Title
An MRI-based atlas and database of the developing mouse brain.
Abstract
The advent of mammalian gene engineering and genetically modified mouse models has led to renewed interest in developing resources for referencing and quantitative analysis of mouse brain anatomy. In this study, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for quantitative characterization of anatomical phenotypes in the developing mouse brain. As an anatomical reference for neuroscience research using mouse models, this paper presents DTI based atlases of ex vivo C57BL/6 mouse brains at several developmental stages. The atlas complements existing histology and MRI-based atlases by providing users access to three-dimensional, high-resolution images of the developing mouse brain, with distinct tissue contrasts and segmentations of major gray matter and white matter structures. The usefulness of the atlas and database was demonstrated by quantitative measurements of the development of major gray matter and white matter structures. Population average images of the mouse brain at several postnatal stages were created using large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping and their anatomical variations were quantitatively characterized. The atlas and database enhance our ability to examine the neuroanatomy in normal or genetically engineered mouse strains and mouse models of neurological diseases.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.043
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
genetically modified,quantitative analysis,computed tomography,magnetic resonance imaging,three dimensional,aging,diffusion tensor imaging,magnetic resonance microscopy,genetic engineering,brain mapping
Brain mapping,Genetically Engineered Mouse,Population,Diffusion MRI,Neuroscience,Genetically modified mouse,White matter,Large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping,Psychology,Neuroanatomy,Database
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
54
1
1053-8119
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
17
1.03
8
Authors
12
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nelson Chuang1171.03
Susumu Mori264543.22
Akira Yamamoto3171.03
Hangyi Jiang455031.16
Xin Ye5171.03
Xin Xu6251.57
Linda J Richards711512.68
Jeremy Nathans8171.03
Michael I Miller93123422.82
Arthur W. Toga103128261.46
Richard L Sidman11171.03
Jiangyang Zhang1253738.34