Topic: MRI-based rat brain atlas

Despite the widespread use of mice in neuroscience, rats offer unique benefits for translational research. However, comprehensive methodologies like tissue clearing and quantitative light-sheet microscopy, common in mouse studies, are scarce for rats. This gap is partly due to a lack of robust computational tools, limiting the use of rats in large-scale, unbiased experiments. Our study leverages recent advancements, including a detailed MRI-based rat brain atlas with 222 regions and an average light sheet template, to conduct an extensive analysis. Despite its comprehensiveness, this atlas fro