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 |