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https://sites.google.com/site/dublinbrainbank/home
A biomaterial supply resource that collects and distributes human brain tissue samples. The Dublin Brain Bank is a collaboration between the Neuropathology Department of Beaumont Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Investigators interested in applying for tissue samples need to complete tissue requisition forms and provide a record of the research groups'' ethical approval.
Proper citation: Dublin Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_010597) Copy
http://www.nitrc.org/projects/whs-sd-atlas/
Open access volumetric atlas of anatomical delineations of rat brain based on structural contrast in isotropic magnetic resonance and diffusion tensor images acquired ex vivo from 80 day old male Sprague Dawley rat at Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy. Spatial reference is provided by Waxholm Space coordinate system. Location of bregma and lambda are identified as anchors towards stereotaxic space. Application areas include localization of signal in non structural images. Atlas, MRI and DTI volumes, and diffusion tensor data are shared in NIfTI format.
Proper citation: Waxholm Space Atlas of the Sprague Dawley Rat Brain (RRID:SCR_017124) Copy
http://catlas.org/mousebrain/#!/
Atlas of gene regulatory elements in adult mouse cerebrum. Atlas of CIS elements, providing information on accessible chromatin in individual cells from regions of adult mouse isocortex, olfactory bulb, hippocampus and cerebral nuclei. Uses resulting data to define candidate cis-regulatory DNA elements in distinct cell groups. Many are linked to putative target genes expressed in diverse cerebral cell types and uncover transcriptional regulators involved in broad spectrum of molecular and cellular pathways in different neuronal and glial cell populations. Used for analysis of gene regulatory programs of mammalian brain and interpretation of non-coding risk variants associated with various neurological disease and traits in humans.
Proper citation: CATlas (RRID:SCR_018690) Copy
http://findlab.stanford.edu/functional_ROIs.html
Atlas of functional ROI's, including individual networks (auditory network, sensorimotor network, etc.). Atlases of individual networks and combined networks are available for download directly from the website.
Proper citation: 90 fROI atlas (RRID:SCR_014757) Copy
Genome wide database of gene expression in mouse brain. Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain.
Proper citation: ABA Mouse Brain: Atlas (RRID:SCR_017479) Copy
http://www.nitrc.org/projects/bravissima
Project that is a translation of the BraVa arterial vasculature database into the NIFTI MRI file format that can be applied to stroke studies, fMRI resting state imaging studies and other clinical neuroscience studies. Group artery region labels and arterial density maps are provided as well. Human Brain Major Artery Atlas 10.7490/f1000research.1114378.1
Proper citation: Bravissima (RRID:SCR_016229) Copy
http://www.nitrc.org/projects/miitra/
Atlas for studies of older adult brain. Includes T1-weighted template of older adult brain and tissue probability maps. Exhibits high image sharpness, provides higher inter-subject spatial normalization accuracy compared to other standardized templates and similar normalization accuracy to well-constructed study-specific templates.
Proper citation: MIITRA atlas (RRID:SCR_017566) Copy
An Australian brain bank which aims to collect, store, characterize and provide tissue to national and international researchers studying disorders of the brain such as alcohol-related brain damage and mental illness, like schizophrenia. The program encourages those who are medically healthy to donate.
Proper citation: Using our Brains Tissue Donor Program (RRID:SCR_000705) Copy
http://www.cabiatl.com/mricro/anatomy/home.html
Annotated magnetic resonance brain images, both slices and surface views, normalized to Talairach space, along with annotations and a nice tutorial on image normalization. A viewer for MRI images (MRicro) is available and is described in a separate entry. Series of coronal, axial and sagittal brain slices along with some rendered volumes with major brain structures delineated. Slices are presented as static series with partial overlap of slices, so they are not suitable for 3d reconstruction. This neuroanatomy atlas shows regions on normalized MRI scans. Normalization is the process of warping a brain to match a standard size, orientation and shape of other brains. You can normalize MRI scans using programs like AIR, FLIRT or SPM. Once normalized, the overall shape of your MRI scan will approximately match those in this atlas. However, normalization preserves the unique sulcal features of each brain, so there will be some variation between your image and the images shown in this atlas. There is a great deal of individual variability even after normalization, so any atlas is only a rough guide to the shape and location of structures in an individuals brain. As I have noted before, secondary and tertiary sulci are not found in all individuals (Ono et al. 1990, Atlas of Cerebral Sulci). Another benefit of normalizing brains is it makes it easy to complete an accurate "scalp stripping" with brain extracting software (my MRIcro software implements Steve Smith's BET for this task). You can then create a useful volume rendering of the cortical surface. Typically, it is much easier to identify cortical sulci and gyri by looking at a rendered image of the brain's surface. This atlas shows you how to recognize these landmarks on a rendered MRI scan.
