Abstract
Comparative structural neuroanatomy is a cornerstone for understanding human brain structure and function. A parcellation framework that relates systematically to fundamental principles of histological organization is an essential step in generating structural comparisons between species. In the present investigation, we developed a comparative parcellation reasoning system (ComPaRe), which is a formal ontological system in human and non-human primate brains based on the cortical cytoarchitectonic mapping used for both species as detailed by Brodmann. ComPaRe provides a theoretical foundation for mapping neural systems in humans and other species using neuroimaging. Based on this approach, we revised the methodology of the original Harvard-Oxford Atlas (HOA) system of brain parcellation to produce a comparative framework for the human (hHOA) and the rhesus monkey (mHOA) brains, which we refer to as HOA2.0-ComPaRe. In addition, we used dedicated segmentation software in the publicly available 3D Slicer platform to parcellate an individual human and rhesus monkey brain. This method produces quantitative morphometric parcellations in the individual brains. Based on these parcellations we created a representative template and 3D brain atlas for the two species, each based on a single subject. Thus, HOA2.0-ComPaRe provides a theoretical foundation for mapping neural systems in humans and other species using neuroimaging, while also representing a significant revision of the original human and macaque monkey HOA parcellation schemas. The methodology and atlases presented here can be used in basic and clinical neuroimaging for morphometric (volumetric) analysis, further generation of atlases, as well as localization of function and structural lesions.
Introduction
Brain function and behavior are derived from the complex interrelations among connected networks of neural systems (e.g., Mesulam, 1985, 2000; Pandya and Yeterian, 1985; Schmahmann and Pandya, 2006; Swanson, 2012; Pandya et al., 2015). Each brain region, through its connections, is positioned in one or more brain networks, thus playing a unique role in network function and specific aspects of behavior. The degree to which the brain regions comprising these networks contribute to normal or impaired function is a topic of intensive study in neuroscience. A refinement of the ability to identify specific brain regions in human neuroimaging is key to a more sophisticated understanding of normal brain function as well as the ways in which neurological and psychiatric diseases affect neural systems.
The analysis of brain structure in neuroimaging depends on the state of technology used to obtain and analyze brain images as well as the methods used to divide the brain into its component regions (e.g., ; Van Essen and Glasser, 2018). In the cerebral cortex, the method of dividing regions of the cortical mantle into more discrete areas is known as cortical parcellation (e.g., Jouandet et al., 1989; Rademacher et al., 1992). The categorization of different cortical regions and areas was originally performed in post-mortem tissue using brain sectioning and histological techniques to visualize cell bodies or myelin (e.g., ; von Economo, 1927; ; Nieuwenhuys et al., 2008; Nieuwenhuys, 2013; Triarhou, 2013, 2020; ; Nieuwenhuys and Broere, 2020). In neuroimaging, parcellation of cerebral cortical areas at the level of microscopic precision is not yet possible. Thus, the precise relationships between the full range of discrete neuroanatomical areas and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images are not yet fully established (e.g., , ; ; ). In order to more precisely interrelate cortical areas as defined anatomically with those generated by structural neuroimaging methods to the extent allowed by MRI, a rationale and methodology is needed to parcellate cerebral cortical brain areas in a consistent manner (e.g., Kennedy et al., 1998; ). To this end, the Center for Morphometric Analysis (CMA) at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) was the first to employ a self-referential approach using consistent anatomical landmarks (e.g., brain sulci and gyri) to establish a set of rules for demarcation and volumetric measurement of specific cerebral cortical areas in individual brains (Rademacher et al., 1992; ). This system of analysis led to the creation of the original Harvard-Oxford Atlas (HOA), one of the earliest systematic frameworks for parcellating an individual human brain in the neuroimaging domain (Jenkinson et al., 2012). The HOA approach subsequently served as a foundation for other methods of fully automated brain parcellation (e.g., , ; ; Klein et al., 2017).
The HOA parcellation system remains an important approach that needs to be updated in light of neuroscientific advances and improvements in non-invasive neuroimaging technology. The present investigation updates the HOA system of cerebral cortical brain parcellation (; ; Makris et al., 2006a; Goldstein et al., 2007; Jenkinson et al., 2012) to include more regions that are relevant to structural, functional, and clinical neuroimaging studies. This update of the HOA, referred to as HOA2.0, includes both a revised human brain parcellation (hHOA2.0) and an update of the HOA system for the monkey (mHOA2.0) (Makris et al., 2010; Rushmore et al., 2020a) to relate macaque monkey and human brain structures. This approach is based on the reasoning that comparability between macaque and human cortical areas is guided by structural features such as cytoarchitecture and structural connectivity (e.g., ; Pandya and Yeterian, 1985; ). Thus, the methodology and atlases presented herein address the need for a finer-grained, histologically informed and MRI-based methodological framework for the human and the monkey brain.
In this study, we developed a morphometric methodology that can be applied to both monkey and human brains. We created parcellation frameworks in both species using the same software tools, and comparable ontologies and anatomical criteria. The resulting revised human and monkey atlases have been developed within this common HOA theoretical framework, which we term the HOA2.0-Comparative Parcellation Reasoning (HOA2.0-ComPaRe) system. The original HOA framework has thus been refined and expanded in light of current information from different neuroscientific disciplines. We expect the HOA2.0-ComPaRe system to provide a foundation for a more refined understanding of structural and functional neuroimaging studies in monkey and human brains.
Methods
Subjects
Magnetic resonance images were collected from a single 33-year-old Caucasian right-handed human male volunteer, and a single 7-year-old female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), comparatively equivalent to a young adult human (approximately 20 years of age). For the human subject, written informed consent was obtained after a description of the study was given, and procedures were approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Massachusetts General Hospital. All animal procedures were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) at Boston University School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Human subject
The MRI images for the human subject were acquired at the A. A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital using a Siemens Trio 3T imaging system. Scans included a T1-weighted acquisition with the following parameters: TE = 3.3 ms, TR = 2,530 ms, TI = 1,100 ms, flip angle = 7°, slice thickness = 1.33 mm, 128 contiguous sagittal slices, acquisition matrix = 256 × 256, in-plane resolution = 191 mm2 (i.e., FOV = 256 mm × 256 mm), two averages and pixel bandwidth = 200 Hz/pixel. The total acquisition time was approximately 8 min.
Monkey subject
MRI imaging for the monkey was performed under ketamine-xylazine anesthesia (20 mg/kg; 0.2–0.4 mg/kg). The monkey was placed in an MRI-compatible head holder and scanned in a 1.5T Siemens Sonata magnet at the MGH-NMR Center at the Charlestown Navy Yard. MP-RAGE volumes with 0.8 mm × 0.8 mm in-plane resolution and 1.0 mm thick slices were acquired using the following parameters: TR = 2.73 ms, TE = 2.8 ms, TI = 300 ms, flip angle = 7°, matrix = 256 × 256, bandwidth = 190 Hz/pixel, NEX = 4, with a total acquisition time of 40 min. Approximately 128 slices were acquired with zero gap, increasing slice thickness to cover the brain.
Magnetic resonance imaging preprocessing
For both the human and the monkey brain, images were resampled into a standard coordinate system (; Makris et al., 2004). A new set of coronal images, not rescaled, was reconstructed at the slice thickness of the original acquisition. Neuroanatomic segmentation was performed on coronal images using semiautomated morphometric techniques (; ; Worth et al., 1997; Makris et al., 2004, 2006b). The cerebrum was segmented into its principal gray matter and white matter structures and total cerebral white matter (Makris et al., 1997, 1999; Kennedy et al., 1998; Rushmore et al., 2020a). Specifically, the cortical ribbon was defined by two outlines, one external outline between the subarachnoid CSF and the cerebral cortex, and the other between the cerebral cortex and the underlying cerebral white matter (Worth et al., 1997; Makris et al., 2006b; Rushmore et al., 2020a). The total number of voxels in each brain region represented its volume.
Surface generation
Using FreeSurfer on T1-weighted MRI datasets, the segmented volume of the cerebrum and cerebral white matter was converted into a surface representation. This conversion process was performed using a custom designed extension of the FreeSurfer environment (), in part implemented through the use of TKMedit and TKSurfer programs (Pienaar et al., 2020). The inflated white matter surface was used in both brains to identify and trace sulci and anatomical planes, which serve as the borders for parcellation units. Parcellation units were imported into 3D Slicer for visualization and volumetric analysis. It should be noted that the terms sulcus (pl sulci) and fissure (pl fissures) are used interchangeably in the present study.
