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http://www.zebrafinch.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 29, 2016. Project to advance understanding of the neural mechanisms of vocal learning by providing a quantitative description of the relationship between physiological variables and vocal performance over the course of development in a songbird, the zebra finch. They propose to study vocal learning dynamically across neuronal and peripheral subsystems, using a novel collaborative approach that will harness the combined expertise of several investigators. Their proposed research model will 1) provide simultaneous measurements of acoustic, articulatory and electrophysiological data that will document the detailed dynamics of the vocal imitation process in a standardized learning paradigm; and 2) incorporate these measurements into a theoretical/computational framework that simultaneously provides a phenomenological description and attempts to elucidate the mechanistic basis of the learning process.

Proper citation: Zebra Finch Song Learning Consortium (RRID:SCR_006356) Copy   

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http://www.callisto-science.org/NSI/Neuroscience_Image_Database/Images%20of%20the%20Human%20Nervous%20System%20-%20Disease%20&%20Injury.html

A collection of images of the human nervous system focusing on disease and injury.

Proper citation: Human Nervous System Disease and Injury (RRID:SCR_006370) Copy   

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http://brainarchitecture.org/

Evolving portal that will provide interactive tools and resources to allow researchers, clinicians, and students to discover, analyze, and visualize what is known about the brain's organization, and what the evidence is for that knowledge. This project has a current experimental focus: creating the first brainwide mesoscopic connectivity diagram in the mouse. Related efforts for the human brain currently focus on literature mining and an Online Brain Atlas Reconciliation Tool. The primary goal of the Brain Architecture Project is to assemble available knowledge about the structure of the nervous system, with an ultimate emphasis on the human CNS. Such information is currently scattered in research articles, textbooks, electronic databases and datasets, and even as samples on laboratory shelves. Pooling the knowledge across these heterogeneous materials - even simply getting to know what we know - is a complex challenge that requires an interdisciplinary approach and the contributions and support of the greater community. Their approach can be divided into 4 major thrusts: * Literature Curation and Text Mining * Computational Analysis * Resource Development * Experimental Efforts

Proper citation: Brain Architecture Project (RRID:SCR_004283) Copy   

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http://www.brainarchitecture.org/mouse-home

An atlas project whose goal is to enerate brainwide maps of inter-regional neural connectivity that specify the inputs and outputs of every brain region, at a "mesoscopic" level of analysis. A 3D injection viewer is used to view the mouse brain. To determine the outputs of a brain region, anterograde tracers are used which are taken up by neurons locally ("the input"), then transported actively down the axons to the "output regions." The whole brain is then sliced thinly, and each slice is digitally imaged. These 2-D images are reconstructed in 3D. The majority of the resulting 3-D brain image is unlabeled. Only the injected region and its output regions have tracer in them, allowing for identification of this small fraction of the connectivity map. This procedure is repeated identically, to account for individual variability. To determine the inputs to the same brain region as above, a retrograde tracer is injected in the same stereotaxic location ("the input"), and the process is repeated. In order to accumulate data from different mice (each of whom has a slightly different brain shape and size), 3-D spatial normalization is performed using registration algorithms. These gigapixel images of whole-brain sections can be zoomed to show individual neurons and their processes, providing a "virtual microscope." Each sampled brain is represented in about 500 images, each image showing an optical section through a 20 micron-thick slice of brain tissue. A multi-resolution viewer permits users to journey through each brain, following the pathways taken through three-dimensional brain space by tracer-labeled neuronal pathways. A key point is that at the mid-range "mesoscopic" scale, the team expects to assemble a picture of connections that are stereotypical and probably genetically determined in a species-specific manner. By dividing the volume of a hemisphere of the mouse brain into 250 equidistant, predefined grid-points, and administering four different kinds of tracer injections at each grid point -- in different animals of the same sex and age a complete wiring diagram that will be stitched together in "shotgun" fashion from the full dataset.

Proper citation: Mouse Brain Architecture Project (RRID:SCR_004683) Copy   

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http://www.tbregistry.org/

A non-profit organization that promotes research on hearing and balance disorders. The Registry database allows researchers to perform simple searches to locate specimens of interest. The results show the laboratories where specimens that match the query are located. Investigators should contact the individual laboratories for studying the specimens or for access to the sections. The Registry also serves the public and the scientific community through the dissemination of public information on temporal bone donation and research, enrollment of temporal bone donors, publication of The Registry, a newsletter for researchers, conservation of existing human temporal bone collections, and professional educational activities for physicians and scientists.

