Table 1 List of subcortical gray and white matter structures and gender-specific absolute volumes.

From: A high-resolution in vivo magnetic resonance imaging atlas of the human hypothalamic region

 

Name

Abbreviation

Mean volume [mm3]

Overall

SD

Male

SD

Female

SD

Gray matter

Anterior hypothalamic area

AHA

31.2

4.56

33.57

4.28

29.17

3.74

 

Arcuate nucleus

AN

27.34

4.07

29.09

3.92

25.83

3.56

 

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis

BNST

112.86

15.63

122.18

13.9

104.91

12.27

 

Dorsal periventricular nucleus

DP

2.87

0.53

3.15

0.52

2.63

0.41

 

Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus

DM

11.84

1.63

12.42

1.65

11.35

1.44

 

Lateral hypothalamus

LH

171.53

22.29

184.5

20.45

160.46

17.26

 

Mammillary bodies

MM

73.06

11.46

79.94

10.43

67.19

8.7

 

Medial preoptic nucleus

MPO

8.84

1.29

9.52

1.21

8.26

1.04

 

Nucleus basalis of Meynert

NBM

50.81

8.18

56.03

7.6

46.35

5.63

 

Paraventricular nucleus

PA

39.53

5.7

42.07

5.63

37.36

4.79

 

Periventricular nucleus

PE

19.52

2.96

20.97

2.87

18.43

2.57

 

Posterior hypothalamus

PH

25.93

3.35

27.55

3.23

24.54

2.77

 

Red nucleus

RN

226.88

33.68

246.96

30.85

209.73

25.54

 

Substantia nigra

SN

682.29

91.86

739.57

81.9

633.38

68.77

 

Subthalamic nucleus

STN

98.93

14.67

108.28

13.14

90.94

10.65

 

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

SCh

4.94

0.86

5.2

0.87

4.72

0.79

 

Supraoptic nucleus

SO

16.46

2.37

17.66

2.29

15.45

1.91

 

Tuberomammillary nucleus

TM

24.76

3.56

26.81

3.22

23.02

2.83

 

Ventromedial hypothalamus

VM

31.7

4.64

33.89

4.39

29.84

4

 

Zona incerta

ZI

74.14

11.11

81.21

10.05

68.11

8

White matter

Anterior commissure

ac

incomplete segmentation

 

Diagonal band of broca

dB

33.42

4.59

36.33

4.04

30.94

3.42

 

Fornix

fx

incomplete segmentation

 

Inferior thalamic peduncle

ithp

incomplete segmentation

 

Mammillothalamic tract

mt

incomplete segmentation

  1. Average and gender-specific volumes of gray and white matter structures were estimated following individual registration of the final atlas segmentations to the 990 transforms obtained from the HCP S1200 subject release. Overall, 25 individual diencephalic and mesencephalic structures were identified. 13 structures constitute hypothalamic nuclei, while the remaining structures surround the hypothalamus and form natural boundaries to the hypothalamus. For an itemized description of gender-specific volumes normalized by total brain volume refer to Supplementary Table 5.
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