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. 2015 Dec 23;9:161. doi: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00161

Table 1.

Atlases of the developing rat brain.

Name of atlas Authors Ages Sectioning Web-link Reference Strength Weaknesses
A stereotaxic atlas of the developing rat brain Sherwood and Timiras P10, P21, P39 Coronal, Saggital Out of print; Available for purchase only at the bookstores Sherwood and Timiras, 1970 Good image resolution, structures and boundaries, diagrams, stereotaxic coordinates No data for <P10 rats
Atlas of the developing rat nervous system (3rd edition) Ashwell and Paxinos E12, E13, E14, E16, E17, E19, P0 Coronal, Saggital Available for purchase at the publisher site: http://store.elsevier.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780123694812&locale=en_AU Ashwell and Paxinos, 2015 High image resolution, many structures and boundaries, diagrams No data for >P0 rats, no stereotaxic coordinates
Atlas of the neonatal rat brain Ramachandra and Subramanian P1, P7, P14 Coronal, Saggital Available for purchase at the publisher site: https://www.crcpress.com/Atlas-of-the-Neonatal-Rat-Brain/Ramachandra-Subramanian/9781439840122 Ramachandra and Subramanian, 2011 Nissl-stained plates No stereotaxic coordinates, only major structures labeled, no diagrams
Quantitative magnetic resonance histology atlas of postnatal rat brain development with regional estimates of growth and variability Calabrese, Badea, Watson, and Johnson P0, P2, P4, P8, P12, P18, P24, P40, P80 Multi-dimentional Open access at: http://www.civm.duhs.duke.edu/ratbraindevatlas/ Calabrese et al., 2013 High magnetic resonance images, multidimen-tionality No stereotaxic coordinates, only major structures labeled
Atlas of the postnatal rat brain in stereotaxic coordinates Khazipov, Zaynutdinova, Ogievetsky, Valeeva, Mitrukhina, Manent, and Represa P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9, P10, P14, P21 Coronal Open access at: www.ial-developmental-neurobiology.com/en/publications/collection-of-atlases-of-the-rat-brain-in-stereotaxic-coordinates Present report Stereotaxic coordinates with bregma and lamda reference points Low image resolution, only major structures labeled, no boundaries, no diagrams