Vertebral landmarks for the identification of spinal cord segments in the mouse

Megan Harrison; Aine O'Brien; Lucy Adams; Gary Cowin; Marc J Ruitenberg; Gulgun Sengul; Charles Watson

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.048

Vertebral landmarks for the identification of spinal cord segments in the mouse

Neuroimage. 2013 Mar:68:22-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.048. Epub 2012 Dec 12.

Authors

Megan Harrison¹, Aine O'Brien, Lucy Adams, Gary Cowin, Marc J Ruitenberg, Gulgun Sengul, Charles Watson

Affiliation

¹ The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 23246856
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.11.048

Abstract

Accurate identification of spinal cord segments in relation to vertebral landmarks is essential to surgery aimed at experimental spinal cord injury. We have analyzed a complete series of high-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) images from the mouse spine in order to delineate the boundaries of spinal cord segments in relation to vertebral landmarks. The resulting atlas can be used to plan experimental approaches that require the accurate identification of a target spinal cord segment.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Spinal Cord / anatomy & histology*
Spine / anatomy & histology*