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http://synapses.clm.utexas.edu

A portal into the 3D ultrastructure of the brain providing: Anatomy of astrocytes, axons, dendrites, hippocampus, organelles, synapses; procedures of 3D reconstruction and tissue preparation; as well as an atlas of ultrastructural neurocytology (by Josef Spacek), online aligned images, and reconstructed dendrites. Synapse Web hosts an ultrastructural atlas containing more than 500 electron micrographs (added to regularly) that identify unique ultrastructural and cellular components throughout the brain. Additionally, Synapse Web has raw images, reconstructions, and quantitative data along with tutorial instructions and numerous tools for investigating the functional structure of objects that have been serial thin sectioned for electron microscopy.

Proper citation: Synapse Web (RRID:SCR_003577) Copy   

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http://www.ctalearning.com/

A searchable, keyword-indexed bibliography on conditioned taste aversion learning, the avoidance of fluids and foods previously associated with the aversive effects of a variety of drugs. The database includes articles as early as 1951, and papers just published given that the database is ongoing and constantly updated. In the mid 1950''s, John Garcia and his colleagues at the Radiological Defense Laboratory at Hunters Point in San Francisco assessed the effects of ionizing radiation on a myriad of behaviors in the laboratory rat. One of their behavioral findings was that radiated rats avoided consumption of solutions that had been present during radiation, presumably due to the association of the taste of the solution with the aversive effects of the radiation. These results were published in Science and introduced to the literature the phenomenon of conditioned taste aversion learning (or the Garcia Effect). Subsequently, Garcia and his colleagues demonstrated that such learning appeared unique in a number of respects, including the fact that these aversions were acquired often in a single conditioning trial, selectively to gustatory stimuli and even when long delays were imposed between access to the solution and administration of the aversive agent. Together, these unique characteristics appeared to violate the basic tenets of traditional learning theory and along with a number of other behavioral phenomena (e.g., bird song learning, species-specific defense reactions, tonic immobility and schedule-induced polydipsia) introduced the concept of biological constraints on learning that forced a reconceptualization of the role evolution played in the acquisition of behavior (Garcia and Ervin, 1968; Revusky and Garcia, 1970; Rozin and Kalat, 1971). Although the initial investigations into conditioned taste aversion learning focused on these biological and evolutionary issues and their relation to learning, research in this area soon assessed the basic generality of the phenomenon, specifically, under what conditions such learning did or did not occur. With such research, a wide variety of gustatory stimuli were reported as effective conditioned stimuli and an extensive list of drugs with diverse consequences were reported as effective aversion-inducing agents. Aversions were established in a range of strains and species and under many experimental conditions. Research in this area continues to extend the conditions under which such learning occurs and to demonstrate its biological, neurochemical and anatomical substrates. Although the conditions under which aversion learning are reported to occur appear to generalize from the specific conditions under which they were originally reported, a number of factors including sex, age, training and testing procedures, deprivation level and drug history, all affect the rate of its acquisition and its terminal strength (Riley, 1998). In addition to these experimental demonstrations and assessments of generality, research on conditioned taste aversions has expanded to include investigations into its research and clinical applications (Braveman and Bronstein, 1985). In so doing, taste aversion learning has been applied to the characterization and classification of drug toxicity, the demonstration of the stimulus properties of abused drugs, the management of wildlife predation, the assessment of the etiology and treatment of cancer anorexia, the study of the biochemistry and molecular biology of learning, the etiology and control of alcohol use and abuse, the receptor characterization of the motivational effects of drugs, the occurrence of drug interactions, the characterization of drug withdrawal, the determination of taste psychophysics, the treatment of autoimmune diseases and the evaluation of the role of malaise in drug-induced satiety and drug-induced behavioral deficits. The speed with which aversions are acquired and the relative robustness of this preparation have made conditioned taste aversion learning a widely used, highly replicable and sensitive tool. In 1976, we published the first of three bibliographies on conditioned taste aversion learning. In this initial publication (see Riley and Baril, 1976), we listed and annotated 403 papers in this field. Subsequent lists published in 1977 (Riley and Clarke, 1977) and 1985 (Riley and Tuck, 1985) listed 632 and 1373 papers, respectively. Since that time, we have maintained a bibliography on taste aversion learning utilizing a variety of journal and on-line searches as well as benefiting from the generous contribution of preprints, reprints and pdf files from many colleagues. To date, the number of papers on conditioned taste aversion learning is approaching 3000. The present database lists these papers and provides a mechanism for searching the articles according to a number of search functions. Specifically, it was constructed to provide the reader access to these articles via a variety of search terms, including Author(s), Key Words, Date, Article Title and Journal. One can search for single or multiple items within any specific category. Further, one can search a single or combination of categories. The database is constantly being updated, and any feedback and suggestions are welcome and can be sent to CTALearning (at) american.edu.

