Structural MRI Analysis of Transverse Temporal Gyrus

The Siemens Magnetom Verio 3.0 T scanner (Siemens, Munich, Germany) was responsible for obtaining these images, and we have extensively discussed them in our previous article. [ [34 (link),35 (link)]]. To put it succinctly, 176 sagittal slices were used to obtain T1-weighted images with a 3D magnetization fast gradient echo acquisition sequence. The acquisition parameters were as follows: TR = 230 ms, TE = 2.98 ms, rotation Angle = 9°, spatial resolution = 1 * 1 * 1.2 mm³. All structural MRI data were clinically processed in FreeSurfer v6.0, including spatial registration, cortical thickness estimation, cortical surface segmentation extraction of subcortical structures, and segmentation sequences of 46 global structures [36 (link)]. Each individual's transverse temporal gyrus volume and thickness were then extracted directly using FreeSurfer.