title: Multi-modal ultra-high resolution structural 7-Tesla MRI data repository.
abstract: Structural brain data is key for the understanding of brain function and networks, i.e., connectomics. Here we present data sets available from the 'atlasing of the basal ganglia (ATAG)' project, which provides ultra-high resolution 7 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from young, middle-aged, and elderly participants. The ATAG data set includes whole-brain and reduced field-of-view MP2RAGE and T2*-weighted scans of the subcortex and brainstem with ultra-high resolution at a sub-millimeter scale. The data can be used to develop new algorithms that help building high-resolution atlases both relevant for the basic and clinical neurosciences. Importantly, the present data repository may also be used to inform the exact positioning of electrodes used for deep-brain-stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease and neuropsychiatric diseases.
authors.affiliation: Amsterdam Center for Brain & Cognition, University of Amsterdam , 1018 WS Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences , 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Birte U
authors.initials: BU
authors.lastname: Forstmann
authors.affiliation: Amsterdam Center for Brain & Cognition, University of Amsterdam , 1018 WS Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences , 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Max C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Keuken
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences , 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schafer
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences , 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Pierre-Louis
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bazin
authors.affiliation: Amsterdam Center for Brain & Cognition, University of Amsterdam , 1018 WS Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anneke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alkemade
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences , 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged