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A method for finding stereotaxic coordinates from brain sections.

W P Ireland·W J MacLeod
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A method for finding the stereotaxic coordinates of brain areas from actual brain sections is presented. It uses a digitizer connected to a computer to gather coordinates from photographs of brain sections. The coordinates are mathematically translated and rotated to yield stereotaxic atlas coordinates of the areas digitized.

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Analog-Digital ConversionAnimalsBrainEpendymaImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMicrocomputersNeurosecretory SystemsPhotographyRatsStereotaxic TechniquesJournal Article

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W P Ireland, W J MacLeod. 1993. A method for finding stereotaxic coordinates from brain sections.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-0270(93)90112-5

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