Larger Brains and Relatively Smaller Cerebella in Asian Compared to African Savanna Elephants

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(Post-mortem) Elephant Brain (Structural) MR Scans

used for the study "Larger Brains and Relatively Smaller Cerebella in Asian Compared to African Savanna Elephants"

The scans were acquired with help of Dr. Stefan Hetzer at the Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, Berlin, Germany.

We share scans of Asian elephants- Burma, Dumba, Raj, and African elephants- Indra, Zimba.
Other African male elephant brain scans mentioned in the study can be found with Prof. Paul Manger.

The directory includes .zip files, each containing structural MR scan of individual animals-

Asian elephants...
- Burma- 51 years old female
- Dumba- 44 years old female
- Raj- 5 years old male
African elephants...
- Indra- 35 years old female
- Zimba- 39 years old female

Each .zip file includes 3 kinds of scan series.

localiser (AA-Head_Scout) - a quick series of scan to confirm the brain position in the head coil
T1w (MPRAGE, freesurfer) - weighted T1 protocol scans
T2w (T2W, SPC, DZNE, hippo) - weighted T2 protocol scans

All the scan series can be accessed with any standard MR-handling softwares, e.g. ITK-snap, FreeSurfer, ANTs, etc.

Further data and explanation are available upon request from Prof. Dr. Michael Brecht (michael dot brecht at bccn-berlin dot de)
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin 
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Germany

datacite.yml
Title	Larger Brains and Relatively Smaller Cerebella in Asian Compared to African Savanna Elephants
Authors	Shah,Malav;Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Heise,Olivia;Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Buss,Peter;Veterinary Wildlife Services, Kruger National Park, South African National Parks, South Africa de Klerk-Lorist,Lin-Mari;South African Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), South Africa Hetzer,Stefan;Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, Germany Haynes,John-Dylan;Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, Germany Hildebrandt,Thomas;Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany Brecht,Michael;Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Description	Elephant brain structural MR scans acquired for the study (Shah et al, 2024).
License	Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
References	Malav Shah, Michael Brecht (2024, en route to publication) Larger Brains and Relatively Smaller Cerebella in Asian Compared to African Savanna Elephants [doi:tba] (IsSupplementTo)
Funding	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), EXC-2049 ERC Synergy Grant "BrainPlay"
Keywords	Neuroscience Asian Elephant African Elephant Brain Size Cerebellum Proportion Brain Growth
Resource Type	Dataset

README.md

(Post-mortem) Elephant Brain (Structural) MR Scans

used for the study "Larger Brains and Relatively Smaller Cerebella in Asian Compared to African Savanna Elephants"