Flat map areal topography in Macaca mulatta based on combined MRI and histology.
Flattened representations are a useful approach to represent the convoluted complex surface of the neocortex of primates and other large-brained mammals. In this study, we compared the flattened representation of neocortical areas obtained from the recently published MRI and histology atlas of the rhesus monkey brain (Saleem KS, Logothetis NK. A combined MRI and histology atlas of the rhesus monkey brain in stereotaxic coordinates. London: Academic; 2007) with other previously published maps. Our results confirm that flat map representations are advantageous due to their ease of use and that current flat maps are well comparable to each other. Some differences arise due to different distinguishing criteria and here too flat maps can help to reveal them.
Sultan
Fahad
F
Department of Cognitive Neurology, HIH for Clinical Brain Research, Tuebingen, Germany. fahad.sultan@uni-tuebingen.de
Hamodeh
Salah
S
Murayama
Yusuke
Y
Saleem
Kadharbatcha S
KS
Logothetis
Nikos
N
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003196:Computer Graphics; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019579:Neocortex / Q000473:pathology; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology