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Cortical folding patterns and predicting cytoarchitecture

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Fischl, B., Rajendran, N., Busa, E., Augustinack, J., Hinds, O., Yeo, B. T. T., Mohlberg, H., Amunts, K. +1 more·2008·Cerebral Cortex

Abstract

The human cerebral cortex is made up of a mosaic of structural areas, frequently referred to as Brodmann areas (BAs). Despite the widespread use of cortical folding patterns to perform ad hoc estimations of the locations of the BAs, little is understood regarding 1) how variable the position of a given BA is with respect to the folds, 2) whether the location of some BAs is more variable than others, and 3) whether the variability is related to the level of a BA in a putative cortical hierarchy. We use whole-brain histology of 10 postmortem human brains and surface-based analysis to test how well the folds predict the locations of the BAs. We show that higher order cortical areas exhibit more variability than primary and secondary areas and that the folds are much better predictors of the BAs than had been previously thought. These results further highlight the significance of cortical folding patterns and suggest a common mechanism for the development of the folds and the cytoarchitectonic fields.

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Authors
Fischl, B., Rajendran, N., Busa, E., Augustinack, J., Hinds, O., Yeo, B. T. T., Mohlberg, H., Amunts, K., & Zilles, K.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • McGovern Institute for Brain Research (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich (DE)
Corresponding author
Fischl, B.
Venue
Cerebral Cortex
Published
2007-12-12
Volume
18
Issue
8
Pages
1973-1980
ISSN
  • 1047-3211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2199
OpenAlex
W2154281919
Cited by
737
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
19.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc
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  • Cerebral Cortex (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich) (submittedVersion)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • National Institutes of Health (BIRN002, RR14075, EB005149)
  • National Institute of Mental Health
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS052585)
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB001550, R01EB006758, U54EB005149)
  • National Center for Research Resources (BIRN002, U24 RR021382, P41-RR-14075, RR 14075, U24RR021382, R01 RR1659401A1, R01-RR16594, P41RR014075, BIRN002, R01RR016594)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
cortical folding, Brodmann areas, cytoarchitecture, cortical hierarchy, cortical development, postmortem brain, surface-based analysis
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Humans, Predictive Value of Tests

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