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Variable cortical thickness in the primate brain
Cortical thickness varies in the hills (gyri) and valleys (sulci) of the convoluted primate brain. Gyral cortex visible at the surface of the brain (top) is comparatively thicker (shown in red) than cortex hidden in the convolutions. Thinner cortical regions (shown in green) only become apparent once the convolutions are unfolded (bottom) (see Hilgetag and Barbas).
Image Credit: Maps were reconstructed and cortical thickness measured using the Freesurfer software (Fischl and Dale 2000), as described in the text. Additional image manipulation completed in Adobe Photoshop.
Citation: (2006) PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 2(3) March 2006. PLoS Comput Biol 2(3): ev02.i03. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v02.i03
Published: March 31, 2006
Copyright: © 2006 Hilgetag et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Cortical thickness varies in the hills (gyri) and valleys (sulci) of the convoluted primate brain. Gyral cortex visible at the surface of the brain (top) is comparatively thicker (shown in red) than cortex hidden in the convolutions. Thinner cortical regions (shown in green) only become apparent once the convolutions are unfolded (bottom) (see Hilgetag and Barbas).
Image Credit: Maps were reconstructed and cortical thickness measured using the Freesurfer software (Fischl and Dale 2000), as described in the text. Additional image manipulation completed in Adobe Photoshop.