Proper citation: National Temporal Bone Pathology Resource Registry (RRID:SCR_004705) Copy   

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http://www.polytrauma.va.gov/

A network of specialized rehabilitation programs serving Veterans and Service Members with both combat and civilian related Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and polytrauma. Services available include: interdisciplinary evaluation and treatment, development of a comprehensive plan of care, case management, patient and family education and training, psychosocial support, and application of advanced rehabilitation treatments and prosthetic technologies.

Proper citation: VA Polytrauma / TBI System of Care (RRID:SCR_004697) Copy   

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http://www.epmba.org/

The Electronic Prenatal Mouse Brain Atlas, EPMBA, at present consists of two sets of annotated images of coronal sections from Gestational Day (GD) 12 heads and GD 16 brains of C57BL/6J mice. Ten micron thick sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Images were prepared at various resolutions for annotations and for high resolution presentation. A subset of sections were annotated and linked to anatomical terms. Additionally, horizontal sections of a GD 12 head were aligned and re-assembled into a 3D volume for digital sectioning in arbitrarily oblique planes. These images were captured using a Nikon E800 stereomicroscope with a 10X objective. The resolution is 1.35 pixels/micrometer. The PC program used to grab the images, Microbrightfield's Neurolucida (version 6), stitched together a mosaic of between 10 and 50 high-res images for each tissue slice, while the user focused the scope for each mosaic tile. Since the nature of optic lenses is to focus on one central point, it was difficult to obtain a uniformly-focused field of vision; as such, small areas of these images are blurred. Images were then transferred to a Macintosh and processed in Adobe Photoshop (version 7). Color levels were adjusted for maximum clarity of the tissue, and areas surrounding the tissue were cleared of artifacts. Each image is approximately 3350 pixels wide by 2650 pixels high. A scale bar with a length of 1350 pixels/mm is visible in the lower right-hand corner of each image. The annotations have been completed for the Atlas of Developing Mouse Brain Gestational (Embryonic) Day 12 (7/5/07) as well as the Atlas of Developing Mouse Brain Embryonic Day 16 (4/26/07). The 3D EPMBA data set has been mounted on a NeuroTerrain Atlas Server (NtAS). (6/27/07).

Proper citation: EPMBA.ORG: Electronic Prenatal Mouse Brain Atlas (RRID:SCR_001882) Copy   

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http://www.gensat.org/retina.jsp

Collection of images from cell type-specific protein expression in retina using BAC transgenic mice. Images from cell type-specific protein expression in retina using BAC transgenic mice from GENSAT project.

Proper citation: Retina Project (RRID:SCR_002884) Copy   

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http://www.mouseconnectome.org/

Three-dimensional digital connectome atlas of the C57Black/6J mouse brain and catalog of neural tracer injection cases, which will eventually cover the entire brain. Serial sections of each case are available to view at 10x magnification in the interactive iConnectome viewer. The Image Gallery provides a glimpse into some of the highlights of their data set. Representative images of multi-fluorescent tracer labeling can be viewed, while more in depth examination of these and all other cases can be performed in the iConnectome viewer. Phase 1 of this project involves generating a physical map of the basic global wiring diagram by applying proven, state of the art experimental circuit tracing methods systematically, uniformly, and comprehensively to the structural organization of all major neuronal pathways in the mouse brain. Connectivity imaging data for the whole mouse brain at cellular resolution will be presented within a standard 3D anatomic frame available through the website and accompanied by a comprehensive searchable online database. A Phase 2 goal for the future will allow users to view, search, and generate driving direction-like roadmaps of neuronal pathways linking any and all structures in the nervous system. This could be looked on as a pilot project for more ambitious projects in species with larger brains, such as human, and for providing a reliable framework for more detailed local circuitry mapping projects in the mouse.

Proper citation: Mouse Connectome Project (RRID:SCR_004096) Copy   

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http://ml-neuronbrowser.janelia.org/

Interactive web platform for anyone to explore, search, filter and visualize the single neuron reconstructions.

Proper citation: MouseLight Neuron Browser (RRID:SCR_016669) Copy   

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http://neurobureau.projects.nitrc.org/BrainArt/Competition.html

An annual Brain-Art Competition to recognize the beauty and creativity of artistic renderings emerging from the neuroimaging community. Submission deadline: June 1st, 2012. Awards will be announced on June 11th during the OHBM conference in Beijing. (You need not be present to win) Countless hours are devoted to creation of informative visualizations for communicating neuroscientific findings. This competition once again aims to recognize the artistic creativity of our community that often goes underappreciated in the publication process. We are inviting researchers to submit their favorite unpublished works for entry. Both team and single-person entries are welcomed. The competition will have five award categories: # Best Representation of the Human Connectome # Best Abstract Brain Illustration # Best Educational Brain Illustration # Best Humorous Brain Illustration # Best Video Illustration of the Brain Submissions will be evaluated based on their aesthetic merit

