AAL24 Parcellation#

In osl-dynamics, this parcellation file is named atlas-AAL_nparc-24_space-MNI_res-8x8x8.nii.gz.

This is a reduced version of the AAL116 parcellation, obtained by merging the original Automated Anatomical Labelling regions into 24 broad anatomical groups (10 bilateral pairs plus 4 midline regions).

Parcels#

../_images/aal24.png

Labels and MNI coordinates:

Index

Parcel

Hemisphere

X

Y

Z

0

Sensorimotor

left

-31.3

-13.0

50.0

1

Sensorimotor

right

33.2

-14.9

49.9

2

Lateral Frontal

left

-27.6

33.4

30.2

3

Lateral Frontal

right

32.0

31.6

31.0

4

Orbitofrontal

left

-21.5

39.0

-13.4

5

Orbitofrontal

right

24.5

40.1

-13.3

6

Parietal

left

-28.9

-53.5

45.1

7

Parietal

right

32.6

-52.8

44.4

8

Lateral Temporal

left

-48.0

-25.9

-12.3

9

Lateral Temporal

right

51.0

-26.1

-11.9

10

Occipital

left

-19.4

-79.2

10.0

11

Occipital

right

23.1

-77.2

11.1

12

Insula

left

-35.4

5.5

2.2

13

Insula

right

38.7

5.1

0.8

14

Medial Temporal

left

-23.4

-17.6

-17.1

15

Medial Temporal

right

26.9

-16.5

-17.3

16

Basal Ganglia

left

-18.1

5.1

3.9

17

Basal Ganglia

right

21.2

6.2

3.9

18

Cerebellum (lateral)

left

-25.5

-60.9

-35.1

19

Cerebellum (lateral)

right

28.4

-60.9

-37.1

20

Anterior Cingulate

midline

1.8

34.9

13.7

21

Middle Cingulate

midline

1.0

-18.0

36.5

22

Thalamus

midline

0.5

-18.8

6.8

23

Cerebellar Vermis

midline

1.8

-57.8

-18.9

Each AAL24 parcel was formed by merging the following AAL116 regions:

Parcel

AAL116 regions

Sensorimotor

Precentral, Postcentral, Supp_Motor_Area, Paracentral_Lobule, Rolandic_Oper

Lateral Frontal

Frontal_Sup, Frontal_Mid, Frontal_Inf_Oper, Frontal_Inf_Tri, Frontal_Sup_Medial

Orbitofrontal

Frontal_Sup_Orb, Frontal_Mid_Orb, Frontal_Inf_Orb, Frontal_Med_Orb, Rectus, Olfactory

Parietal

Parietal_Sup, Parietal_Inf, Precuneus, SupraMarginal, Angular

Lateral Temporal

Temporal_Sup, Temporal_Mid, Temporal_Inf, Temporal_Pole_Sup, Temporal_Pole_Mid, Fusiform, Heschl

Occipital

Occipital_Sup, Occipital_Mid, Occipital_Inf, Calcarine, Cuneus, Lingual

Insula

Insula

Medial Temporal

Hippocampus, ParaHippocampal, Amygdala

Basal Ganglia

Caudate, Putamen, Pallidum

Cerebellum (lateral)

Cerebelum_Crus1, Cerebelum_Crus2, Cerebelum_3, Cerebelum_4_5, Cerebelum_6, Cerebelum_7b, Cerebelum_8, Cerebelum_9

Anterior Cingulate

Cingulum_Ant

Middle Cingulate

Cingulum_Mid, Cingulum_Post

Thalamus

Thalamus

Cerebellar Vermis

Vermis_3, Vermis_4_5, Vermis_6, Vermis_7, Vermis_8, Vermis_9, Vermis_10

Example Code#

Example code for plotting with this parcellation:

from osl_dynamics.analysis import power

power.save(
    ...,
    mask_file="MNI152_T1_8mm_brain.nii.gz",
    parcellation_file="atlas-AAL_nparc-24_space-MNI_res-8x8x8.nii.gz",
    filename="map_.png",
)

Reference#

If you use this parcellation, please cite:

Tzourio-Mazoyer, N., Landeau, B., Papathanassiou, D., Crivello, F., Etard, O., Delcroix, N., Mazoyer, B., & Joliot, M. (2002). Automated Anatomical Labeling of Activations in SPM Using a Macroscopic Anatomical Parcellation of the MNI MRI Single-Subject Brain. NeuroImage, 15(1), 273-289. https://doi.org/10.1006/nimg.2001.0978