Proper citation: Neuroanatomy Atlas (RRID:SCR_002402) Copy
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on July 31,2025. An online atlas of neural function, maintained by Cambridge University and the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU).
Proper citation: Kymata Atlas (RRID:SCR_000269) Copy
http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/staff/J.Larsson/software.html
Set of programs and Tk/Tcl scripts, with a GUI wrapper, for extracting the inner and outer cortical surfaces from a T1-weighted MR image of the human brain. It is based on the TFI C++ library and is written for a Unix-based environment (specifically 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Ubuntu). As a courtesy to Apple users a version for Apple/X11 is maintained but the OS X version will always lag the Linux version; also, because some of the third-party libraries SurfRelax relies on may not be supported in or compatible with future versions of OS X, there is no guarantee that the OS X version will be supported indefinitely. Although in principle SurfRelax could be run under Windows (using Cygwin), because of the difficulties of maintaining multiple platforms and the limited support libraries available under Cygwin, there will no longer be support for SurfRelax on this platform. The surfaces are guaranteed to be topologically equivalent to a sphere, thereby obviating the need for handle removal. SurfRelax requires no user intervention, although minor manual editing is recommended for optimal results (normally less than 10 minutes per hemisphere). SurfRelax has several properties that compare favorably with other software packages for surface reconstruction: * Free software - The binaries (written in C++ and Tcl/Tk) are in the public domain. The source code will be released once legacy code issues have been resolved (i.e. replacing with GPL code). * Uses standard public file formats: Analyze file format (SPM/FSL-compatible) for volumes and OOGL OFF binary format for surfaces (see www.geomview.org (http://www.geomview.org/docs/html/geomview_26.html#OOGLRef)) * Combines advantages of volumetric and surface-based methods for surface generation * Correct topology of output surface guaranteed * Requires little or no user intervention - no need for manual handle removal * Relatively robust to noise - multi-scale method compensates for partial volume effects and intensity inhomogeneities * Relatively fast (an entire brain is segmented, extracted and unfolded in less than 2 hours of CPU time) * Powerful editing and visualization tools for volumes and surfaces * Readily extendable - for instance for use with monkey brains or children's brains * Can be used to visualize functional data from SPM or FSL * Includes tools for integration with Stanford's VISTASOFT tools for FMRI data analysis (white.stanford.edu)
Proper citation: SurfRelax (RRID:SCR_002139) Copy
Tool that provides an interactive method to examine quantitative relationships between brain regions defined by different digital atlases or parcellation methods. Its current focus is for human brain imaging, though the techniques generalize to other domains. The method offers a quantitative answer to the nomenclature problem in neuroscience by comparing brain parts on the basis of their geometrical definitions rather than on the basis of name alone. Thus far these tools have been used to quantitatively compare eight distinct parcellations of the International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM) single-subject template brain, each created using existing atlasing methods. This resources provides measures of global and regional similarity, and offers visualization techniques that allow users to quickly identify the correspondences (or lack of correspondences) between regions defined by different atlases.
Proper citation: OBART (RRID:SCR_001903) Copy
http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/index.php
This UCSD department, the first Cognitive Science Department in the world, provides a focus for the continued evolution of the discipline of cognitive science. Cognitive science is a diverse field unifying three broad categories: the brain, behavior and computation. It's the study of how people, animals and computers think, act and learn. In order to understand the mind/brain, cognitive science brings together the methods and discoveries from neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, anthropology, philosophy and computer science. The interdisciplinary aspects of cognitive science continue to flourish, and the participation of the broader cognitive science community on campus continues to be fundamental to cognitive science as practiced at UCSD. The interdisciplinary Ph.D. program continues to be offered as a degree option (in addition to the departmental Ph.D.), with participation by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Biology, Cognitive Science, Communication, Computer Science and Engineering, Linguistics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Sociology. Cognitive Science is a relatively young field that focuses on conducting new research into the field or applying existing knowledge into new applications. This Department contains several research labs each specializing in different areas and the Department's faculty has also been published many times in various publications. Sponsors: This department is supported by the University of California at San Diego.
