracting, shape recognition, attentional, and multimodal integrating functions Brodmann area 23 corresponds to some portion of the posterior cingulate cortex. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 35. It communicates with various brain networks simultaneously and is involved in various functions such as human awareness, pain, and episodic memory retrieval
The subgenual area of the cerebral cortex The retrosplenial region of the cerebral cortex
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Brodmann area 25 corresponds to the subgenual area of the human cerebral cortex. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 39. Extremely rich in serotonin transporters, this area is involved in vast networks comprising areas like hypothalamus and brain stem, which affect appetite and sleep; the amygdala and insula, which affect the mood and anxiety; the hippocampus, which plays an important role in memory formation; and some parts of the frontal cortex responsible for self-esteem Ectosplenial area 26. It is a cytoarchitecturally defined portion of the retrosplenial region of the cerebral cortex. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 41. This area is bounded externally by the granular retrolimbic area 29
The parietal area of the cerebral cortex The Broca’s area of the frontal cerebral cortex
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Brodmann area 39 is part of the parietal cortex in the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to nodes 63 and 64. Damage to Brodmann area 39 plays a role in semantic aphasia Brodmann area 45 is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 75. Together with Brodmann area 44, it comprises Broca's area, a region that is active in semantic tasks, such as semantic decision tasks (determining whether a word represents an abstract or a concrete entity) and generation tasks (generating a verb associated with a noun)
The orbital region of the frontal cortex
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Brodmann area 47 is part of the frontal cortex in the human brain. In the connectome, it corresponds to node 79. Brodmann area 47 is involved in the processing of syntax in oral and sign languages, musical syntax, and semantic aspects of language

As we have already mentioned, such functional behavior can be accessed at the Brain Map web site (https://portal.brain-map.org/) and visualized by the Mango software application (https://ric.uthscsa.edu/mango/mango.html).