In theory this is a great idea, but it's unlikely that any such database
could
provide more than probabilistic information about the location of a
particular
cortical area, since there is a significant amount of individual variability
in the location of particular cytoarchitecturally-defined brain areas. For
example, the work recently published by Amunts et al. (1999, Journal of
Comparative Neurology), which identified areas 44 and 45 in postmortem
brains
and then normalized those brains into stereotactic space, demonstrates the
great amount of variability in the location of these regions across
individuals. Rajkowska & Goldman-Rakic (1995, Cerebral Cortex) found
similar
variation in the location of areas 9 and 46 in postmortem human brains.
Cheers,
Russ
Tugan Muftuler wrote:
> Dear SPM users & authors,
>
> I'm looking for a database (or a file, or even a book) where I will enter
a
> certain brain region, say primary visual cortex V1, and I'll get the list
> of all coordinates that fall into V1. I know the talairach daemon web
page,
> but it gives you the name of the region, when you enter a coordinate (or
> click a point and get a single coordinate). Since that way it will be a
> tedious task, I was hoping to find a "enter region-get all coordinates"
> type of information.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tugan
>
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