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Structures

173 structures in 37 groups, generated from atlas_src/structures.toml. marks shapes that appear in local builds only, until their authors allow sharing.

Brain

Forebrain

Telencephalon

Cerebral cortex
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Insula INS region left and right aal3
Frontal lobe
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Precentral gyrus PreCG region left and right aal3
Superior frontal gyrus, dorsolateral part SFGdl region left and right aal3
Middle frontal gyrus MFG region left and right aal3
Inferior frontal gyrus, opercular part IFGoperc region left and right aal3
Inferior frontal gyrus, triangular part IFGtriang region left and right aal3
Inferior frontal gyrus, orbital part IFGorb region left and right aal3
Rolandic operculum ROL region left and right aal3
Supplementary motor area SMA region left and right aal3
Olfactory cortex OLF region left and right aal3
Superior frontal gyrus, medial part SFGmed region left and right aal3
Superior frontal gyrus, medial orbital part SFGmorb region left and right aal3
Gyrus rectus REC region left and right aal3
Medial orbital gyrus MOrG region left and right aal3
Anterior orbital gyrus AOrG region left and right aal3
Posterior orbital gyrus POrG region left and right aal3
Lateral orbital gyrus LOrG region left and right aal3
Parietal lobe
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Postcentral gyrus PoCG region left and right aal3
Superior parietal gyrus SPG region left and right aal3
Inferior parietal gyrus IPG region left and right aal3
Supramarginal gyrus SMG region left and right aal3
Angular gyrus ANG region left and right aal3
Precuneus PCUN region left and right aal3
Paracentral lobule PCL region left and right aal3
Temporal lobe
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Fusiform gyrus FFG region left and right aal3
Heschl gyrus HES region left and right aal3
Superior temporal gyrus STG region left and right aal3
Temporal pole, superior part TPOsup region left and right aal3
Middle temporal gyrus MTG region left and right aal3
Temporal pole, middle part TPOmid region left and right aal3
Inferior temporal gyrus ITG region left and right aal3
Occipital lobe
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Calcarine cortex CAL region left and right aal3
Cuneus CUN region left and right aal3
Lingual gyrus LING region left and right aal3
Superior occipital gyrus SOG region left and right aal3
Middle occipital gyrus MOG region left and right aal3
Inferior occipital gyrus IOG region left and right aal3
Limbic lobe
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Middle cingulate cortex MCC region left and right aal3
Posterior cingulate cortex PCC region left and right aal3
Hippocampus HIP region left and right aal3
Parahippocampal gyrus PHG region left and right aal3
Anterior cingulate cortex
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Subgenual anterior cingulate cortex sgACC region left and right aal3
Pregenual anterior cingulate cortex pgACC region left and right aal3
Supracallosal anterior cingulate cortex scACC region left and right aal3
Basal nuclei
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Amygdala AMYG nucleus left and right aal3
Caudate nucleus CAU nucleus left and right aal3
Putamen PUT nucleus left and right aal3
Globus pallidus PAL nucleus left and right aal3
Nucleus accumbens NAcc nucleus left and right aal3
Basal forebrain
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Nucleus basalis of Meynert NBM nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Diagonal band of Broca DBB region left and right neudorfer2020
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis BNST nucleus left and right neudorfer2020

Diencephalon

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Pituitary gland PIT region midline tang2024
Thalamus
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Anteroventral nucleus AV nucleus left and right aal3
Lateral posterior nucleus LP nucleus left and right aal3
Ventral anterior nucleus VA nucleus left and right aal3
Ventral lateral nucleus VL nucleus left and right aal3
Ventral posterolateral nucleus VPL nucleus left and right aal3
Intralaminar nuclei IL nucleus left and right aal3
Reuniens nucleus Re nucleus left and right aal3
Mediodorsal nucleus, medial magnocellular part MDm nucleus left and right aal3
Mediodorsal nucleus, lateral parvocellular part MDl nucleus left and right aal3
Lateral geniculate nucleus LGN nucleus left and right aal3
Medial geniculate nucleus MGN nucleus left and right aal3
Inferior pulvinar PuI nucleus left and right aal3
Medial pulvinar PuM nucleus left and right aal3
Anterior pulvinar PuA nucleus left and right aal3
Lateral pulvinar PuL nucleus left and right aal3
Hypothalamus
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Medial preoptic nucleus MPO nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Paraventricular nucleus Pa nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Dorsal periventricular hypothalamic nucleus DPEH nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Periventricular hypothalamic nucleus Pe nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Lateral hypothalamus LH region left and right neudorfer2020
Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus VMH nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus DMH nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Arcuate nucleus ARC nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Supraoptic nucleus SON nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Suprachiasmatic nucleus SCN nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Tuberomammillary nucleus TMN nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Posterior hypothalamic nucleus PH nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Anterior hypothalamic area AHA region left and right neudorfer2020
Mammillary body MMB nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Subthalamus
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Subthalamic nucleus STN nucleus left and right neudorfer2020
Zona incerta ZI region left and right neudorfer2020
Epithalamus
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Pineal gland PIN region midline razavi2021

