The opercular cortex is the part of the brain that overlies the insula and is the prolongation of the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes in the lateral fissure. Over the years, this region has undergone multiple parcellations, and updated, multimodal, large-scale brain atlases highlight up to 16 subregions organized within the frontal, parietal, and temporal opercula....
No actionable change for audiologists — this is a basic-neuroscience connectivity review with no direct audiology clinical application.
The opercular cortex contains secondary auditory areas and regions involved in speech perception; understanding its connectivity may inform future research on central auditory processing disorders, though current clinical translation is minimal.
- 01Reviews functional connectivity of the human opercular cortex across frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes.
- 02Published in the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology.
- 03Primarily relevant to neurosurgery and cognitive neuroscience, not audiology practice.
- 04Opercular region includes areas involved in auditory and speech processing.
- 05No original data; descriptive review without abstract provided.
- PMID
- 42359667
- DOI
- 10.1097/WNP.0000000000001258.
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 5
Primary outcomes
Functional connectivity of the human opercular cortex