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. 2023 Jul 8;34(3):389–407. doi: 10.1007/s00335-023-10005-4

Table 1.

Publications on mouse anatomy

Title Year Authors Publisher Characteristics
Biology of the Laboratory Mouse 1941 Snell GD Dover Publications One chapter on mouse anatomy by Fekete E. Drawings and photographs from histological sections
The Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse 1965 Cook MJ Academic Press Atlas of drawings. Freely available at: http://www.informatics.jax.org/cookbook
Atlas of the Mouse Brain and Spinal Cord 1971 Sidman RL, Angevine JB, Pierce ET Harvard University Press Atlas with coronal, sagittal, and horizontal brain and spinal sections and diagrams. Nomenclature in Latin
The Mouse in Biomedical Research 1983 Foster HL, Small JD, Fox JG Academic Press One chapter on mouse anatomy by MJ Cook
Necropsy Guide: Rodents and the Rabbit 1988 Feldman DB, Seely JC CRC Press Anatomical basis for the mouse necropsy. Photographs and text
A Guided Tour of Veterinary Anatomy. Domestic Ungulates and Laboratory Mammals 1992 Smallwood JE WB Saunders Company One chapter dedicated to laboratory mammal anatomy. Text and diagrams
Colour Atlas of Anatomy of Small Laboratory Animals. Volume two: Rat, Mouse, and Hamster 1992 Popesko P, Rajtová V, Horák J Saunders Company Atlas of colour drawings. Uses Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria in Latin and English
Pathology of the Mouse 1999 Maronpot RR Cache River Press Anatomical and histological introduction in each of the chapters
Systematic Evaluation of the Mouse Eye. Anatomy, Pathology, and Biomethods 2000 Smith RS, John SWM, Nishina PM, Sundberg JP CRC Press One section (3 chapters) dedicated to the eye anatomy and development. Text and photographs
Atlas of Mouse Hematopathology 2000 Fredrickson TN and Harris AW Harwood Academic Three chapters about the anatomy, histology, and cytology of lymphatic and hematopoietic systems
Pathology of Genetically Engineered Mice 2000 Ward JM, Mahler JF, Maronpot RR, Sundberg J, Frederickson RM Iowa State Press Several chapters with anatomical introductions
A color Atlas of Sectional Anatomy of the Mouse 2001 Iwaki T, Yamashita H, Hayakawa T Braintree Scientific Inc Color atlas with photographs of skeleton, dissections, and transverse, sagittal, and dorsal sections
Laboratory Animal Medicine. Second Edition 2002 Fox JG, Anderson LC, Loew FM, Quimby, FW Academic Press Short introduction to the mouse anatomy taken from Cook’s book
Atlas of Laboratory Mouse Histology 2004 Conti CJ, Gimenez-Conti IB, Benavides F, Frijhoff AFW, Conti MA Texas Histopages Inc Atlas with photographs and diagrams. CD format
Anatomia degli Animali da Laboratorio 2006 Cozzi B, Ballarin C, Peruffo A, Carù F Casa Editrice Ambrosiana Atlas with photographs from dissections and histological sections
The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates. Compact Third Edition 2008 Paxinos G and Franklin KBJ Academic Press Atlas with 100 coronal histological brain sections (photographs and diagrams)
Allen Reference Atlas. A Digital Color Brain Atlas of the C57BL/6J Male Mouse 2008 Dong HW Wiley Atlas with 151 histological brain sections (coronal and sagittal) accompanied by diagrams and a systematic hierarchically organized taxonomy. https://mouse.brain-map.org
Histologic Basis of Mouse Endocrine System Development: A Comparative Analysis 2010 Kaufman M, Nikitin AY, Sundberg JP CRC Press Anatomy, histology and development of ovary, testis, pancreas, hypophysis, thyroid, parathyroid, and pineal glands
Comparative Anatomy of the Mouse and the Rat 2011 Constantinescu GM CRC Press Color atlas with illustrations drawn from dissections. Uses the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The Mouse Nervous System 2011 Watson C, Paxinos G, Puelles L Academic Press Text with photographs providing a comprehensive anatomy of the central nervous system of the mouse
Comparative Anatomy and Histology. A Mouse and Human Atlas 2012 Treuting PM, Dintzis SM, Frevert CW, Liggitt D Academic Press Text and Atlas. For comparison with human anatomy uses Netter images and MA ontology
The Laboratory Mouse. Second edition 2012 Hedrich HJ Academic Press One chapter on mouse anatomy by Komárek V. Drawings taken from Popesko et al. (2002)
A Practical Guide to the Histology of the Mouse 2014 Scudamore CL Willey Blackwell Histological text and atlas with the basis of mouse anatomy
Morphological Mouse Phenotyping. Anatomy, Histology and Imaging

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Ruberte J, Carretero A, Navarro M Editorial Medica Panamerica Academic Press Text and atlas. 2200 original photographs from dissections, histological sections, and imaging. Uses the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Comparative Anatomy and Histology. A Mouse, Rat, and Human Atlas 2018 Treuting PM, Dintzis SM, Montine KS Academic Press Text and Atlas. This second edition adds the rat as comparator species
The Laboratory Mouse. A guide to the Location of Tissues for Optimal Histological Evaluation 2019 Johnson J, DelGuidice B, Bangari DS, Peterson E, Ulinski G, Ryan S, Thurberg BL, Callis G CRC Press Anatomical basis for the location of principal anatomical structures in mouse
X-Ray Annotation Mouse Atlas 2021 Ruberte J, Carretero A, Cater H, Gracia G, Lally C Doctor Herriot SL Atlas. 152 X-rays and 590 anatomical references. Uses the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Essentials of Laboratory Animal Science: Principles and Practices 2021 Nagaran P, Ramachandra G, Srinivasan R Springer One chapter devoted to mouse anatomy and physiology
Pathology of Genetically Engineered and other Mutant Mice 2022 Sundberg JP, Vogel P, Ward JM Wiley Blackwell Several chapters with anatomical introductions