title: Quantitative map of multiple auditory cortical regions with a stereotaxic fine-scale atlas of the mouse brain.
abstract: Optical imaging studies have recently revealed the presence of multiple auditory cortical regions in the mouse brain. We have previously demonstrated, using flavoprotein fluorescence imaging, at least six regions in the mouse auditory cortex, including the anterior auditory field (AAF), primary auditory cortex (AI), the secondary auditory field (AII), dorsoanterior field (DA), dorsomedial field (DM), and dorsoposterior field (DP). While multiple regions in the visual cortex and somatosensory cortex have been annotated and consolidated in recent brain atlases, the multiple auditory cortical regions have not yet been presented from a coronal view. In the current study, we obtained regional coordinates of the six auditory cortical regions of the C57BL/6 mouse brain and illustrated these regions on template coronal brain slices. These results should reinforce the existing mouse brain atlases and support future studies in the auditory cortex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurophysiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukano
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurophysiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hishida
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Kuniyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takebayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurophysiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibuki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005420:Flavoproteins