title: Digital rat brain: a computerized atlas.
abstract: Digital brain mapping provides the techniques required for 3 dimensional (3D) reconstruction and display. This paper describes work which extends the data published in the Paxinos and Watson (1982) atlas of the rat brain to a computerized form. The product of these experiments is a 3D digital neuroanatomic atlas. The data were transformed from 2D outlines to 3D volumes each associated with a specific neuroanatomic structure. The system which manages this transformation also provides tools to manipulate the composition, orientation and appearance of the displays interactively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Toga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samaie
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D051381:Rats / Q000033:anatomy & histology*