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+library(nat)
+# JRC2018F.surf=read.hxsurf('data-raw/JRC2018_FEMALE_38um_iso_16bit3.smooth.surf')
+# library(devtools)
+# use_data(JRC2018F.surf, overwrite = T)
+
+library(nat.templatebrains)
+JRC2018M <-
+  as.templatebrain('data-raw/JRC2018_MALE_38um_iso_16bit.nrrd',
+                   regName = 'JRC2018M',
+                   type = 'Average template brain',
+                   sex = 'M',
+                   doi = 'https://doi.org/10.1101/376384',
+                   description="Average template brain constructed from brains labelled with brp-SNAP presynaptic marker,
+    dehydrated, and mounted in DPX and then imaged by confocal microscope.
+                   There were 26 male individuals (52 image with left-right flips)"
+  )
+
+usethis::use_data(JRC2018M, overwrite = T)