Principles of the HOA2.0-ComPaRe system
The HOA2.0-ComPaRe system incorporates both ontology and comparative neuroanatomy. Ontology in the present neuroanatomical context consists of names corresponding to the operationally defined brain structures they represent (adapted from ; D. Bowden, personal communication). Comparative structural neuroanatomy is based on correspondences such as cellular composition and anatomical position of brain regions between different species.
Morphometric analysis using neuroimaging raises an ontological question of how cortical regions of interest (ROIs) correspond between species. For instance, how does a specific ROI such as the anterior cingulate gyrus in the monkey relate to a similar structure in the human brain? Such relationships have been established by classical neuroanatomists such as Brodmann (; ), and . In Brodmann’s framework, cytoarchitectonic areas were demarcated on the basis of structural criteria across several species and found to be comparable. Thus, for example, the anterior cingulate gyrus is characterized by a specific laminar and cellular composition in both macaque and human brains and labeled in both as Brodmann area 24. Cytoarchitectonic analysis was performed by Brodmann across cerebral cortical regions to produce comparative maps in human and non-human primates. These cytoarchitectonically aligned maps continue to be used widely in basic and clinical neuroscientific research.
A comparative approach is crucial for translating experimental animal results to humans. For cerebral cortical anatomy and structural connectivity, correspondence between macaque and human brain structures allows for accurate translation of findings (e.g., ; ; ; Swanson, 2015; Rushmore et al., 2020b). We have recently discussed the importance of comparative approaches for our understanding of human brain neuroanatomy (Rushmore et al., 2020a,b). In the present study, we developed a comparative morphometric method for both monkey and human brains and created parcellation frameworks in both species using the same software tools, and comparable ontologies and anatomical criteria. The resulting human and monkey atlases have been developed within this common HOA2.0 framework, which we have termed the Comparative Parcellation Reasoning (ComPaRe) system.
Human brain cortical parcellation
The method of cortical parcellation was based on that of , which constitutes the basis of the original HOA, a probabilistic human brain atlas included in the FSL software package (Jenkinson et al., 2012). The HOA as first detailed by used coronal planes and limiting sulci to create 48 parcellation units. In the present report, this schema has been expanded to produce a finer-grained parcellation based on a current understanding of cortical regions and areas (see below). This revised system, termed the human HOA2.0 (hHOA2.0) now includes 73 parcellation units (27 frontal lobe, 13 parietal lobe, 15 temporal lobe, 9 occipital lobe, 7 paralimbic, 2 insular). The additional parcellation units in the hHOA2.0 are made up of subdivisions of the original parcellation units. Modifications have been made to the frontal, parietal and occipital lobes and the insula, while temporal lobe and limbic lobe parcellation units remain unchanged. The modifications are summarized below.
The frontal pole parcellation unit (PU) was defined by as the cortex anterior to a coronal plane positioned at the tip of the anterior horizontal ramus of the Sylvian fissure. The resulting parcellation unit included much of the anterior portions of the superior, middle and inferior frontal gyri. By repositioning the coronal plane specifying the posterior limit of the frontal pole to the anterior terminus of the olfactory sulcus, the frontal pole PU was reduced in extent to better approximate Brodmann’s area 10 (; ; ). This modification allows subparcellation of the superior and middle frontal gyri into three main portions (anterior, middle, and posterior), and also enables subdivision of the anterior portion of the inferior frontal gyrus. These subdivisions are more consistent with the locations of Brodmann areas on these three gyri (; ). A second consequence of modifying the posterior border of the frontal pole PU is that the orbital frontal cortex could be subdivided in accord with morphological divisions (e.g., ; ; Ongür et al., 2003).
The frontal pole was further separated into medial and lateral components by the hemispheric margin, in line with neuroanatomical studies of this region (; ; ). The hemispheric margin also served to separate mesial and dorsolateral components of the superior frontal gyrus, and to specify the superior border of a novel pre-supplementary motor area (preSMA) PU. The borders of this region were determined with reference to studies of cytoarchitecture and function (Zilles et al., 1996; Vorobiev et al., 1998; Kim et al., 2010; Ruan et al., 2018), which showed that a coronal plane positioned on the anterior commissure divided cytoarchitectonic regions of the preSMA from the SMA. The preSMA was further divided into superior and inferior regions by the paracingulate sulcus to separate the paralimbic inferior component from the frontal superior component, a division important for mapping and targeting of preSMA using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
The precentral and postcentral gyri were each subdivided into four component regions based on knowledge of somatotopic organization. Mesial portions of the pre- and post-central gyri, which contain representations of the leg, have been separated from the lateral regions of the gyri by the hemispheric margin. The lateral gyral surfaces were further subdivided based on the presence of the omega signs in the pre- and post-central gyri, which constitute the morphological analogs of the motoric and somatosensory hand representations, respectively (Rasmussen and Penfield, 1947; White et al., 1997; Yousry et al., 1997; Moore et al., 2000; ; van Westen et al., 2004; Nelson and Chen, 2008; Hong et al., 2018; ). The regions defined by the omega signs comprise the middle subdivisions of the pre- and post-central gyrus PUs and as a result define superior and inferior divisions for each gyrus. On the opercular surface of these gyri, the central operculum PU was divided into anterior and posterior regions, the separation of which was defined by a plane through the inferior margin of the central sulcus. More inferiorly, the insula was subparcellated into anterior and posterior segments by the central sulcus of the insula (Makris et al., 2006a; Kurth et al., 2010; ).
The posterior parietal cortex was previously separated by into superior parietal lobule, angular gyrus and supramarginal gyrus parcellation units. In the current parcellation schema, the angular gyrus was divided into anterior and posterior portions based on structural and functional grounds (, ; Uddin et al., 2010; ) and the superior parietal lobule was divided into anterior and posterior regions to better reflect cytoarchitectonic divisions (; ; Scheperjans et al., 2008).
The occipital lobe previously contained a parcellation unit comprising both banks of the calcarine sulcus (). This parcellation unit was subdivided into superior and inferior divisions to reflect the differing retinotopy of the two sulcal banks (see for review).
Macaque brain cortical parcellation
The original cortical parcellation of the macaque was based on the Harvard Oxford Atlas and referred to as the macaque HOA (mHOA) (Makris et al., 2010; Rushmore et al., 2020a). This parcellation contained 26 PUs. In the current refined version, the mHOA2.0 is more closely aligned with the modified schema for the human brain, as detailed above. The modified mHOA2.0 now comprises 40 PUs (16 frontal lobe, 7 parietal lobe, 5 temporal lobe, 7 occipital lobe, 4 paralimbic, 1 insular). As in the human, modifications were made in the frontal, parietal and occipital lobes, whereas parcellation units in the temporal lobe, limbic lobe and insula were not modified.
In the frontal lobe, a tripartite prefrontal gyral organization was introduced (e.g., ) such that the cortex between the hemispheric margin and the sulcus principalis was divided into two parts based on an anterior extension of the superior limb of the arcuate sulcus. The precentral gyrus PU, which previously extended from the central sulcus posteriorly to the arcuate sulcus anteriorly, was subdivided into two premotor regions (dorsal and ventral) anterior to a coronal plane through the anterior commissure, with the precentral gyrus PU now referred to as the cortex between the central sulcus and the coronal plane defined by the anterior commissure. On the mesial frontal lobe surface, a novel preSMA region was extracted from the original PRG PU. Since the division between the SMA and the medial PRG could not be ascertained with certainty, these two regions were combined into a more caudal medial PRG/SMA PU.
The orbital surface of the frontal lobe, previously defined as a single PU, was now subdivided with reference to comparative anatomical studies of the orbitofrontal cortex (; ) into five PUs (FOCa, FOCm, FOCL, FOCp, FMC) that parallel those detailed above for the human orbital cortex.
In the parietal lobe, the postcentral gyrus PU was subdivided into medial and lateral portions based on the hemispheric margin. The temporal lobe opercular surface was subdivided into anterior and posterior supratemporal plane PUs to reflect the organization of the human temporal opercular region.
