Preferred Label : Brodmann area;
Uberon definition : A segmentation of the cerebral cortex on the basis of cytoarchitecture as described
in Brodmann-1905, Brodmann-1909 and Brodmann-10. Maps for several species were presented.
NeuroNames includes only areas in the human and in Old World monkeys. Of the latter,
Brodmann studied representatives of several species including guenons (one Cercopithecus
mona, one Cercocebus torquatus, and one Cercopithecus otherwise unspecified), which
are all closely related African species, and one macaque (Macaca mulatta) an Asian
species (Brodmann-1905). The legend to the summary map in Brodmann-1909 ascribes the
areas simply to Cercopithecus. Brodmann referenced the areas by name and number. The
same area number in humans and monkeys did not necessarily refer to topologically
or cytoarchitecturally homologous structures. In NeuroNames the standard term for
human areas consists of the English translation of Brodmann's Latin name followed
by the number he assigned, e.g., agranular frontal area 6; the standard terms for
monkey areas are in the format: area 6 of Brodmann-1909. He mapped a portion of areas
limited to the banks of sulci, e.g., area 3 of Brodmann-1909 (Brodmann-1909) onto
the adjacent, visible surface. This accounts for the fact that some areas appear larger
on his surface map than on maps of other authors, e.g., area 3 of Vogts-1919. (Adapted
from NeuroNames);
Uberon related term : Brodmann's areas; Brodmann parcellation scheme region; Brodmann partition scheme region;
Origin ID : 0013529;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
Uberon cross reference
part of
A segmentation of the cerebral cortex on the basis of cytoarchitecture as described
in Brodmann-1905, Brodmann-1909 and Brodmann-10. Maps for several species were presented.
NeuroNames includes only areas in the human and in Old World monkeys. Of the latter,
Brodmann studied representatives of several species including guenons (one Cercopithecus
mona, one Cercocebus torquatus, and one Cercopithecus otherwise unspecified), which
are all closely related African species, and one macaque (Macaca mulatta) an Asian
species (Brodmann-1905). The legend to the summary map in Brodmann-1909 ascribes the
areas simply to Cercopithecus. Brodmann referenced the areas by name and number. The
same area number in humans and monkeys did not necessarily refer to topologically
or cytoarchitecturally homologous structures. In NeuroNames the standard term for
human areas consists of the English translation of Brodmann's Latin name followed
by the number he assigned, e.g., agranular frontal area 6; the standard terms for
monkey areas are in the format: area 6 of Brodmann-1909. He mapped a portion of areas
limited to the banks of sulci, e.g., area 3 of Brodmann-1909 (Brodmann-1909) onto
the adjacent, visible surface. This accounts for the fact that some areas appear larger
on his surface map than on maps of other authors, e.g., area 3 of Vogts-1919. (Adapted
from NeuroNames)