Hi Claudia, I don't know of anyone using it for rodents. In general, it is highly tuned to the parameters of the primate (mostly human) brain, and I think it would be quite difficult to adapt it to rodents. I'm cc'ing the FS list in case someone else has anything to add. doug

On 03/05/2014 03:09 AM, Falfan-Melgoza, Claudia wrote:

Dear Dr. Greve,

I work at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany and I am quite sure you have heard this question to no end but I would like to ask you how viable would it be to use Freesurfer for rats and mice?, I have read that providing an atlas of the rodent brain would be the first step but as a first timer attempting to use Freesurfer I am not quite sure that would cut it, or if the next steps in the pipeline would need also a good amount of modification. And one last question, do you know of other software that in your opinion could be more suitable for rodents?

I appreciate greatly your time and thank you very much in advance,

Claudia Falfan-Melgoza

Central Institute of Mental Health J5- 68159 Mannheim, Germany