In the occipital lobe, the superior and inferior calcarine banks were delineated to reflect the function and anatomy of the calcarine sulcus in the human brain. In addition, the dorsolateral striate cortex above the calcarine sulcus was subdivided into superior and inferior portions by the presence of the ectocalcarine sulcus.
Segmentation volumes
Once the PUs were defined in the monkey and the human brain, the volumes of each PU were derived by converting the representation on the white matter and pial surfaces to a volumetric space.
Parcellation unit visualization
Parcellation units in both species were visualized by illustrating the borders of each parcellation unit on brain surfaces overlaid with the curve scalar (Makris et al., 2006b, 2008a). This permits a conjunctive viewing of anatomical and PU borders.
Results
In this study, we developed a comparative methodology to parcellate brain structures in the monkey and the human brains, updated the theoretical framework underlying this methodology to include a more comprehensive set of brain structures based on accrued neuroscientific knowledge, and produced a representative template brain atlas for each species. To achieve a comparative framework, the macaque and human HOA2.0 systems were aligned using a methodology that allows the parcellation of any individual brain in humans and monkeys. This methodology is based on a common neuroanatomical method and framework, and implemented in the same software platform, specifically 3D Slicer (). The parcellations for monkey and human cerebral cortical areas were updated to include more fine-grained regions of interest (ROIs), or parcellation units (PUs).
Human cortical parcellation
We expanded the original human HOA framework as generated by Rademacher et al. (1992) and revised by . This framework apportions the cerebral cortex into parcellation units (PUs) that are defined by anatomical landmarks, cerebral sulci, and coronal limiting planes. In the present revision of this parcellation system, we identified regions within the original PUs that have been demonstrated to be distinct on structural or functional grounds. The PUs that comprise this system are identified in Table 1, with the modified PUs in bold. The anatomical landmarks and limiting planes are identified in Table 2, and the sulci used in the system are abbreviated in Table 3. Table 3 also specifies the relationship of each sulcus to established ontological entities, namely Neuronames () Terminologica Neuroanatomica and FIPAT (Ten Donkelaar et al., 2017).
TABLE 1
| AGa | Angular gyrus, anterior |
| AGp | Angular gyrus, posterior |
| CALCi | Intracalcarine cortex, inferior |
| CALCs | Intracalcarine cortex, superior |
| CGa_a | Cingulate gyrus, anterior, anterior part |
| CGa_p | Cingulate gyrus, anterior, posterior part |
| CGp | Cingulate gyrus, posterior |
| CN | Cuneal cortex |
| COa | Central opercular cortex, anterior |
| COp | Central opercular cortex, posterior |
| F1La | Superior frontal gyrus, lateral, anterior |
| F1Lm | Superior frontal gyrus, lateral, middle |
| F1Lp | Superior frontal gyrus, lateral, posterior |
| F1m | Superior frontal gyrus, medial |
| F2a | Middle frontal gyrus, anterior |
| F2m | Middle frontal gyrus, middle |
| F2p | Middle frontal gyrus, posterior |
| F3a | Inferior frontal gyrus, anterior |
| F3o | Inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis |
| F3orb | Inferior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis |
| F3t | Inferior frontal gyrus, pars triangularis |
| FMC | Frontal medial cortex |
| FO | Frontal opercular cortex |
| FOCa | Frontal orbital cortex, anterior |
| FOCL | Frontal orbital cortex, lateral |
| FOCm | Frontal orbital cortex, medial |
| FOCp | Frontal orbital cortex, posterior |
| FPL | Frontal pole, lateral |
| FPm | Frontal pole, medial |
| H1 | Heschl’s gyrus |
| INSa | Insular cortex, anterior |
| INSp | Insular cortex, posterior |
| LG | Lingual gyrus |
| OF | Occipital fusiform gyrus |
| OLi | Lateral occipital cortex, inferior |
| OLs | Lateral occipital cortex, superior |
| OP | Occipital pole |
| PAC | Paracingulate gyrus |
| PCN | Precuneal cortex |
| PHa | Parahippocampal gyrus, anterior |
| PHp | Parahippocampal gyrus, posterior |
| PO | Parietal opercular cortex |
| POGLi | Postcentral gyrus, lateral, inferior |
| POGLm | Postcentral gyrus, lateral, middle |
| POGLs | Postcentral gyrus, lateral, superior |
| POGm | Postcentral gyrus, medial |
| PP | Planum polare |
| PreSMAi | Pre-supplementary motor area, inferior |
| PreSMAs | Pre-supplementary motor area, superior |
| PRGLi | Precentral gyrus, lateral, inferior |
| PRGLm | Precentral gyrus, lateral, middle |
| PRGLs | Precentral gyrus, lateral, superior |
| PRGm | Precentral gyrus, medial |
| PT | Planum temporale |
| SC | Subcallosal cortex |
| SCALC | Supracalcarine cortex* |
| SGa | Supramarginal gyrus, anterior |
| SGp | Supramarginal gyrus, posterior |
| SMA | Supplementary motor area |
| SPLa | Superior parietal lobule, anterior |
| SPLp | Superior parietal lobule, posterior |
| T1a | Superior temporal gyrus, anterior |
| T1p | Superior temporal gyrus, posterior |
| T2a | Middle temporal gyrus, anterior |
| T2p | Middle temporal gyrus, posterior |
| T3a | Inferior temporal gyrus, anterior |
| T3p | Inferior temporal gyrus, posterior |
| TFa | Temporal frontal cortex, anterior |
| TFp | Temporal frontal cortex, posterior |
| TO2 | Middle temporal gyrus, temporo-occipital |
| TO3 | Inferior temporal gyrus, temporo-occipital |
| TOF | Temporal occipital fusiform cortex |
| TP | Temporal pole |
Parcellation units—Human HOA (hHOA).
Modified parcellation units are denoted in bold text.
*Equivalent to the SCAL parcellation unit of .
TABLE 2
| BF | Orbitofrontal cortex, posterior limit |
| Plane A | Anterior horizontal ramus of Sylvian fissure, anterior limit |
| Plane B | Isthmus of temporal and frontal lobes |
| Plane C | Sulcus of Heschl, anterior limit |
| Plane D | Sylvian fissure, posterior limit |
| Plane E | Intermediate sulcus of Jensen, inferior limit |
| Plane F | Opercularization of the intraparietal sulcus |
| Plane G | Cuneal sulcus, posterior limit |
| Plane H | Paracingulate gyrus, anterior limit |
| Plane I | Corpus callosum, anterior limit |
| Plane J | Decussation of anterior commissure |
| Plane K | Precentral sulcus junction with hemispheric margin |
| Plane L | Central sulcus junction with hemispheric margin |
| Plane M | Lateral geniculate nucleus |
| Plane N | Calcarine sulcus, anterior limit |
| Plane O | Precentral sulcus junction with Sylvian fissure |
| Plane P | Postcentral sulcus junction with Sylvian fissure |
| Plane Q | Olfactory sulcus, anterior limit |
| Plane R | Central sulcus junction with Sylvian fissure |
| SEP | Subcallosal cortex, posterior limit |
Human HOA (hHOA) anatomical landmarks.
