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Abstract #4660

Resting State fcMRI Reveals Distinc Connectivity Patterns for Core-Belt-Parabelt Subfields of Human Auditory Cortex

Michael Amann1,2, Julia Reinhardt2, Jan Benner2,3, Elke Hofmann4, Peter Schneider3,5, Christoph Stippich2, and Maria Blatow2

1Medical Image Analysis Center (MIAC), Basel, Switzerland, 2Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany, 4School of Music, Music-Academy Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 5Department of Neuroradiology, Section of Biomagnetism, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany

Converging evidence supports the hypothesis that human auditory cortex (AC) follows the core-belt-parabelt organization found in non-human primates. In the study presented here, we assessed the functional connectivity of the core (medial Heschl’s gyrus, mHG), belt (posterior-lateral HG, plHG) and parabelt subfields (anterior-lateral HG, alHG and planum temporale, PT) by applying resting state functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI) on a cohort of 84 musicians. Assessing inter-hemispheric connectivity, we found significant differences between right and left plHG as well as in right and left PT. The contrast between the different subfields revealed highly differentiated neuronal networks, especially between mHG and plHG.

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