Here we present a protocol to determine the minimum number images that needed to be registered and averaged to resolve subcortical structures and test whether the individual layers of the LGN could be resolved in the absence of physiological noise.
The authors acknowledge the following funding sources, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Dorothy Pitts Research Fund (NG), and the Nicky and Thor Eaton Research Fund. The authors acknowledge Kevin DeSimone, and Aman Goyal and for their knowledge in MRI acquisition and analysis expertise.
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