Whole-brain functional ultrasound imaging in awake head-fixed mice

Clément Brunner, Micheline Grillet, Alan Urban, Botond Roska, Gabriel Montaldo, Emilie Macé

Published: 2021-06-03 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-021-00548-8

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The 242 brain regions/hemisphere adapted from the Allen Mouse CCF and organized by main anatomical structures.

Folder including the MiniScan acquisition GUI and the analysis codes, which can be tested on the example dataset. The folder also contains the manual associated with the Supplementary Software. Check the GitHub repository for potential updates

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Whole-brain functional ultrasound imaging in awake head-fixed mice

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