TABLE 3
| Sulcus | Abbreviation | Latin | Other names | Neuronames | TNA2 ID | FIPAT ID |
| Anterior ascending ramus of lateral fissure | aar | Ramus ascendens sulci lateralis | Anterior ascending limb of lateral fissure | 68 | 5,451 | 2005 |
| Angular sulcus | ag | |||||
| Anterior horizontal ramus of lateral fissure | ahr | Ramus anterior sulci lateralis | Anterior ascending limb of lateral fissure | 69 | 5,449 | 2006 |
| Calcarine sulcus | calc | Sulcus calcarinus | 44 | 5,486 | 2139 | |
| Callosal sulcus | ca | Sulcus corporis callosi | Sulcus of the corpus callosum | 36 | 5,439 | 2083 |
| Central sulcus | ce | Sulcus centralis | 48 | 5,435 | 2088 | |
| Central sulcus of the insula | cei | Sulcus centralis insulae | Central insular sulcus | 112 | 5,505 | 2078 |
| Cingulate sulcus | ci | Sulcus cinguli | 43 | 5,440 | 2084 | |
| Circular sulcus of the insula | cir | Sulcus circularis insulae | Limiting sulcus | 51 | 5,444 | 2079 |
| Collateral sulcus | co | Sulcus collateralis | 47 | 5,442 | 2087 | |
| Cuneal sulcus** | cun | n.d. | Superior sagittal sulcus of cuneus | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| First transverse sulcus** | ftr | Sulcus temporalis transversus anterior | Anterior transverse temporal sulcus | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Heschl’s sulcus** | He* | Sulcus temporalis transversus posterior | Posterior transverse temporal sulcus | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. |
| Hippocampal fissure | hi | Sulcus hippocampalis | 42 | 5,522 | 2183 | |
| Inferior frontal sulcus | if | Sulcus frontalis inferior | 63 | 5,453 | 2018 | |
| Inferior temporal sulcus | it | Sulcus temporalis inferior | 130 | 5,496 | 2072 | |
| Intermediate sulcus of Jensen | im | Sulcus intermedius primus | Primary intermediate sulcus | 2,382 | n.d. | n.d. |
| Intraparietal sulcus | ip | Sulcus intraparietalis | 97 | 5,475 | 2037 | |
| Lateral occipital sulcus | lo | n.d. | 143 | n.d. | n.d. | |
| Lateral orbital sulcus | lorb* | Sulcus orbitalis lateralis | 81 | n.d. | 2111 | |
| Marginal ramus of the cingulate sulcus | ||||||
| Medial orbital sulcus | morb | Sulcus orbitalis medialis | 82 | n.d. | 2113 | |
| Occipitotemporal sulcus | ot | Sulcus occipitotemporalis | 55 | 5,438 | 2147 | |
| Olfactory sulcus | ol | Sulcus olfactorius | 78 | 5,463 | 2115 | |
| Paracingulate sulcus | pa | n.d. | 2,399 | n.d. | n.d. | |
| Parietooccipital sulcus | po | Sulcus parietooccipitalis | 52 | 5,437 | 2007 | |
| Postcentral sulcus | pcs | Sulcus postcentralis | 99 | 5,740 | 2035 | |
| Posterior ascending ramus of the Sylvian fissure | ||||||
| Posterior horizontal ramus of the Sylvian fissure | ||||||
| Precentral sulcus | prs | Sulcus precentralis | 3,474 | 5,457 | 2027 | |
| Subparietal sulcus | sp | Sulcus subparietalis | Splenial sulcus | 102 | 5,441 | 2135 |
| Superior frontal sulcus | sf | Sulcus frontalis superior | 61 | 5,455 | 2032 | |
| Superior temporal sulcus | st | Sulcus temporalis superior | 129 | 5,494 | 2070 | |
| Transverse orbital sulcus | torb | Sulcus orbitalis transversus | 80 | n.d. | 2112 |
Limiting sulci in the human Harvard-Oxford Atlas (hHOA).
*May exist as two or more sulci, which may be indicated by numerical suffix (e.g., Heschl’s sulcus 1, Heschl’s sulcus 2).
**Not present in Neuronames. n.d., not designated.
Additional sulci
Several sulci were added to the original human and monkey HOA systems to enable parcellation unit subdivisions. In the orbitofrontal region, an H-shaped sulcal pattern was identified. The medial orbital sulcus and the lateral orbital sulcus form the vertical limbs of the H, and the transverse orbital sulcus forms the horizontal limb (; Poellinger et al., 2001). Another sulcus added to the original hHOA system is the central sulcus of the insula, which separates the anterior long insular gyri from the posterior short insular gyri ().
Additional anatomical landmarks
Several anatomical landmarks were added to the revised HOA system. The presence of the omega sign in the precentral gyrus, and its analog in the postcentral gyrus, provide a landmark for the hand motoric and sensory representations, respectively. Lines can be traced above and below these landmarks to divide the lateral aspects of the pre- and post-central gyri into three portions. The lines on the precentral gyrus are known as the superior and inferior precentral lines (SPRCL, IPRCL). Similarly, the lines on the postcentral gyrus are referred to as the superior and inferior postcentral lines (SPOCL, IPOCL). An additional line is designated in this system in the parietal lobe. This line, termed the parietal line (PAL), connects the preoccipital notch to the superior terminus of the parieto-occipital sulcus at the hemispheric margin (Supplementary Figure 1). This line separates posterior parietal and inferior temporal regions from occipital regions. Furthermore, two additional coronal planes were specified. Plane Q was placed at the anterior terminus of the olfactory sulcus and defines the posterior borders of the frontal pole PU on the ventral and lateral aspects of the hemisphere. Plane R was positioned at the inferior terminus of the central sulcus to divide the central operculum PU into anterior and posterior regions.
The anatomical landmarks, planes and sulci together define the borders for each parcellation unit as defined in Table 4 and visualized in Figures 1, 2.
TABLE 4
| PU | Ant | Post | Med/Inf | Lat/Sup |
| AGa | CP E, im | CP F | ip | st, lo |
| AGp | CP F | PAL | ip | st, lo |
| CALCi | po | CP G | calc | CIL |
| CALCs | po | CP G | CSL | calc |
| CGa_a | ci | CP I | ci | ci |
| CGa_p | CP I | CP K | ca | ci |
| CGp | CP K | sp | ca, calc | ci, sp |
| CN | po | CP G | cun | HM |
| COa | CP O | CP R | cir | S45D |
| COp | CP R | CP P | cir | S45D |
| F1La | CP Q | CP I | HM | sf |
| F1Lm | CP I | CP O | HM | sf |
| F1Lp | CP O | prc | HM | sf |
| F1m | CP H | CP I | pa | HM |
| F2a | CP Q | CP I | sf | if |
| F2m | CP I | CP O | sf | if |
| F2p | CP O | prc | sf | if |
| F3a | CP Q | CP A | if | ahr |
| F3o | aar | prc | if | S45D |
| F3orb | CP Q | CP A | lorb* | S45/ahr |
| F3t | CP A | aar | if | S45D |
| FMC | CP Q | CP I | pa | ol |
| FO | n/a | CP O | cir | S45D |
| FOCa | CP Q | torb | lorb | morb |
| FOCL | CP Q | circ | lorb | S45D/lorb* |
| FOCm | CP Q | BF | morb | ol |
| FOCp | torb | BF, circ | morb | lorb |
| FPL | HM | CP Q | HM | HM |
| FPm | HM | CP H | HM | HM |
| H1 | I45D | circ | ftr | He |
| INSa | circ | cei | circ | circ |
| INSp | cei | circ | circ | circ |
| LG | CP N | CP G | calc | co |
| OF | CP F | CP G | co | ot |
| OLi | CP F | CP G | ot | lo |
| OLs | PAL | CP G | HM | lo |
| OP | CP G | HM | HM | HM |
| PAC | pa | CP I, Ci | pa | pa |
| PCN | sp | po | calc | HM |
| PHa | CP B | CP M | co | hi |
| PHp | CP M | CP N | co | hi, calc |
| PO | CP P | CP D | cir | S45D |
| POGLi | ce | poc | S45D | IPOCL |
| POGLm | ce | poc | IPOCL | SPOCL |
| POGLs | ce | poc | SPOCL | HM |
| POGm | CP L | ci | ci | HM |
| PP | CP B | ftr | circ | I45D |
| PreSMAi | CP I | CP J | ci | pa |
| PreSMAs | CP I | CPJ | pa | HM |
| PRGLi | prc | ce | S45D | IPRCL |
| PRGLm | prc | ce | IPRCL | SPRCL |
| PRGLs | prc | ce | SPRCL | HM |
| PRGm | CP K | CP L | ci | HM |
| PT | He | CP D | circ | I45D |
| SC | CP I | BF, SEP | ol | ca |
| SCALC | poc | CP G | CSL | cun |
| SGa | poc | CP D | ip | S45D |
| SGp | CP D | CP E, im | ip | st |
| SMA | CP J | CP K | ci | HM |
| SPLa | poc | CP F | ip | HM |
| SPLp | CP F | PAL | ip | HM |
| T1a | CP B | CP C | I45D | st |
| T1p | CP C | CP D | I45D | st |
| T2a | CP B | CP C | st | it |
| T2p | CP C | CP D | st | it |
| T3a | CP B | CP C | it | ot |
| T3p | CP C | CP D | it | ot |
| TFa | CP B | CP C | ot | co |
| TFp | CP C | CP D | ot | co |
| TO2 | CP D | CP F | st, lo | it |
| TO3 | CP D | CP F | it | ot |
| TOF | CP D | CP F | ot | co |
| TP | HM | CP B | HM | HM |
Human Harvard-Oxford Atlas (hHOA) parcellation unit definitions.
