The Allen Mouse Brain Common Coordinate Framework (CCFv3), a 3D reference atlas, is based on an average of the inherent fluorescence in the brains of mice imaged using serial two-photon tomography.

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Scientists at the Allen Institute have done just that, creating the first detailed cellular atlas of brain ... 16 different brain regions, covering about 35% of the mouse brain’s total volume.