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Data in Brief

Volume 9, December 2016, Pages 271-274
Data in Brief

Data Article
Diffusion tensor microscopy data (15.6 μm in-plane) of white matter tracts in the human, pig, and rat spinal cord with corresponding tissue histology

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Abstract

The following article contains nine diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) datasets acquired with magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM, 15.6 μm in-plane). All data was collected in the region bordering the ventral horn and white matter of cross sections from the spinal cord enlargements along with each sample׳s corresponding tissue histology. These data are collected in fixed spinal cord sections of varying thicknesses taken from rat (2×21 direction DTI datasets), pig (1×21 direction DTI dataset), and human (5×21 direction DTI datasets + 1×6 direction DTI dataset) tissue sources. Following MRM acquisition, the sections were histologically processed using Nissl or Black-Gold II (Histo-Chem Inc., 1BGII) myelin stain and imaged again using light microscopy techniques. Methodological procedures are an amalgamation of protocol components described previously (doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.031 [1], doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.04.052 [2]).

Keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (MRM)
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
Tractography
Spinal Cord
Myelin
α-Motor Neurons

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1

These authors contributed equally to this work.

2

Postal Address: UF McKnight Brain Institute, Department of Neuroscience, 1149 Newell Dr., Bldg. 59, Rm, L1-100, Gainesville, FL 32611.