Cross-Sectional Atlas of Rhesus Monkey Head, 1st ed. 2022 with 0.024-mm pixel size color images

The Visible Monkey is the first trial to obtain high-quality and real-color sectioned images of a rhesus monkey?s whole body (intervals, 0.05 mm (head) and 0.5 mm (body except head); pixel size, 0.024 mm X 0.024 mm; color depth, 48 bits color).  

This color atlas sets a new standard in rhesus monkey neuroanatomy by presenting around 400 ultrathin sectioned images of the head, including the brain, and whole body of the rhesus monkey. The image enabled observations of detailed anatomical structures, thanks to high-resolution and real-color sectioned images of the monkey unlike the stained sections and magnetic resonance images (MRI). Furthermore, anterior commissure-posterior commissure reference system employed for this purpose is clearly explained for the readers, and structures are fully annotated in the horizontal, coronal, and sagittal planes. 

Recent advances in 3 Tesla MRI and tractography from MRI have considerably enhanced imaging of the monkey brain, thereby impacting on both neuroscience research and clinical practice. Moreover, the information gained from initiatives involving photography of thin slices of cross-sectional images includes enriched knowledge of neuroanatomy and thereby facilitated the interpretation of such ultra-high-field resolution images. These exquisite images contained within this atlas will be invaluable in providing both researchers and clinicians with important new insights.

Dr. Jin Seo Park graduated from Ajou University School of Medicine in the Republic of Korea in 2003. He is an anatomist and professor in the Department of Anatomy at Dongguk University School of Medicine since 2008. He has published the Cross-Sectional Atlas of the Human Head with Springer in 2017.

Helps to understand monkey brain structure by including numerous high quality and high-resolution real-color images

Presents anatomical information simultaneously using pixel size of 0.024 mm×0.024 mm

Provides a valuable resource for researchers, students, and clinicians as an experimental animal model guide