Kaixin Li, Lingzhong Fan, Yue Cui, Xuehu Wei, Yini He, Jiyue Yang, Yuheng Lu, Wen Li, Weiyang Shi, Long Cao, Luqi Cheng, Ang Li, Bo You, Tianzi Jiang
The human mediodorsal thalamic nucleus (MD) is crucial for higher cognitive functions, while the fine anatomical organization of the MD and the function of each subregion remain elusive. In this study, using high-resolution data provided by the Human Connectome Project, an anatomical connectivity-based method was adopted to unveil the topographic organization of the MD. Four fine-grained subregions were identified in each hemisphere, including the medial (MDm), central (MDc), dorsal (MDd), and lateral (MDl), which recapitulated previous cytoarchitectonic boundaries from histological studies...
January 5, 2022: NeuroImage