Brainstem

Midbrain

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Ventral tegmental area VTA nucleus left and right aal3
Red nucleus RN nucleus left and right aal3
Periaqueductal grey PAG nucleus midline edlow2023
Inferior colliculus IC nucleus left and right sitek2019
Midbrain reticular formation mRt nucleus left and right edlow2023
Pedunculopontine nucleus PPN nucleus left and right edlow2023
Superior colliculus SC nucleus left and right bianciardi2024
Cuneiform nucleus CnF nucleus left and right bianciardi2024
Substantia nigra
Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Substantia nigra, pars compacta SNc nucleus left and right aal3
Substantia nigra, pars reticulata SNr nucleus left and right aal3

Pons

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Locus coeruleus LC nucleus left and right aal3
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus LDT nucleus left and right edlow2023
Parabrachial complex PB nucleus left and right edlow2023
Pontine reticular nucleus, oral part PnO nucleus left and right edlow2023
Superior olivary complex SOC nucleus left and right sitek2019
Subcoeruleus SubC nucleus left and right bianciardi2024

Raphe nuclei

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Dorsal raphe nucleus DR nucleus midline aal3
Median raphe nucleus MnR nucleus midline aal3
Raphe obscurus ROb nucleus midline bianciardi2024
Raphe pallidus RPa nucleus midline bianciardi2024

Medulla

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Cochlear nuclei Coch nucleus left and right sitek2019
Inferior olive ION nucleus left and right bianciardi2024
Vestibular nuclei Ve nucleus left and right bianciardi2024
Viscero-sensory-motor nuclei (solitary tract and dorsal vagal nuclei) VSM nucleus left and right bianciardi2024
Superior medullary reticular formation sMRt nucleus left and right bianciardi2024
Inferior medullary reticular formation iMRt nucleus left and right bianciardi2024

Cerebellum

Cerebellar hemispheres

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Cerebellar crus I CrusI region left and right aal3
Cerebellar crus II CrusII region left and right aal3
Cerebellar lobule III CbIII region left and right aal3
Cerebellar lobules IV-V CbIV-V region left and right aal3
Cerebellar lobule VI CbVI region left and right aal3
Cerebellar lobule VIIb CbVIIb region left and right aal3
Cerebellar lobule VIII CbVIII region left and right aal3
Cerebellar lobule IX CbIX region left and right aal3
Cerebellar lobule X CbX region left and right aal3

Vermis

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Vermis lobules I-II VerI-II region midline aal3
Vermis lobule III VerIII region midline aal3
Vermis lobules IV-V VerIV-V region midline aal3
Vermis lobule VI VerVI region midline aal3
Vermis lobule VII VerVII region midline aal3
Vermis lobule VIII VerVIII region midline aal3
Vermis lobule IX VerIX region midline aal3
Vermis lobule X VerX region midline aal3

Deep cerebellar nuclei

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Dentate nucleus Dn nucleus left and right diedrichsen2009
Interposed nucleus Int nucleus left and right diedrichsen2009

Tracts

Projection tracts

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Corticospinal tract CST tract left and right hcp1065
Frontopontine tract FPT tract left and right hcp1065
Parietopontine tract PPT tract left and right hcp1065
Occipitopontine tract OPT tract left and right hcp1065
Temporopontine tract TPT tract left and right hcp1065
Corticostriatal pathway CSP tract left and right hcp1065
Corticothalamic pathway CTP tract left and right hcp1065

Association tracts

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Arcuate fasciculus AF tract left and right hcp1065
Superior longitudinal fasciculus SLF tract left and right hcp1065
Middle longitudinal fasciculus MdLF tract left and right hcp1065
Inferior longitudinal fasciculus ILF tract left and right hcp1065
Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus IFOF tract left and right hcp1065
Uncinate fasciculus UNC tract left and right hcp1065
Cingulum CING tract left and right hcp1065
Extreme capsule EMC tract left and right hcp1065
Frontal aslant tract FAT tract left and right hcp1065
Vertical occipital fasciculus VOF tract left and right hcp1065
U-fibres UFIB tract left and right hcp1065

Commissural tracts

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Corpus callosum CC tract midline hcp1065
Anterior commissure AC tract midline hcp1065
Posterior commissure PC tract midline hcp1065

Brainstem tracts

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Medial lemniscus ML tract left and right hcp1065
Lateral lemniscus LLEM tract left and right hcp1065
Spinothalamic tract STT tract left and right hcp1065
Central tegmental tract CTT tract left and right hcp1065
Medial longitudinal fasciculus MLF tract left and right hcp1065
Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus DLF tract left and right hcp1065
Rubrospinal tract RST tract left and right hcp1065

Cerebellar peduncles

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Inferior cerebellar peduncle ICP tract left and right hcp1065
Middle cerebellar peduncle MCP tract midline hcp1065
Superior cerebellar peduncle SCP tract midline hcp1065

Limbic and diencephalic tracts

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Mammillothalamic tract MTT tract left and right neudorfer2020
Inferior thalamic peduncle ITP tract left and right neudorfer2020
Fornix FX tract left and right hcp1065

Radiations

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Optic radiation OR tract left and right hcp1065
Acoustic radiation AR tract left and right hcp1065

Cranial nerves

Name Acronym Kind Sides Source
Optic nerve CNII tract left and right hcp1065
Oculomotor nerve CNIII tract left and right hcp1065
Trochlear nerve CNIV tract left and right hcp1065
Trigeminal nerve CNV tract left and right hcp1065
Facial nerve CNVII tract left and right hcp1065
Vestibulocochlear nerve CNVIII tract left and right hcp1065
Vagus nerve CNX tract left and right hcp1065