Elsevier

NeuroImage

Volume 206, 1 February 2020, 116189
NeuroImage

Automated anatomical labelling atlas 3

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Highlights

  • The automated anatomical atlas 3 (AAL3) is described. The following new areas are added.

  • Subdivision of the anterior cingulate cortex into subgenual, pregenual and supracallosal parts.

  • Thalamus, nucleus accumbens, substantia nigra, ventral tegmental area, red nucleus.

  • Locus coeruleus, and raphe nuclei.

  • AAL3 is available as a toolbox for SPM at www.oxcns.org.

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.

Keywords

AAL3
Automated anatomical labelling 3
AAL
AAL2
Human brain
Orbitofrontal cortex
Cingulate cortex
Thalamus
Substantia nigra

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These authors contributed equally to this work.