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ArticleNature communications2025

The ANTsX ecosystem for mapping the mouse brain.

Nicholas J Tustison, Min Chen, Fae N Kronman, Jeffrey T Duda, Clare Gamlin, Mia G Tustison, Michael Kunst, Rachel Dalley, Staci Sorenson, Quanxin Wang and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Nicholas J TustisonDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. ntustison@virginia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9418-5103
Min ChenDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Fae N KronmanDepartment of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5201-6125
Jeffrey T DudaDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5031-5735
Clare GamlinAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Mia G TustisonSantiago High School, Corona, CA, USA.
Michael KunstAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Rachel DalleyAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-7845
Staci SorensonAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6799-2126
Quanxin WangAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lydia NgAllen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA, USA.
Yongsoo KimDepartment of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Penn State University, Hershey, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-0279
James C GeeDepartment of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. gee@upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2258-0187

Funding

A Community Resource for Single Cell Data in the BrainU24MH114827 · NIMH · ALLEN INSTITUTE · PI HAWRYLYCZ, MICHAEL, MARTONE, MARYANN E · 2017 to 2021
$14.4M
Establishing Common Coordinate Framework for Quantitative Cell Census in Developing Mouse BrainsRF1MH124605 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI GEE, JAMES C, KIM, YONGSOO · 2020 to 2020
$3.8M
Advanced Normalization ToolsR01EB031722 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GEE, JAMES C · 2022 to 2025
$2.7M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB031722NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH124605NIMH NIH HHS U24 MH114827U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) R01-EB031722U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) RF1-MH124605U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) U24-MH114827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large-scale efforts by the BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) are generating a comprehensive reference atlas of cell types in the mouse brain. A key challenge in this effort is mapping diverse datasets, acquired with varied imaging, tissue processing, and profiling methods, into shared coordinate frameworks. Here, we present mouse brain mapping pipelines developed using the Advanced Normalization Tools Ecosystem (ANTsX) to align MERFISH spatial transcriptomics and high-resolution fMOST morphology data to the Allen Common Coordinate Framework (CCFv3), and developmental MRI and LSFM data to the Developmental CCF (DevCCF). Simultaneously, we introduce two novel methods: 1) a velocity field-based approach for continuous interpolation across developmental timepoints, and 2) a deep learning framework for automated brain parcellation using minimally annotated and publicly available data. All workflows are open-source and reproducible. We also provide general guidance for selecting appropriate strategies across modalities, enabling researchers to adapt these tools to new data.

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BrainBrain MappingDeep LearningImage Processing, Computer-AssistedAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMice

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PMID41274934
PMCPMC12748665

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