Neurosurgery planning in rodents using a magnetic resonance imaging assisted framework to target experimentally defined networks
Framework based on magnetic resonance imaging and digitized 3D brain atlases for brain navigation. It allows the use of individualized information from multiple MRI modalities to assist experimental neurosurgery planning and in vivo tissue processing. Three examples of experimental designs in neuroscience are presented. The results illustrate its feasibility for identifying and selecting connected neuronal population in vivo and directing electrode implantations to targeted nodes in the intricate system of brain networks.
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