# CCF v3 Anatomy: finding structure annotation ids **URL:** \ **Category:** Technical\ **Tags:** atlas-mouse-brain-adult, annotation, api, anatomy, how-to, atlas-reference-maps\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765 "2020-11-06T18:53:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Momo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/momo/32/239_2.png) [@Momo](https://community.brain-map.org/u/Momo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/1 "2020-11-06T18:53:57Z")
Hi, I have downloaded the mouse brain template and the annotation files, but I was wondering where I could find the data for understanding the labels of each brain structure in the annotation file. Best, Momo ---
**Author:** ![wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/wayne/32/16_2.png) [@wayne](https://community.brain-map.org/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/2 "2020-11-06T21:59:41Z")
Hi Momo This page gives information on retrieving structure information: [http://help.brain-map.org/display/api/Downloading+an+Ontology's+Structure+Graph](http://help.brain-map.org/display/api/Downloading+an+Ontology%27s+Structure+Graph) Note that the Adult Mouse Brain atlas is structure graph id = 1 [http://api.brain-map.org/api/v2/structure\_graph\_download/1.json](http://api.brain-map.org/api/v2/structure_graph_download/1.json) Best regards, Wayne ---
**Author:** ![Momo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/momo/32/239_2.png) [@Momo](https://community.brain-map.org/u/Momo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/3 "2020-11-06T22:54:28Z")
Hi Wayne, Thank you for your reply! Is there any csv file that includes the structure names along with the structure IDs? Momo ---
**Author:** ![wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/wayne/32/16_2.png) [@wayne](https://community.brain-map.org/u/wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/4 "2020-11-06T22:57:13Z")
Our API does not provide a csv file. An Internet search will probably provide a number of options for converting a JSON file to CSV though. This is one that I found just now: [https://www.convertcsv.com/json-to-csv.htm](https://www.convertcsv.com/json-to-csv.htm) ---
**Author:** ![FedeClaudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f9b8f/32.png) [@FedeClaudi](https://community.brain-map.org/u/FedeClaudi)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/5 "2020-11-17T11:01:59Z")
Hi Momo, You can use Brainglobe’s [AtlasAPI](https://github.com/brainglobe/bg-atlasapi) download and use the Allen Atlas in Python. The API has easy commands to display a list of all brain regions and a view of their hierarchical organization (both of which can easily be exported to .csv or any other format) ---
**Author:** ![brain](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/brain/32/38_2.png) [@brain](https://community.brain-map.org/u/brain)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/6 "2020-11-17T19:17:35Z")
Hi @Momo, You might be interested in a thread that contains links and references to other data mapping tools developed by the community, here: > [https://community.brain-map.org/t/mouse-brain-reference-atlases-mapping-your-own-data/](https://community.brain-map.org/t/mouse-brain-reference-atlases-mapping-your-own-data/) ---
**Author:** ![Momo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/momo/32/239_2.png) [@Momo](https://community.brain-map.org/u/Momo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/7 "2020-11-20T00:56:22Z")
Thanks, I’ll check that out! Momo ---
**Author:** ![Momo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.brain-map.org/momo/32/239_2.png) [@Momo](https://community.brain-map.org/u/Momo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/ccf-v3-anatomy-finding-structure-annotation-ids/765/8 "2020-11-20T00:56:49Z")
Thank you, I’ll take a look at them! Momo