Template information and surface model for the VNCIS1 reference neuropil

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:
if (FALSE) {
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)