Introduction

For research and teaching practices, it is essential that a brain atlas contains three elements;

1) stereotaxic co-ordinates in order to provide a reference guide for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of structures in multiple brains. 2) well-defined boundaries to facilitate anatomical localization of regions of interest and allow correlation with functional activation sites.

3) hierarchical classification for systematic division of the brain from gross to microscopic level following a standard nomenclature. Our parcellation scheme was based on and is consistent with the brain hierarchy defined by Neuronames [2]. Neuronames hierarchy consists of nine levels and our parcellation scheme represents the top six hierarchy levels (Fig. 1).

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