Proper citation: Brain-Art Competition (RRID:SCR_005360) Copy   

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http://www.brain.riken.jp/en/

RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) has a mission to produce innovative research and technology leading to scientific discoveries of the brain. In addition, BSI aims to develop domestic and international brain researchers by creating an environment that will integrate various intellectual disciplines and from that convergence find solutions that will ultimately benefit society in the realms of medicine, engineering, business, and education. In striving toward this goal, BSI has become a leading international center for brain research with a reputation for discovery, innovation, training, and globalization of the scientific enterprise. Brain science is valuable not only for the advancement of science but also because it can greatly impact our society and economy. To meet these expectations, the Brain Science Institute (BSI) was established in 1997 as part of RIKEN, an independent research institution supported by the Japanese government.

Proper citation: RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RRID:SCR_004796) Copy   

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http://spot.colorado.edu/~dubin/talks/brodmann/brodmann.html

Reference atlas of Brodmann Areas in the Human Brain with an Emphasis on Vision and Language. Other Pages include: Flat Brodmann Maps, Brodmann Area Names (with locational Descriptions), Flat Visual Area Maps, Language Areas, PopUp Gyri Maps

Proper citation: Brodmann Areas in the Human Brain with an Emphasis on Vision and Language (RRID:SCR_004857) Copy   

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http://hnrc.hivresearch.ucsd.edu/

The mission of the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC) is to increase our understanding of how HIV and other diseases affect the human nervous system. The HNRC conducts local, national, and international research devoted to advancing our knowledge of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV-related diseases as they affect the brain and nervous system, and result in impairment of everyday functioning. Research areas of the Center include: - The incidence, prevalence, and features of neurocognitive impairment caused by HIV - The attributes of the virus, host, and host-virus interactions that determine the presentation of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders - Possible molecular and cellular mechanisms of nervous system impairment, including the mechanisms by which host-virus factors generate neural injury and neurobehavioral disorders - The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as a window on CNS events * The role of co-pathogens and comorbidities in neuroAIDS (e.g., hepatitis C infection, methamphetamine abuse) - Real life implications of neurocognitive impairment in terms of work, daily life, and survival - The effects of HIV disease and neurocognitive impairment on family and social adaptation - NeuroAIDS in resource limited settings - Treatments for neurocognitive impairment and behavioral interventions HNRC also has a Developmental Grants Program (DGP), the primary goal of which is the initiation of innovative studies by junior faculty and trainees at UCSD or affiliated institutions with the following objectives: 1. Recruitment to neuroAIDS research of new investigators or established investigators without prior experience in the field; 2. Generation and pilot testing of new research initiatives; 3. Fostering collaboration among investigators from throughout Southern California. The program provides to qualified investigators and trainees any appropriate combination of the following forms of support: 1. Small, 1-2 year grants to support pilot studies; 2. Access to HNRC core resources such as data, specimens, participants, equipment, administrative support, or expert consultation and technical assistance. Lastly, The the NHRC Mentored Investigator Program recruits, supports, and follows the progress of graduate students, postdoctoral (Ph.D. or M.D.) fellows, and junior faculty in disciplines relevant to HNRC research. The HNRC is committed to tailoring our training opportunities to the backgrounds and interests of candidates from a variety of disciplines who join us with various levels of training and experience in research. We have and will continue to provide training and mentoring of medical students, doctoral students in clinical psychology, and postdoctoral fellows in Medicine, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Psychology. Sponsors: The Center is supported by public funding from the National Institutes of Health, the State of California, and other sources.

Proper citation: HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (RRID:SCR_005370) Copy   

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http://zebrafinch.brainarchitecture.org/

Atlas of high resolution Nissl stained digital images of the brain of the zebra finch, the mainstay of songbird research. The cytoarchitectural high resolution photographs and atlas presented here aim at facilitating electrode placement, connectional studies, and cytoarchitectonic analysis. This initial atlas is not in stereotaxic coordinate space. It is intended to complement the stereotaxic atlases of Akutegawa and Konishi, and that of Nixdorf and Bischof. (Akutagawa E. and Konishi M., stereotaxic atalas of the brain of zebra finch, unpublished. and Nixdorf-Bergweiler B. E. and Bischof H. J., A Stereotaxic Atlas of the Brain Of the Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia Guttata, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.) The zebra finch has proven to be the most widely used model organism for the study of the neurological and behavioral development of birdsong. A unique strength of this research area is its integrative nature, encompassing field studies and ethologically grounded behavioral biology, as well as neurophysiological and molecular levels of analysis. The availability of dimensionally accurate and detailed atlases and photographs of the brain of male and female animals, as well as of the brain during development, can be expected to play an important role in this research program. Traditionally, atlases for the zebra finch brain have only been available in printed format, with the limitation of low image resolution of the cell stained sections. The advantages of a digital atlas over a traditional paper-based atlas are three-fold. * The digital atlas can be viewed at multiple resolutions. At low magnification, it provides an overview of brain sections and regions, while at higher magnification, it shows exquisite details of the cytoarchitectural structure. * It allows digital re-slicing of the brain. The original photographs of brain were taken in certain selected planes of section. However, the brains are seldom sliced in exactly the same plane in real experiments. Re-slicing provides a useful atlas in user-chosen planes, which are otherwise unavailable in the paper-based version. * It can be made available on the internet. High resolution histological datasets can be independently evaluated in light of new experimental anatomical, physiological and molecular studies.

