Cortical and subcortical functional neuroanatomy for low-grade glioma surgery

Abstract

Knowledge of the encephalon anatomy is crucial for neurosurgical practice, especially the main cortical functional structures and their connections. General organisation of the encephalon is presented with frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, limbic and insular lobes and their Brodmann correspondence. Secondly, subcortical anatomy will be presented with main white matter fasciculi in three separated categories: association, commissural and projection fibers. Main association fibers are inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus, arcuate fasciculus, inferior longitudinal fasciculus, uncinate fasciculus, and cingulum. Commissural fibers include anterior commissure, corpus callosum and fornix. Projection fibers are internal capsule and optic radiations.

Keywords: Arcuate fasciculus; Brodmann area; Corpus callosum; Inferior occipitofrontal fasciculus; Internal capsule; Longitudinal superior fasciculus; Optic radiations; White matter tract.