Using a technique called 'ex vivo magnetic resonance imaging' (MRI ... of the brain, close to where it connects to the spine: ...

To enhance our understanding of the normal sequence of brain development in the immature ferret, we aimed to characterize postnatal neurodevelopment with conventional and diffusion MRI.

but also to the basal ganglia, brain stem, cerebellum and cortical areas of the brain. MRI findings in typical cases show bilateral thalamic involvement on both T2-W and FLAIR sequences.