Proper citation: UCSD Cognitive Science: The Future of Cognitive Science (RRID:SCR_001926) Copy
The Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS) Foundation is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to foster the exchange of research on neural information processing systems in their biological, technological, mathematical, and theoretical aspects. Neural information processing is a field which benefits from a combined view of biological, physical, mathematical, and computational sciences. The primary focus of the NIPS Foundation is the presentation of a continuing series of professional meetings known as the Neural Information Processing Systems Conference, held over the years at various locations in the United States and Canada.
Proper citation: NIPS - Neural Information Processing Systems Conference (RRID:SCR_001998) Copy
Center for advancing scientific understanding and improving the health and well-being of humans and nonhuman primates. The Center conducts research in microbiology and immunology, neurologic diseases, neuropharmacology, behavioral, cognitive and developmental neuroscience, and psychiatric disorders.
Proper citation: Yerkes National Primate Research Center (RRID:SCR_001914) Copy
http://hendrix.ei.dtu.dk/software/mriwarp/mriwarp.html
Warping tool for intersubject registration of brain images consisting of C functions for Unix systems plus Matlab visualization utility functions. Apart from warping there are also (command line) functions for ANALYZE header information, mirroring, translation, subsampling. The package cannot only be used as a preprocessing step in function neuroimaging but also as a step in deformation-based morphometry.
Proper citation: MRIWarp (RRID:SCR_002072) Copy
Computational neuroscience center that observes and models how functional activities in multiple brain areas interact dynamically to support human cognition, creativity and social interaction. Center research involves development computational methods and software, experimental methods and equipment, collection and analysis of human cognitive experiments, and collaborations to analyze data collected by other groups in such experiments. The Center has a 72-channel EEG recording system customized for use in the fMRI environment, and a very-high density Biosemi Active Two active-electrode EEG system, rapidly configurable either as a 256-channel system for a single subject or as two 136-channel systems for recording from two subjects simultaneously. In addition, UCSD now has a 306-channel MEG plus 128-channel EEG system (Neuromag/Elektra). Projects in the Center include studies of human cognitive processes including attention and memory, role of the anterior/posterior cingulate, time perception and emotional expression. Data acquisition includes high-density EEG, concurrent EEG and fMRI recording and analysis, and face video processing. Current analysis approaches include independent component and time-frequency analysis.
Proper citation: Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_001933) Copy
http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/nervous/nervous.htm
Histology atlas of different parts of the nervous system that corresponds with the laboratory exercises of the Cell & Tissue Biology course of the School of Medicine of the University of Kansas. Succinct explanations of the tissues to guide the first-year medical student in the use of their microscope is provided and subsequently serves as a permanent histology resource for all medical students and physicians. Sections of the brain that are included are: * Spinal Cord * Central Canal * White Matter * Gray Matter * Dorsal Root Ganglion * Cerebellum * Cerebrum * Astrocytes * Nerve * Node of Ranvier * Pacinian Corpuscle
Proper citation: HistoWeb: Nervous System (RRID:SCR_002369) Copy
http://www.bioon.com/bioline/neurosci/course/index.htm
An illustrated guide to the essential basics of clinical neuroscience created in conjunction with the first-year course for medical students.
Topics covered:
* Coronal and horizontal sections
* Basic visual pathway
* Basic somatosensory pathway
* Basic motor pathway
* Eye and retina
* Central visual pathways
* Auditory and vestibular systems
* Somatosensory pathways from the body
* Somatosensory pathways from the face
* Spinal motor structures
* Brainstem nuclei of cranial nerves
* Basal ganglia and cerebellum
* Hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system
* Medial temporal lobe and memory
* Sleep and language
* Where is...?
Proper citation: Washington University School of Medicine Neuroscience Tutorial (RRID:SCR_002271) Copy
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on October 28,2025. Project mapping whole mouse brain connectivity using serial block face scanning electron microscopy (SBF-SEM) with a specially-designed whole-brain microtome (WBM). With any luck, the whole mouse brain will be mapped ultrastructurally in the near term, which will then open the door to more serious problems; reliable automated segmentation and circuit reconstruction. These will undoubtedly require advances in machine learning methods and their application. Connectomics Software and a Multiresolution Image Viewer (MIV) is also available.
Proper citation: Connectomes.org (RRID:SCR_002243) Copy
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