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Surface anatomy of the brain and landmarks

Svenja Caspers, MD, PhD

Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich

Mai 26, 2014

The surface of the brain

•  highly folded •  folding: high interindividual variability

Any overall organizational principle ? Any landmarks for orientation ?

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Just inflate it...

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The central sulcus region

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Pre-/postcentral gyrus - somatotopy

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Talking about „knob“-like structures...

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Formisano et al. 2003, Neuron

Heschl‘s gyrus

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...and other geometrical figures

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The view from the top – frontal cortex

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The view from the top – parietal cortex

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Wrap-up of the central region

Wagner et al. 2012, AJNR

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The midline view

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The midline view

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Two relevant lines – VCA

Johansen-Berg et al. 2004, PNAS Kim et al. 2010, NeuroImage

AC-PC

VCA

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Two relevant lines – VCP

AC-PC

VCP

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The insular cortex

http://www.gehirn-atlas.de

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Landmarks in visual system

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Landmarks in visual system

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Henriksson et al. 2012, PLoS One

Landmarks in visual system

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...and also a quite new one

Caspers J et al. 2013, Brain Struct Funct Weiner et al. 2014, NeuroImage