Journal
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
Volume 218, Issue 2, Pages 511-526Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0411-8
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Cytoarchitecture; Probabilistic mapping; Fusiform gyrus; Lateral occipital complex (LOC); Fusiform face area (FFA); Visual word-form area (VWFA)
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- Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association within the Helmholtz Alliance on Systems Biology (Human Brain Model)
- DFG [IRTG 1328]
- Helmholtz Alliance for Mental Health in an Aging Society (HelMA)
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The human extrastriate visual cortex comprises numerous functionally defined areas, which are not identified in the widely used cytoarchitectonical map of Brodmann. The ventral part of the extrastriate cortex is particularly devoted to the identification of visual objects, faces and word forms. We analyzed the region immediately antero-lateral to hOc4v in serially sectioned (20 mu m) and cell body-stained human brains using a quantitative observer-independent cytoarchitectonical approach to further identify the anatomical organization of the extrastriate cortex. Two novel cytoarchitectonical areas, FG1 and FG2, were identified on the posterior fusiform gyrus. The results of ten postmortem brains were then registered to their MRI volumes (acquired before histological processing), 3D reconstructed, and spatially normalized to the Montreal Neurological Institute reference brain. Finally, probabilistic maps were generated for each cytoarchitectonical area by superimposing the areas of the individual brains in the reference space. Comparison with recent functional imaging studies yielded that both areas are located within the object-related visual cortex. FG1 fills the gap between the retinotopically mapped area VO-1 and a posterior fusiform face patch. FG2 is probably the correlate of this face patch.
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