Morphological and functional midbrain phenotypes in Fibroblast Growth Factor 17 mutant mice detected by Mn-enhanced MRI

► First MEMRI analysis of functional phenotypes in the auditory system of mutant mice. ► Deformation based morphometry analysis of the Fgf17 mutant mouse brain. ► MEMRI functional analysis of auditory midbrain in Fgf17 mutant mice. ► Demonstration of altered tonotopic map in Fgf17 mutant mice.