The VNCIS1 template is a shape-averaged, intersex template containing the D. melanogaster adult ventral nerve cord (more properly the thoracico-abdominal ganglion) generated using the CMTK avg_adm tool.

VNCIS1

Format

An object of class templatebrain of dimension 1024 x 768 x 163.

References

Cachero S., Ostrovsky A.D., Yu J.Y., Dickson B.J., and Jefferis G.S.X.E. (2010). Sexual dimorphism in the fly brain. Curr Biol 20 (18), 1589-601. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2010.07.045

Examples

VNCIS1
#> === Template Brain === #> Name: VNCIS1 #> Short Name: VNCIS1 #> Type: Average #> Sex: Intersex #> Dimensions:1024 x 768 x 163 voxels #> Voxel size: #> x = 0.430092961876833 microns #> y = 0.43009295958279 microns #> z = 1.05983827160494 microns #> Bounding box (microns): #> x = 0, y = 0, z = 0, #> x = 439.9851, y = 329.8813, z = 171.6938. #> Description: See http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.07.045 for details #> DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13884
# originally calculated thus:
# NOT RUN { as.templatebrain( "/GD/projects/CommonNeuroanatomy/VNCIS1/VNCIS1.nrrd", type="Average", sex='Intersex', doi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13884", description = "See http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.07.045 for details") # }
plot3d(VNCIS1.surf) # slightly different display plot3d(VNCIS1)