Automated anatomical labelling atlas 3

Abstract

Following a first version AAL of the automated anatomical labeling atlas (Tzourio-Mazoyer et al., 2002), a second version (AAL2) (Rolls et al., 2015) was developed that provided an alternative parcellation of the orbitofrontal cortex following the description provided by Chiavaras, Petrides, and colleagues. We now provide a third version, AAL3, which adds a number of brain areas not previously defined, but of interest in many neuroimaging investigations. The 26 new areas in the third version are subdivision of the anterior cingulate cortex into subgenual, pregenual and supracallosal parts; subdivision of the thalamus into 15 parts; the nucleus accumbens, substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, red nucleus, locus coeruleus, and raphe nuclei. The new atlas is available as a toolbox for SPM, and can be used with MRIcron.

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Affiliated Institutions

• Fudan University CN
• Université de Bordeaux FR
• Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique FR
• Shanghai Institute for Science of Science CN
• Oxford Centre for Computational Neuroscience GB
• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University TW
• University of Warwick GB
• Shanghai Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Technology CN
• Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives FR

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