Population-averaged standard template brain atlas for the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus).
Advanced magnetic resonance (MR) neuroimaging analysis techniques based on voxel-wise statistics, such as voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and functional MRI, are widely applied to cognitive brain research in both human subjects and in non-human primates. Recent developments in imaging have enabled the evaluation of smaller animal models with sufficient spatial resolution. The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), a small New World primate species, has been widely used in neuroscience research, to which voxel-wise statistics could be extended with a species-specific brain template. Here, we report, for the first time, a tissue-segmented, population-averaged standard template of the common marmoset brain. This template was created by using anatomical T(1)-weighted images from 22 adult marmosets with a high-resolution isotropic voxel size of (0.2 mm)(3) at 7-Tesla and DARTEL algorithm in SPM8. Whole brain templates are available at International Neuroinformatics Japan Node website, http://brainatlas.brain.riken.jp/marmoset/.
Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hikishima
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Quallo
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Komaki
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Yamada
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Kawai
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Momoshima
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Okano
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Sasaki
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Tamaoki
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Lemon
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Iriki
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Okano
D000716:Anatomy, Artistic; D000818:Animals; D001271:Atlases as Topic; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002144:Callithrix / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male