Boundaries
wide solid line: an external boundary of the brain | |
narrow solid line: an internal boundary readily visible directly or in a projected image of a stained section | |
dashed line: an estimated boundary that is either indistinct, highly variable, or arbitrary. An indistinct boundary is a boundary known ordinarily to be identifiable by microscope but not detectable in our material. A variable boundary is distinct in our material, but known to vary from brain to brain. An arbitrary boundary segment completes a boundary that is only partially definable by cyto- or myeloarchitectural features, e.g., a boundary between cortical gyri that is completed by connecting sulcal landmarks. |
Shading
shaded area with boundary: a structure composed predominantly of gray matter (Nissl stained) | |
white area with boundary: a structure composed predominantly of white matter (Weil stained) | |
shaded or white area without boundary: a distinctive but unnamed (in the atlas) subdivision of a structure | |
black area: a cerebral ventricle |
Labels
ABC | bold plain text: a primary structure |
ABC | nonbold italics: an unsegmented, otherwise unnamed, "remainder" portion of a superstructure some portion of which is shown as one or more independent primary structures |
Abc | first letter capitalized: a structure that is predominantly cellular |
abc | first letter in lower case: a structure that is predominantly myelinated, or a superficial feature such as a sulcus |