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The mouse brain refers to the brain of Mus musculus. Various for it exist.
Despite superficial differences, especially in size and weight, the mouse brain and its function can serve as a powerful animal model for study of human brain brain disease or (see e.g. Reeler, Chakragati mouse). This is because the genes responsible for building and operating both mouse and human brain are 90% identical. Transgenic mouse lines also allow neuroscientists to specifically target the labeling of certain cell types to probe the neural basis of fundamental processes.
For reasons of reproducibility, genetically characterized, stable strains like C57BL/6 were chosen to produce high-resolution images and databases. Well known online resources include:
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