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Three-dimensional probability maps of the rhinal and the collateral sulci in the human brain

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The sulcal segments of the collateral sulcal complex on the medial part of the temporal lobe delineate the parahippocampal gyrus involved in memory processing from the laterally adjacent fusiform gyrus. The rhinal sulcus delineates the entorhinal cortex on the anterior portion of the parahippocampal gyrus. Posterior to the rhinal sulcus lies the collateral sulcus proper which delineates the parahippocampal cortex that occupies the posterior part of the parahippocampal gyrus. A small sulcus, the parahippocampal extension of the collateral sulcus, runs transversely within the parahippocampal gyrus. The rhinal sulcus, the collateral sulcus proper, and the parahippocampal extension of the collateral sulcus were identified on magnetic resonance images of 40 healthy human brains and probability maps were created to provide quantification of the location variability within standard stereotaxic space. These probability maps can act as a reference frame for the accurate identification of key components of the parahippocampal region and assist in the interpretation of structural and functional changes obtained in neuroimaging studies.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioEngineering (principal investigator: John Mazziotta, MD, Ph.D.) for funding the International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM) brains that were used in the present study. Furthermore, we thank Dr. Claude Lepage for technical help in image-processing necessary to register the entorhinal cortex probability map into the stereotaxic space used in the present study to allow comparison with the probability maps of the rhinal sulcus and the collateral sulcus proper. We also thank Dr. Veronika Zlatkina for helpful discussions and Trisanna Sprung-Much for help with manuscript revisions.

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The research was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Grant MOP-130361 and the Foundation Grant FDN-143212 to M.P. Funding for the International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM) brains was provided by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioEngineering (Principal Investigator: John Mazziotta, MD, Ph.D.).

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Huntgeburth, S.C., Petrides, M. Three-dimensional probability maps of the rhinal and the collateral sulci in the human brain. Brain Struct Funct 221, 4235–4255 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-016-1189-x

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