This Figshare dataset corresponds to the dataset described in the following manuscript: Manual Delineation approaches for direct imaging of the subcortex Anneke Alkemade (1), Martijn J. Mulder (2), Anne Trutti (1,3) and Birte Forstmann (1) 1. Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2. University of Utrecht, Psychology and Social Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands 3. Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands Files included on Figshare are: sub-1.tar.gz sub-2.tar.gz sub-3.tar.gz amg: amygdala 3V: third ventricle 4V: fourth ventricle cl: claustrum fx: fornix gpe: globus pallidus, external segment gpi: globus pallidus, internal segment ic: internal capsule ico: inferior colliculus lh: lateral habenula lv: lateral ventricle pag: periacqueductal grey pag: periventricular grey ppn: pedunculopontine nucleus rn: red nucleus scg: subcallosal cingulate gyrus sco: superior colliculus sn: substantia nigra stn: subthalamic nucleus str: striatum tha: thalamus vta: ventral tegmental area These compressed files each contain an individual series of MRI contrasts as described in the manuscript and individual manual delineations of the structures described in the accompanying manuscripts. These participants were randomly selected from The Amsterdam Ultra-high field adult lifespan database (AHEAD): A freely available multimodal 7 Tesla submillimeter magnetic resonance imaging database, Neuroimage. 2020 Aug 1;221:117200. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117200. Identifying information was removed before sharing the data in accordance with GDPR regulations. Corresponding author: Anneke Alkemade, PhD Department of Psychology University of Amsterdam Nieuwe Achtergracht 129B | Room G3.08 Postbus 15926 | 1001 NK Amsterdam jmalkemade@gmail.com Keywords: ultra-high field 7 Tesla structural MRI, subcortex, probabilistic maps, basal ganglia, manual delineations