Abbreviations are found in Table 1 for parcellation units, and Table 3 for sulci. Coronal planes (CP) are listed in Table 2. CIL, calcarine inferior line; CSL, calcarine superior line; HM, hemispheric margin; I45D, inferior 45 degree line of the Sylvian fissure; S45D, superior 45 degree line of the Sylvian fissure; IPOCL, inferior postcentral line; IPRCL, inferior precentral line; SCL, superior calcarine line; SPOCL, superior postcentral line; SPRCL, superior precentral line.
*In cases where the lateral orbital sulcus is duplicated, the lateral FOC PU is divided from the F3o PU based on this sulcus. In cases where such a sulcus is not identified, the two PUs are combined into a single PU, denoted as FOCL/F3o.
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2

Three-dimensional representation of the revised Harvard-Oxford Atlas parcellation of the human brain, hHOA2.0. Refer to Figure 1 for parcellation unit (PU) identity.
Novel parcellation units—Frontal lobe
In the frontal lobe, most major gyri of the original HOA were subdivided further. As indicated above, the precentral gyrus was first divided into medial (PRGm) and lateral portions by the hemispheric margin. The lateral portion was then subdivided into three parts (PRGLi, PRGLm, PRGLs) based on the presence of the omega sign. The superior frontal gyrus, termed the F1 PU by
Novel parcellation units—Parietal lobe
The postcentral gyrus was separated into medial and lateral portions based on the hemispheric margin. The lateral postcentral gyrus was subdivided into inferior, middle and superior PUs (POGLi, POGLm, POGLs) with reference to the postcentral gyrus equivalent of the omega sign. In addition, the central opercular cortex (CO) PU flanking the inferior terminus of the central sulcus, and originally spanning parietal and frontal regions, was subdivided into anterior (COa) and posterior (COp) PUs. The angular gyrus PU and the superior parietal lobule PU were both subdivided into anterior and posterior portions (AGa, AGp, SPLa, SPLp).
Novel parcellation units—The insula
The central sulcus of the insula was used to divide the insular cortex into anterior (INSa) and posterior (INSp) PUs.
Novel parcellation units—Occipital lobe
The superior and inferior banks of the calcarine sulcus (CALCs, CALCi) were specified as novel PUs.
Structure-function relationships of human HOA2.0 parcellation units
Useful distinctions between and among brain areas can be made by considering the types of functions associated
with specific structurally defined areas (Mesulam, 1985, 2000; Rademacher et al., 1992). A general distinction between functional cerebral cortical types can be made according to whether the component regions are primary cortices (e.g., visual, auditory, motor, somatosensory), unimodal association cortices, heteromodal association cortices, or paralimbic association cortices. The relationship between each parcellation unit and its associated functional type is detailed in Supplementary Table 1.
Morphometric analysis
Volumes for the hHOA2.0 parcellation units as delineated in the present study are listed in Table 5.
TABLE 5
| PU | Right (cm3) | Left (cm3) |
| AGa | 10.80 | 12.78 |
| AGp | 8.24 | 8.56 |
| CALCi | 1.77 | 2.04 |
| CALCs | 1.10 | 1.84 |
| CGa_a | 1.65 | 2.12 |
| CGa_p | 5.46 | 3.56 |
| CGp | 4.47 | 6.72 |
| CN | 4.52 | 4.86 |
| COa | 2.83 | 1.57 |
| COp | 1.34 | 2.89 |
| F1La | 5.09 | 2.17 |
| F1Lm | 4.75 | 5.70 |
| F1Lp | 8.91 | 6.16 |
| F1m | 2.13 | 1.82 |
| F2a | 6.67 | 8.69 |
| F2m | 8.38 | 9.37 |
| F2p | 4.61 | 2.98 |
| F3a | 5.08 | 4.71 |
| F3o | 3.87 | 4.42 |
| F3orb | 6.35 | 2.26 |
| F3t | 4.46 | 5.32 |
| FMC | 2.28 | 2.17 |
| FO | 2.79 | 5.02 |
| FOCa | 2.22 | 1.55 |
| FOCL | 6.23 | 3.74 |
| FOCm | 3.22 | 4.13 |
| FOCp | 2.60 | 4.07 |
| FPL | 6.47 | 7.36 |
| FPm | 4.85 | 2.23 |
| H1 | 2.45 | 2.21 |
| INSa | 5.06 | 5.92 |
| INSp | 3.00 | 3.01 |
| LG | 5.17 | 5.10 |
| OF | 5.09 | 5.02 |
| OLi | 7.33 | 7.49 |
| OLs | 6.72 | 6.06 |
| OP | 19.03 | 9.04 |
| PAC | 4.82 | 5.44 |
| PCN | 14.21 | 13.31 |
| PHa | 2.86 | 3.08 |
| PHp | 1.94 | 2.59 |
| PO | 3.60 | 6.00 |
| POGLi | 4.51 | 5.09 |
| POGLm | 6.54 | 5.46 |
| POGLs | 3.97 | 3.66 |
| POGm | 3.41 | 2.57 |
| PP | 2.01 | 3.36 |
| PreSMAi | 3.39 | 4.54 |
| PreSMAs | 1.38 | 1.97 |
| PRGLi | 5.70 | 7.48 |
| PRGLm | 4.10 | 4.26 |
| PRGLs | 2.34 | 3.03 |
| PRGm | 2.97 | 3.13 |
| PT | 1.92 | 1.11 |
| SC | 2.91 | 3.19 |
| SCALC | 1.49 | 1.43 |
| SGa | 7.28 | 9.70 |
| SGp | 6.02 | 7.65 |
| SMA | 3.86 | 4.28 |
| SPLa | 9.70 | 11.99 |
| SPLp | 5.51 | 5.63 |
| T1a | 3.48 | 2.56 |
| T1p | 3.11 | 2.49 |
| T2a | 6.55 | 4.25 |
| T2p | 5.31 | 2.91 |
| T3a | 4.81 | 3.72 |
| T3p | 2.71 | 3.86 |
| TFa | 3.61 | 6.56 |
| TFp | 1.70 | 4.50 |
| TO2 | 6.27 | 5.57 |
| TO3 | 5.69 | 5.33 |
| TOF | 4.73 | 6.60 |
| TP | 7.87 | 10.19 |
Human Harvard-Oxford Atlas (hHOA) parcellation unit volumes from single subject.
Rhesus monkey cortical parcellation
The original extension of the HOA system of brain parcellation to the macaque monkey brain (Rushmore et al., 2020a) allowed for the division of the monkey cerebral cortex into parcellation units using the same methodological approach as in the human. Accordingly, PUs were defined on the basis of anatomical landmarks and borders visible and reliably identifiable using MRI. Table 6 lists these original PU abbreviations and shows the PUs of the present mHOA2.0 revision in bold. Anatomical landmarks are listed in Table 7, and sulci in Table 8. When applicable, sulcal abbreviations have been modified to parallel those used in the hHOA2.0. The PU definitions are listed in Table 9 and the cortical parcellation schema is illustrated in outline form in Figure 3 and in three dimensions in Figure 4.
TABLE 6
| CALCi | Intracalcarine cortex, inferior |
| CALCs | Intracalcarine cortex, superior |
| CGa | Cingulate gyrus, anterior |
| CGp | Cingulate gyrus, posterior |
| COa | Central opercular cortex, anterior |
| COp | Central opercular cortex, posterior |
| F1dli | Middle frontal gyrus |
| F1dls | Superior frontal gyrus |
| F1dm | Superior frontal gyrus, medial |
| F2 | Inferior frontal gyrus |
| FMC | Frontal medial cortex |
| FOCa | Frontal orbital cortex, anterior |
| FOCL | Frontal orbital cortex, lateral |
| FOCm | Frontal orbital cortex, medial |
| FOCp | Frontal orbital cortex, posterior |
| FP | Frontal pole |
| INS | Insular cortex |
| ITG | Inferior temporal gyrus |
| LPCi | Lateral parietal cortex, inferior |
| LPCs | Lateral parietal cortex, superior |
| MPC | Medial parietal cortex |
| PH | Parahippocampal gyrus |
| PO | Parietal opercular cortex |
| POGL | Postcentral gyrus, lateral |
| POGm | Postcentral gyrus, medial |
| PMd | Premotor cortex, dorsal |
| PMv | Premotor cortex, ventral |
| PreSMA | Pre-supplementary motor area |
| PRGL | Precentral gyrus, lateral |
| PRGm/SMA | Precentral gyrus, medial/supplementary motor area |
| PRL | Prelunate gyrus |
| SC | Subcallosal cortex |
| STG | Superior temporal gyrus |
| STPa | Supratemporal plane, anterior |
| STPp | Supratemporal plane, posterior |
| STRdli | Striate cortex, dorsolateral, inferior |
| STRdls | Striate cortex, dorsolateral, superior |
| STRm | Striate cortex, medial |
| TP | Temporal pole |
| VMO | Ventromedial occipital cortex |
Parcellation units—macaque HOA (mHOA).
