Presentation of the book: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Rhesus Monkey Brain by, Roland Tammer, Sabine Hofer, Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt and Jens Frahm. http://www.v-r.de/de/Magnetic-Resonance-Imaging-of-the-Rhesus-Monkey-Brain/t/1001003576/

1. Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of the Rhesus
Monkey Brain
• Roland Tammer
• Sabine Hofer
• Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt
• Jens Frahm
ISBN: 978-3-525-40424-9
Website:
http://www.v-r.de/en/items/978-3-525-
40424-9
All images are low resolution samples.

2. Magnetic Resonance
Imaging of the
Rhesus Monkey
Brain
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of
the central nervous system plays an
increasingly important role in the
neurosciences involving humans
and animals. Nonhuman primates
are of special relevance because of
their immunological, physiological,
and behavioral similarities to
humans. Therefore, the lack of
detailed anatomical MRI data of the
rhesus monkey brain was a strong
motivation for this work. It provides
the first comprehensive in vivo MRI
atlas of the living macaque brain at

3. Three-dimensional coverage of the
brain in horizontal, coronal, and
sagittal sections at
unprecedented 0.5 mm
isotropic spatial resolution is at
the core of the atlas with an
indication of anatomical
structures. Multiple contrasts
are supplied compatible with
human MRI.

4. Advanced techniques such as
magnetic resonance
angiography and diffusion
tensor imaging are exploited
for a visualization of the
intracranial vasculature and
the virtual reconstruction of
nerve fiber tracts, respectively.

5. “Readability” for the non-expert is
ensured by a simple
introduction into the principles
and applications of MRI.
Detailed descriptions cover all
aspects of animal handling,
experimental procedures, and
image presentation in a
stereotaxic coordinate
system.

6. The atlas is expected to serve as
a reference source for easy
identification of anatomical
structures in the rhesus
monkey brain. It is a “must” on
the desktop of primatologists
and neuroscientists in a broad
range of disciplines.

7. Table of Content
7 Preface
9 Introduction
11 Technical Aspects
11 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
12 Image Contrast
14 Experimental Details
15 Animals
16 Image Presentation
19 Anatomical MRI
20 Horizontal Sections
108 Coronal Sections
181 Sagittal Sections
208 Surface Reconstructions
220 Intracranial Vasculature
220 Magnetic Resonance Angiography
221 Experimental Details
222 Intracranial Arteries
226 Nerve Fiber Tracts
226 Diffusion Tensor Imaging
228 Fiber Tractography
229 Experimental Details
232 Major Nerve Fibers
244 Anatomical Variability
249 Abbreviations
250 References
252 Index
262 Authors

8. Jens Frahm Sabine Hofer
Klaus-Dietmar Jens Frahm
Merboldt

9. Roland Tammer
Roland Tammer, Ph.D., is Scientific
assistant at Biomedizinische NMR
Forschungs GmbH and DFG Center for
Molecular Physiology of the Brain,
Göttingen.
Vita
1996 Doctoral degree in veterinary
medicine, Justus-Liebig-Universität,
Giessen, Germany; 1994 Small animal
veterinary surgeon; 2000 Scientific
assistant, Deutsches Primatenzentrum
GmbH, Göttingen, Germany.
Main Focus
Magnetic resonance imaging studies of
laboratory animals.

10. Sabine Hofer
Sabine Hofer, Ph.D., is Scientific
assistant at Biomedizinische NMR
Forschungs GmbH and Bernstein
Center for Computational
Neuroscience, Göttingen, Germany.
Main Focus
Structural and functional aspects of the
primate central nervous system with the
use of functional magnetic resonance
imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, and
fiber tractography; comparative
neuroanatomy of human and nonhuman
primates.

11. Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt
Klaus-Dietmar Merboldt, Ph.D., is
senior scientist at Biomedizinische NMR
Forschungs
GmbH, Göttingen, Germany.
Vita
1984 Doctoral degree in physical
chemistry, Georg-August-
Universität, Göttingen, Germany; 1985
Scientific assistant, Max-Planck-Institut
für biophysikalische
Chemie, Göttingen, Germany.
Main Focus
Advanced methods for functional magnetic
resonance imaging of human brain
activation and diffusion tensor imaging
of nerve fibers.

12. Jens Frahm
Jens Frahm, Ph.D., is director of
Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs
GmbH (non-
profit), Göttingen, Germany and
Professor for physical
chemistry, Georg-August-
Universität, Göttingen.
Vita
1977 Doctoral degree in physical
chemistry, Georg-August-
Universität, Göttingen, Germany; 1982
Head of Biomedical NMR research
group, Max-Planck-Institut für
biophysikalische Chemie
Göttingen, Germany.
Main Focus
Development and application of magnetic
resonance imaging techniques for
noninvasive studies of animals and

13. • 263 Pages with many coloured
illustrations
• ca. 30,5 cm x 35,5 cm (12 inch x
14 inch)
• ISBN 978-3-525-40424-9
• Webpage at Vandenhoeck &
Ruprecht
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