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Published in final edited form as: Neuroimage. 2018 Sep 1;184:293–316. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.08.068

Table 5:

Subcortical Atlases suitable for / available within Lead-DBS.

Atlas Name Pre-
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Source(s) of Information Structures of Focus /
Specialities
Publication(s)
“Made for” Lead-DBS
DISTAL Atlas + Histology, MRI, Tractography STN, GPi Ewert et al. 2018,Chakravarty et al. 2006, Chakravarty et al. 2008
Human Motor Thalamus + Histology Motor domains of thalamus, projection from Cb, SN, BG Ilinsky et al. 2018
Focus on DBS Relevant Structures
CIT168 Reinforcement Learning Atlas + MRI Based on High Precision MRI Pauli et al. 2017
ATAG-Atlas + MRI 7T MRI based segmentations Keuken et al. 2014
MNI PD25 Atlas + MRI, Histology Multimodal MR sequences, histology Xiao et al. 2017, Chakravarty et al. 2008, Chakravarty et al. 2006
Ultra-high Field Atlas for DBS Planning + MRI 7T MRI based segmentations Wang et al. 2016
DBS targets Atlas + Literature results Literature informed DBS targets mapped to MNI space Horn et al. 2017
BGHAT Atlas + MRI Basal Ganglia Segmentations Prodoehl et al. 2008
Basal Ganglia Atlas MRI Basal Ganglia Segmentations Ahsan et al. 2007
PPN Histological Atlas + Histology Definition of the PPN based on histology Alho et al. 2017
GPi Probabilistic Parcellation Atlas + Tractography Tractography based parcellation of the GPi da Silva et al. 2016
Nigral Organization Atlas + Tractography, rs-fMRI Functional zones of substantia nigra segmented by connectivity Zhang et al. 2017
STN Only
STN Functional Zones Atlas + Tractography Tractography-based segmentation of STN into functional zones Accolla et al. 2014
ATAG-Atlas: STN Young–Middle-Aged–Elderly + MRI 7T MRI based segmentations, Three age groups Keuken et al. 2013
Also see DISTAL, Human Motor Thalamus, CIT168, Ultra-High Field DBS, BGHAT & MNI PD25 atlases for definitions of the STN
Focus on Thalamus
Morel Atlas Histology Precise histological atlas of the subcortex Jakab et al. 2012, Krauth et al. 2010, Morel et al. 2013
Thalamic DBS Connectivity Atlas + Tractography Tractography based parcellation of the thalamus Akram et al. 2018
Oxford Thalamic Connectivity Atlas + Tractography Tractography based parcellation of the thalamus Behrens et al. 2003
Thalamic Connectivity Atlas + Tractography Tractography based parcellation of the thalamus Horn & Blankenburg 2016
Thalamic Connectivity Atlas + Tractography, rs-fMRI Structural-functional connectivity based parcellation of the thalamus Zhang et al. 2008
Also see DISTAL, Human Motor Thalamus & MNI PD25 atlases for thalamic structures
Electrophysiological Data
Electrophysiological Atlas of STN Activity + Electrophysiology Beta Power mapped to STN Horn et al. 2017
Electrophysiological Atlas of GPi Activity + Electrophysiology Theta Power mapped to GPi Neumann et al. 2017
Other / Brainstem
Brainstem Connectome + Tractography Population based fiber tracts of brainstem (HCP data) Meola et al. 2016
Macroscale Human Connectome Atlas + Tractography Population based fiber tracts of the whole brain (HCP data) Yeh et al. 2018
BigBrain Histology Whole-Brain histological stacks registered to MNI space Amunts et al. 2013
Harvard Ascending Arousal Network Atlas + Tractography, MRI Atlas of Brainstem Structures Edlow et al. 2012
Whole-Brain Parcellations with subcortical components useful for DBS
Functional Striatum Parcellation Atlas + rs-fMRI Parcellation of the Striatum into functional zones Choi et al. 2012
AICHA subcortical regions + rs-fMRI Parcellation of the subcortical structures into functional zones Joliot et al. 2015
Harvard-Oxford Atlas + MRI Whole-Brain Atlas with subcortical definitions Frazier et al. 2005
For a list of further whole-brain parcellations, see http://www.lead-dbs.org/?page_id=1004