Modified parcellation units are denoted in bold text.
TABLE 7
| BF | Orbitofrontal cortex, posterior limit |
| Plane A | Rostral sulcus, anterior limit |
| Plane B | Superior ramus of arcuate sulcus, anterior limit |
| Plane C | Corpus callosum, anterior limit |
| Plane D | Inferior ramus of arcuate sulcus, inferior limit |
| Plane E | Isthmus of temporal and frontal lobes |
| Plane F | Central sulcus junction with Sylvian fissure |
| Plane G | Central sulcus junction with hemispheric margin |
| Plane H | Intraparietal sulcus, anterior limit |
| Plane I | Calcarine sulcus, anterior limit |
| Plane J | Inferior occipital sulcus, anterior limit |
| Plane K | Lunate sulcus, inferior limit |
| Plane L | Parietooccipital sulcus, inferior limit |
| Plane M | Decussation of anterior commissure |
| Plane a | Between superior limit of subparietal sulcus and coronal plane I |
| Plane b | Horizontal line from anterior limit of inferior occipital sulcus to superior temporal sulcus |
| Plane c | Between superior limit of Sylvian fissure, and confluence of lunate and intraparietal sulci |
Macaque HOA (mHOA) anatomical landmarks.
TABLE 8
| Sulcus | Neuronames abbreviation | Latin | Neuronames ID |
| Arcuate sulcus | arc | Sulcus arcuatus | 2,379 |
| Calcarine sulcus | ccs | Sulcus calcarinus | 44 |
| Callosal sulcus | cas | Sulcus corporis callosi | 36 |
| Central sulcus | ce | Sulcus centralis | 48 |
| Cingulate sulcus | cgs | Sulcus cinguli | 43 |
| External calcarine sulcus | ecs | 146 | |
| Inferior calcarine sulcus | iccs | 148 | |
| Inferior occipital sulcus | iocs | 144 | |
| Intraparietal sulcus | itps | Sulcus intraparietalis | 97 |
| Lateral fissure | lf | Sulcus lateralis | 49 |
| Lateral orbital sulcus | los | 81 | |
| Limiting sulcus of the insula | crs | Sulcus circularis insulae | 51 |
| Lunate sulcus | lus | 150 | |
| Marginal sulcus | ms | 98 | |
| Medial orbital sulcus | mos | 82 | |
| Occipitotemporal sulcus | ots | 55 | |
| Olfactory sulcus | olfs | Sulcus olfactorius | 78 |
| Parietooccipital sulcus | pos | 52 | |
| Principal sulcus | prs | Sulcus principalis | 66 |
| Rhinal sulcus | rhs | Sulcus rhinalis | 41 |
| Rostral sulcus | ros | 76 | |
| Subparietal sulcus | sbps | 102 | |
| Superior calcarine sulcus | sccs | 147 | |
| Superior temporal sulcus | sts | 129 | |
| Transverse orbital sulcus | tos | 80 |
Limiting Sulci in the macaque Harvard-Oxford Atlas (mHOA).
TABLE 9
| PU | Superior | Inferior | Anterior | Posterior |
| CALCi | ccs | CIL | ccs (ant) | ccs (post) |
| CALCs | CSL | ccs | ccs (ant) | ccs (post) |
| CGa | cgs | ros, cas | CP A | CP C, CP G |
| CGp | cgs | cas, ccs | CP G, CP I | CP I, CP J, Pl a, sbps |
| COa | HM | crs | Ant end insula | CP F |
| COp | HM | crs | CP F | Post end insula |
| F1dli | ASL | prs | CP A | arc |
| F1dls | HM | ASL | CP A | CP B |
| F1dm | HM | cgs | CP A | CP B |
| F2 | prs | HM | CP A | CP D |
| FMC | ros | olfs | CP A | CP C |
| FOCa | los | mos | CP A | tos |
| FOCL | HM | los | CP A | BF |
| FOCm | mos | olfs | CP A | BF |
| FOCp | los | mos | tos | BF |
| FP | HM | HM | HM | CP A |
| INS | crs | crs | Ant end insula | Post end insula |
| ITG | sts, Pl b | ots, rhs | CP E | CP J |
| LPCi | ips | ls, Pl c | CP H | IPS, Pl c |
| LPCs | cgs | itps | CP I | CP J |
| MPC | ips, cfs | CSL | sbps, CP J, CP I, Pl a | CP L |
| PH | HPC | ots, rhs | CP E, HM | CP I |
| PO | HM | crs, ls | CP H | ls (post end) |
| POGL | HM | lf | ce, CP F | CP H, CP I |
| POGm | HM | cgs | CP G | CP I |
| PMd | HM | arc, APL | CP B | CP M |
| PMv | APL | HM, ls | arc, CP D | CP M |
| PreSMA | HM | cgs | CP B | CP M |
| PRGL | HM | ls | CP M | ce, CP F |
| PRGm/SMA | HM | cgs | CP M | CP G |
| PRL | Pl c | iocs, Pl b | sts | lus, CP K |
| SC | cas | olfs | CP C | BF |
| STG | ls | sts, Pl c | CP E, M | sts |
| STPa | crs, ls | HM | CP E | 1/2 STP* |
| STPp | crs, ls | HM | 1/2 STP* | ls (post end) |
| STRdli | ecs | ios, CIL | lus, CP L, CP K, pos | HM |
| STRdls | sccs | ecs | lus, pos, CP L | HM |
| STRm | HM | CSL | CP L | HM |
| TP | HM | HM | HM | CP E |
| VMO | CIL | ios | CP J | CP L |
Macaque Harvard-Oxford Atlas (mHOA) parcellation unit definitions.
PU abbreviations found in Table 6. Sulcal abbreviations found in Table 8. ASL, superior arcuate line; HM, hemispheric margin; APL, posterior arcuate line; CP, coronal plane; Pl, plane; HPC, hippocampal sulcus; ICL, CIL, calcarine inferior line; CSL, calcarine superior line.
* 1/2 STP denotes the geometric mean of the supratemporal plane.
FIGURE 3

Schematic diagram of the revised Harvard-Oxford Atlas parcellation of the macaque monkey brain, mHOA2.0. Sulci are depicted as solid lines and limiting planes as dotted lines. Abbreviations are listed in Table 6. Figure modified from Rushmore et al. (2020a).
FIGURE 4

Three-dimensional representation of the revised Harvard-Oxford Atlas parcellation of the macaque monkey brain, mHOA2.0. Abbreviations are listed in Table 6.
Additional sulci and parcellation units
In the present study, the fronto-orbital region of the macaque was divided as in the human based on a similar H-shaped pattern of orbital sulci (
Structure-function relationships of macaque HOA2.0 parcellation units
As above, correspondences between PUs and functional regions in the macaque brain were specified and listed in Supplementary Table 2.
Morphometric analysis
Volumes for the mHOA2.0 parcellation units are listed in Table 10.
