Connectivity-Based Parcellation of Human Cingulate Cortex and Its Relation to Functional Specialization

Whole-brain neuroimaging studies have demonstrated regional variations in function within human cingulate cortex. At the same time, regional variations in cingulate anatomical connections have been found in animal models. It has, however, been difficult to estimate the relationship between connectivity and function throughout the whole cingulate cortex within the human brain. In this study, magnetic resonance diffusion tractography was used to investigate cingulate probabilistic connectivity in the human brain with two approaches. First, an algorithm was used to search for regional variations in the probabilistic connectivity profiles of all cingulate cortex voxels with the whole of the rest of the brain. Nine…

• WT
  Wellcome Trust
• SD
  Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
• MR
  Medical Research Council