Proper citation: Zebrafinch Brain Architecture Project (RRID:SCR_004277) Copy   

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http://www.youtube.com/user/WholeBrainCatalog?feature=autoshare

Videos uploaded to YouTube by the Whole Brain Catalog.

Proper citation: WholeBrainCatalog's Channel - YouTube (RRID:SCR_005436) Copy   

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http://cmrm.med.jhmi.edu/cmrm/atlas/human_data/file/JHUtemplate_newuser.html

DTI white matter atlases with different data sources and different image processing. These include single-subject, group-averaged, B0 correction, processed atlases (White Matter Parcellation Map, Tract-probability maps, Conceptual difference between the WMPM and tract-probability maps), and linear or non-linear transformation for automated white matter segmentation. # Adam single-subject white matter atlas (old version): These are electronic versions of atlases published in Wakana et al, Radiology, 230, 77-87 (2004) and MRI Atlas of Human White Matter, Elsevier. ## Original Adam Atlas: 256 x 256 x 55 (FOV = 246 x 246 mm / 2.2 mm slices) (The original matrix is 96x96x55 (2.2 mm isotropic) which is zerofilled to 256 x 256 ## Re-sliced Adam Atlas: 246 x 246 x 121 (1 mm isotropic) ## Talairach Adam: 246 x 246 x 121 (1 mm isotropic) # New Eve single-subject white matter atlas: The new version of the single-subject white matter atlas with comprehensive white matter parcellation. ## MNI coordinate: 181 x 217 x 181 (1 mm isotropic) ## Talairach coordinate: 181 x 217 x 181 (1 mm isotropic) # Group-averaged atlases: This atlas was created from their normal DTI database (n = 28). The template was MNI-ICBM-152 and the data from the normal subjects were normalized by affine transformation. Image dimensions are 181x217x181, 1 mm isotropic. There are two types of maps. The first one is the averaged tensor map and the second one is probabilistic maps of 11 white matter tracts reconstructed by FACT. # ICBM Group-averaged atlases: This atlas was created from ICBM database. All templates follow Radiology convention. You may need to flip right and left when you use image registration software that follows the Neurology convention.

Proper citation: DTI White Matter Atlas (RRID:SCR_005279) Copy   

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http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rswenson/Atlas/

On line labeled atlas of the human brain developed by Dr. Rand Swenson of Dartmouth Medical School. It includes gross anatomical and MRI-generated slices (Axial T1-weighted MRI and Coronal T2 MRI weighted, along with Magnetic resonance arteriogram (MRA) and Magnetic resonance venogram (MRV)images. Labels may be turned on and off. A companion on-line textbook is also available. The site says it is still under construction, although the copyright is 2009. * Atlas of Gross Brain Topography * Atlas of the Brain Stem in Cross Section * Atlas of the Brain in Axial Slices * Atlas of the Brain in Coronal Slices * Atlas of the Head in Axial Slices * Axial T1-weighted MRI * Axial T2-weighted MRI * Coronal T1 MRI * Coronal T2 MRI * Magnetic resonance arteriogram (MRA) * Magnetic resonance venogram (MRV)

Proper citation: Atlas of the Brain (RRID:SCR_005967) Copy   

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http://www.youtube.com/user/sfnvideo

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is a nonprofit membership organization of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system. SFNVideo - YouTube are videos uploaded to YouTube by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Since inception in 1969, the Society has grown from 500 members to more than 41,000. Today, SfN is the world''s largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to advancing understanding of the brain and nervous system.

Proper citation: sfnvideo - YouTube (RRID:SCR_005463) Copy   

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https://www.youtube.com/user/iniusc

Videos uploaded to YouTube by the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging (LONI). The Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at UCLA strives to improve our understanding of the brain in health and disease. LONI is a leader in the development of advanced computational algorithms and scientific approaches for the comprehensive and quantitative mapping of brain structure and function.

Proper citation: Laboratory of Neuro Imaging - YouTube (RRID:SCR_005462) Copy   

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