TABLE 10
| PU | Right (cm3) | Left (cm3) |
| CALCi | 0.51 | 0.49 |
| CALCs | 0.72 | 0.72 |
| CGa | 0.72 | 0.80 |
| CGp | 0.40 | 0.45 |
| COa | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| COp | 0.19 | 0.20 |
| F1dli | 0.61 | 0.53 |
| F1dls | 0.29 | 0.28 |
| F1dm | 0.28 | 0.25 |
| F2 | 0.58 | 0.65 |
| FMC | 0.19 | 0.23 |
| FOCa | 0.20 | 0.14 |
| FOCL | 0.35 | 0.31 |
| FOCm | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| FOCp | 0.29 | 0.35 |
| FP | 0.30 | 0.38 |
| INS | 0.45 | 0.47 |
| ITG | 1.75 | 1.71 |
| LPCi | 0.98 | 0.96 |
| LPCs | 0.62 | 0.61 |
| MPC | 1.06 | 1.14 |
| PH | 0.62 | 0.63 |
| PO | 0.36 | 0.34 |
| POGL | 0.75 | 0.79 |
| POGm | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| PMd | 0.55 | 0.60 |
| PMv | 0.62 | 0.56 |
| PreSMA | 0.27 | 0.28 |
| PRGL | 0.76 | 0.82 |
| PRGm/SMA | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| PRL | 0.91 | 0.92 |
| SC | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| STG | 1.38 | 1.33 |
| STPa | 0.34 | 0.33 |
| STPp | 0.27 | 0.31 |
| STRdli | 1.06 | 1.15 |
| STRdls | 1.32 | 1.44 |
| STRm | 0.13 | 0.15 |
| TP | 0.43 | 0.39 |
| VMO | 0.78 | 0.83 |
Macaque Harvard-Oxford Atlas (mHOA) parcellation unit volumes from single subject.
Comparative relationships of the human HOA2.0 and monkey HOA2.0 parcellation systems
A primary goal of extending the original human HOA system to the monkey brain was to relate the latter more systematically to the human brain (Rushmore et al., 2020a). As shown in Table 11, such a comparison can now be made between the PUs of the hHOA2.0 and mHOA2.0.
TABLE 11
| PU | hHOA PU | Human Brodmann areas | mHOA PU | Monkey Brodmann areas | Monkey Walker areas | |
| Frontal Lobe | COa | Central opercular cortex - anterior | 43 | COa | 43* | n.d. |
| F1La | Superior frontal gyrus, lateral, anterior | 8, 9 | F1dls | 9 (6, 8) | 9, 8B | |
| F1Lm | Superior frontal gyrus, lateral, middle | 8 (9, 6) | F1dls | 9 (6, 8) | 9, 8B | |
| F1Lp | Superior frontal gyrus, lateral, posterior | 6 | PMd | 6 | 6 | |
| F1m | Superior frontal gyrus, medial | 8 (9) | F1dm | 6 (32) | 6, 8B, 9 | |
| F2a | Middle frontal gyrus, anterior | 46, 10 (9) | F1dli | 9, 8 (10) | 46 (8A) | |
| F2m | Middle frontal gyrus, middle | 8, 9 (46) | F1dli | 9, 8 (10) | 46 (8A) | |
| F2p | Middle frontal gyrus, posterior | 6 | PMd | 6 | 6 | |
| F3a | Inferior frontal gyrus, anterior | 10, 46 | F2 | 10, 9, 8 | 12, 45, 46 | |
| F3o | Inferior frontal gyrus, pars opercularis | 44 | F2 | 10, 9, 8 | 12, 45, 46 | |
| F3orb | Inferior frontal gyrus, pars orbitalis | 47 | F2 | 10, 9, 8 | 12, 45, 46 | |
| F3t | Inferior frontal gyrus, pars triangularis | 45 | F2 | 10, 9, 8 | 12, 45, 46 | |
| FMC | Frontal medial cortex | 11 | FMC | 9, 11, 12 | 14, 25 (10) | |
| FO | Frontal opercular cortex | 44, 45 | COa | n.d.** | n.d. | |
| FOCa | Frontal orbital cortex, anterior | 11 | FOCa | 9, 10, 11, 12† | 11 (10) | |
| FOCL | Frontal orbital cortex, lateral | 11 | FOCL | 10 (11)† | 12 (11) | |
| FOCm | Frontal orbital cortex, medial | 11 | FOCm | 9, 11, 12† | 14 (10) | |
| FOCp | Frontal orbital cortex, posterior | 11 | FOCp | 11 (9)† | 13†† | |
| FPL | Frontal pole, lateral | 10 (9, 11) | FP | 9, 12 | 10 | |
| FPm | Frontal pole, medial | 10 (9, 11) | FP | 9, 12 | 10 | |
| PreSMAi | Pre-supplementary motor area, inferior | 6 (medial) | PreSMA | 4 (6) | n.d. | |
| PreSMAs | Pre-supplementary motor area, superior | 6 (medial), 32 | PreSMA | 4 (6) | n.d. | |
| PRGLi | Precentral gyrus, lateral, inferior | 4, 6 | PRGL, PMv | 4 (PRGL), 6 (PMv) | n.d. | |
| PRGLm | Precentral gyrus, lateral, middle | 4, 6 | PRGL | 4 | n.d. | |
| PRGLs | Precentral gyrus, lateral, superior | 4 (6) | PRGL | 4 | n.d. | |
| PRGm | Precentral gyrus, medial | 4 (medial) | PRGm/SMA | 4 (3) | n.d. | |
| SMA | Supplementary motor area | 4 (medial), 6 (medial) | PRGm/SMA | 4, 3 | n.d. | |
| Occipital Lobe | CALCi | Intracalcarine cortex, inferior | 17 | CALCi | 17 | |
| CALCs | Intracalcarine cortex, superior | 17 | CALCs | 17 | ||
| CN | Cuneal cortex | 18, 19 | STRm | 17, 18 (19) | ||
| LG | Lingual gyrus | 18, 19 (17) | VMO | 19, 20 (18) | ||
| OF | Occipital fusiform gyrus | 19 | VMO | 19, 20 (18) | ||
| OLi | Lateral occipital cortex, inferior | 18, 19 (37) | VMO | 19, 20 (18) | ||
| OLs | Lateral occipital cortex, superior | 18, 19 | PRL | 18, 19 | ||
| OP | Occipital pole | 17, 18 | STRdli, STRdls | 17 (18) | ||
| SCALC | Supracalcarine cortex | 17 (18) | STRm | 17, 18 | ||
| Parietal Lobe | AGa | Angular gyrus, anterior | 39 (anterior) | LPCi | 7 | |
| AGp | Angular gyrus, posterior | 39 (posterior) | LPCi | 7 | ||
| COp | Central opercular cortex, posterior | 43 | COp | 43* | ||
| PCN | Precuneal cortex | 7 (medial) (31) | MPC | 7, 19 (18) | ||
| PO | Parietal opercular cortex | 40 | PO | 7† | ||
| POGLi | Postcentral gyrus, lateral, inferior | 3, 1, 2 | POGL | 3, 1, 2 (5) | ||
| POGLm | Postcentral gyrus, lateral, middle | 3, 1, 2 (5) | POGL | 3, 1, 2 (5) | ||
| POGLs | Postcentral gyrus, lateral, superior | 3, 1, 2 (5) | POGL | 3, 1, 2 (5) | ||
| POGm | Postcentral gyrus, medial | 3, 1, 2 (5) | POGm | 3, 1, 2 (5) | ||
| SGa | Supramarginal gyrus, anterior | 40 | LPCi | 7 | ||
| SGp | Supramarginal gyrus, posterior | 40, 22 | LPCi | 7 | ||
| SPLa | Superior parietal lobule, anterior | 7 (5) | LPCs | 7, 5 | ||
| SPLp | Superior parietal lobule, posterior | 7 | LPCs | 7, 5 | ||
| Temporal Lobe | H1 | Heschl’s gyrus | 41 | STPp | 22 | |
| INSa | Insular cortex, anterior | J ant (agranular) | INS | 14, 15, 16 (agranular)‡ | ||
| INSp | Insular cortex, posterior | J post (granular) | INS | 13 (granular)‡ | ||
| PP | Planum polare | 22 (anterior) | STPa | 22 | ||
| PT | Planum temporale | 22 (posterior), 42 | STPp | 22 | ||
| T1a | Superior temporal gyrus, anterior | 22 (anterior)‡‡ | STG | 22 | ||
| T1p | Superior temporal gyrus, posterior | 22 (posterior) | STG | 22 | ||
| T2a | Middle Temporal gyrus, anterior | 21 (anterior) | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| T2p | Middle temporal gyrus, posterior | 21 (posterior), (22) | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| T3a | Inferior temporal gyrus, anterior | 20 (anterior) | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| T3p | Inferior temporal gyrus, posterior | 20 (posterior) (37) | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| TFa | Temporal fusiform cortex, anterior | 20, 36 | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| TFp | Temporal fusiform cortex, posterior | 20, 36 | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| TO2 | Middle temporal gyrus, temporo-occipital | 37 | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| TO3 | Inferior temporal gyrus, temporo-occipital | 37 | ITG | 20, 21 (19) | ||
| TOF | Temporal occipital fusiform cortex | 37 | VMO | 19, 20 (18) | ||
| TP | Temporal pole | 38 | TP | 21, 22, 28 | ||
| Paralimbic Lobe | CGa_a | Cingulate gyrus, anterior, anterior part | 33, 24 | CGa | 24 (23, 32) | |
| CGa_p | Cingulate gyrus, anterior, posterior part | 33, 24 | CGa | 24 (23, 32) | ||
| CGp | Cingulate gyrus, posterior | 23, 31, 26, 29, 30 | CGp | 23, 26 (18, 19) | ||
| PAC | Paracingulate gyrus | 32 | F1dm | 6, 9, 32 | ||
| PHa | Parahippocampal gyrus, anterior | 28, 34 | PH | 19, 20, 21, 27 | ||
| PHp | Parahippocampal gyrus, posterior | 27, 35 | PH | 19, 20, 21, 27 | ||
| SC | Subcallosal cortex | 25, 32 (24) | SC | 24 (32) |
HOA-ComPaRe Equivalences between human (hHOA) and macaque (mHOA) Harvard-Oxford Atlases.
