Brain atlas

A 'brain atlas is a reference work in which brain structures are placed in a coordinate system that is standardized for a given species or developmental stage. Several neuroimaging techniques can be used for brain atlas construction, e.g. from histology or &mdash; increasingly common &mdash; from MRI scans of one or many or entire brains or cerebral hemispheres. Much like geographic atlases can be populated with information about physical, political, economic or environmental aspects of a region of interest, brain atlases may include information about genetic, developmental, evolutionary or physiological aspects of the brain.