Lobule IX (Tonsil)

Anatomy

• Its hemispheric part is the tonsil and its vermal part the uvula (the uvula is in the posterior vermis in the model); just above the foramen magnum.

Functions

• The cerebellar representation of the default mode network (Buckner et al., 2011).

Clinical

• Chiari malformation type I: the tonsils extend below the foramen magnum; headache, sleep apnea, difficulty swallowing.

In the model

How this structure is defined in the 3D model, and the data source.

SUIT atlas (Diedrichsen et al., 2009) lobule labels; each point of the cerebellar surface was assigned to the nearest lobule just beneath it. Overlap between SUIT and the model’s cerebellum: Dice 0.90.

References

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1. Buckner RL et al. The organization of the human cerebellum estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity. J Neurophysiol 2011;106(5):2322–2345. DOI: 10.1152/jn.00339.2011