The major cytoarchitectonic designation of each parcellation unit is listed. Minor cytoarchitectonic regions within the parcellation units are enclosed in parentheses. Walker’s modification of Brodmann areas for the macaque frontal lobe are also listed for each parcellation unit in the frontal lobe.
*Brodmann (p. 127;
**This region appears to correspond to areas 6 and 43, but such correspondence is not definitive due to a lack of precise information in
†This region is not explicitly specified in
††Note that Brodmann area 13 (insular) is not equivalent to Walker area 13 (orbitofrontal).
‡Includes dysgranular insular regions.
‡‡The borders established by Rademacher et al. (1993) were used for this ROI, however it should be noted that areas 38, 41, and 42 may also be involved.
Discussion
In this study, we achieved three principal goals, as follows: (1) we developed a comparative methodology, referred to as HOA2.0-ComPaRe (Comparative Parcellation Reasoning), to parcellate brain structures in monkey and human brains with reference to an established cortical mapping framework (
MRI-based volumetric analysis in humans began first at the CMA in the late 1980s with the systematic approach of Rademacher et al. (1992). This system of quantitative neuroanatomical analysis was advanced in subsequent studies (
Structural considerations
In this study, we developed a more fine-grained, comparative cortical parcellation for the human and the rhesus monkey brain. This was carried out in the frontal, parietal, and occipital lobe in both species, in the temporal lobe in the monkey, and in the insula in the human. The rationale for this approach was established with the original human HOA. Essentially, it is based on consistent and reliable morphological features that are visible in MRI and approximate underlying structural anatomy such as sulci and gyri, as well as fiber tracts and nuclei (
Ontology, sizes and scales
The nervous system, and specifically the study of brain connectivity, has been conceived to have three main levels of organization. The macroscale level of connectional analysis refers to the connections of one brain region to another brain region. At this level, brain regions are seen essentially as black boxes comprising multiple populations of neurons, each with potentially different patterns of connections (Swanson and Lichtman, 2016). The next finer level of organization, the mesoscale, specifies the connections between distinct groups of neurons within the regional level. These groups can be defined on the basis of neuronal class (e.g., pyramidal neurons, interneurons) or on the basis of a subregional organizational scheme (e.g., columnar, minicolumnar, laminar-specific). Finally, the microscale level refers to connections between individual neurons within subregions (e.g.,
These three levels of brain organization relate to connectivity, but may also be applied to the analysis of brain structure per se (
When structural comparisons of ROIs across species are made, a key factor is that they be performed at the same scale of analysis to ensure ontological comparability. Other critical factors for ontological comparability include the histological composition of these ROIs, their functions, as well as their structural and functional connectivity. The cytoarchitectonic schema of Brodmann provides a foundation for the common comparative and ontological criteria underlying comparisons across scales. For example, the precentral gyrus and the posterior cingulate gyrus in the Brodmann formulation are comparable in human and macaque not only at a macroscale level, but also at the microscale level. More precisely, the existence of Betz cells in the precentral gyrus defines Brodmann area 4 in both human and macaque, and the cytoarchitectonic characteristics of Brodmann area 23 in the posterior cingulate gyrus are consistent in humans and non-human primates (
Functional considerations
The present revised HOA parcellation system is relevant for understanding the functional architecture of the cerebral cortex in both humans and monkeys, with respect to functional localization as well as functional connectivity. The subdivision of frontal and parietal cortical areas has been shown to be necessary to disambiguate distinct functional networks. For instance, the anterior portion of the middle frontal gyrus has distinct functional and network properties involved with attentional processes when compared to more posterior portions, which are more closely tied to working memory (
Clinical considerations
The original human HOA system has been utilized in applied clinical research to better understand the neural basis of many major neurological and psychiatric disorders (e.g., Makris et al., 2006a, 2008a,b; Seidman et al., 2006;
Limitations and future studies
The nature of our parcellation system is topographical and quantitative and based on anatomical landmarks of the individual brain. Furthermore, it is comparative between human and non-human primate brains. A key limitation of this and any other parcellation schema using MRI-based anatomical landmark identification is that the parcellation units do not necessary correspond precisely to neuroanatomically defined areas, e.g., to a given Brodmann area or areas (e.g., Sanides, 1969; Rademacher et al., 1993). Although there is a consistent relationship between morphology (i.e., sulci) and histology for primary cortical areas (Rademacher et al., 1993), this relationship is much less clear in unimodal and especially heteromodal association regions (e.g., Sanides, 1969; Rademacher et al., 1993). In other words, the correspondences between parcellation units in the neuroimaging domain and the cytoarchitectonic maps of Brodmann are necessarily approximate due to the inability of MRI technology to visualize structure at a histological level in vivo (e.g.,
Conclusion
We present a comparative system to relate human and monkey brain structure, grounded in a framework that we term HOA2.0-Comparative Parcellation Reasoning (HOA2.0-ComPaRe). This system provides revisions for the human HOA (hHOA2.0) and the monkey HOA (mHOA2.0) comparative methods for the parcellation of individual brains and the generation of HOA2.0 brain atlases. HOA2.0-ComPaRe was developed to address the need in the field of anatomical neuroimaging for an explicitly comparative morphometric methodology in brain parcellation within a common histologically referenced and MRI-based methodological framework for human and monkey brains. This framework was refined and expanded in light of accrued information on brain structure and function. We also provided a representative atlas for each species based on a single subject. We expect the hHOA2.0 and the mHOA2.0 to be used in neuroimaging for the purposes of improved localization and cortical parcellation in studies of structural and functional connectivity. Finally, we expect these revised and refined cortical parcellations to serve as the basis for training deep learning algorithms to produce finer-grained MRI-based atlases of the cerebral cortex in both humans and macaques.
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The original contributions presented in this study are included in the article/Supplementary material, further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author/s.
Ethics statement
The work involving the human participant was reviewed and approved by the Massachusetts General Hospital IRB. The participant provided their informed consent to participate in this study. The animal work was reviewed and approved by the IACUCs at Boston University and Massachusetts General Hospital.
Author contributions
NM, EY, and RR wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors read, revised, and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict of interest
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Supplementary material
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Keywords
MRI, cerebral cortex, atlas, Harvard-Oxford Atlas, macaque, cortical parcellation
Citation
Rushmore RJ, Bouix S, Kubicki M, Rathi Y, Yeterian E and Makris N (2022) HOA2.0-ComPaRe: A next generation Harvard-Oxford Atlas comparative parcellation reasoning method for human and macaque individual brain parcellation and atlases of the cerebral cortex. Front. Neuroanat. 16:1035420. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2022.1035420
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02 September 2022
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10 November 2022
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Adriana Galvan, Emory University, United States; Lingzhong Fan, Institute of Automation (CAS), China; Guy Elston, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience Ltd., Australia
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