Proper citation: Conditioned Taste Aversion: An Annotated Bibliography (RRID:SCR_005953) Copy   

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http://neuinfo.org

Framework for identifying, locating, relating, accessing, integrating, and analyzing information from neuroscience research. Users can search for and add neuroscience-related resources at NIF portal and receive and RRID to track and cite resources within scientific manuscripts.

Proper citation: Neuroscience Information Framework (RRID:SCR_002894) Copy   

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http://trans.nih.gov/bmap/resources/resources.htm

As part of BMAP gene discovery efforts, mouse brain cDNA libraries and Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) have been generated. Through this project a BMAP mouse brain UniGene set consisting of over 24,000 non-redundant members of unique clusters has been developed from EST sequencing of more than 50,000 cDNA clones from 10 regions of adult mouse brain, spinal cord, and retina (http://brainEST.eng.uiowa.edu/). In 2001, NIMH along with NICHD, NIDDK, and NIDA, awarded a contract to the University of Iowa ( M.B. Soares, PI) to isolate full-length cDNA clones corresponding to genes expressed in the developing mouse nervous system and determine their full-coding sequences. The BMAP mouse brain EST sequences can be accessed at NCBI's dbEST database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbEST/). Arrayed sets of BMAP mouse brain UniGenes and cDNA libraries, and individual BMAP cDNA clones can be purchased from Open Biosystems, Huntsville, AL (http://www.openbiosystems.com

Proper citation: BMAP cDNA Resources (RRID:SCR_002973) Copy   

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http://www.drugabuse.gov/about/organization/CEWG/

A network composed of researchers from major metropolitan areas of the United States and selected foreign countries which meet semiannually to discuss the current epidemiology of drug abuse. The primary mission of the Work Group is to provide ongoing community-level surveillance of drug abuse through analysis of quantitative and qualitative research data. Through this program the CEWG provides current descriptive and analytical information regarding the nature and patterns of drug abuse, emerging trends, characteristics of vulnerable populations and social and health consequences. Reports Reports are available from the biannual meetings at which the network members discuss current and emerging problems of substance abuse. At the meetings, CEWG members present data on drug abuse from a variety of city, State, Federal, and other sources. These data are enhanced with information gathered through ethnographic research, focus groups, interviews, and other qualitative methods. This integration of quantitative with qualitative data provides invaluable insight into emerging drug use trends. Book In 1998, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) published the first edition of Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities: Community Epidemiology Surveillance Networks on Drug Abuse to share information on establishing drug abuse epidemiology networks at community and State levels. Its purpose is to provide guidelines for establishing epidemiology networks to monitor and assess drug abuse patterns and trends and emerging drug problems at community and State levels to provide a foundation of information for public health response. The second edition differs from the first in format. For each data source, there is a description of the source and database, followed by guidelines on how to access the data (including Web sites) and what to request, and examples of how the data have been used by epidemiology work groups or Federal agencies. NIDA hopes that this revised guide is helpful to agencies, organizations, and researchers that are involved in or wish to establish epidemiology networks in their communities or States.

Proper citation: Community Epidemiology Work Group (RRID:SCR_002751) Copy   

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https://neurobiobank.nih.gov/

National resource for investigators utilizing human post-mortem brain tissue and related biospecimens for their research to understand conditions of the nervous system. Federated network of brain and tissue repositories in the United States that collects, evaluates, stores, and makes available to researchers, brain and other tissues in a way that is consistent with the highest ethical and research standards. The NeuroBioBank ensures protection of the privacy and wishes of donors. Provides information to the public about the need for tissue donation and how to register as a donor.

Proper citation: NIH NeuroBioBank (RRID:SCR_003131) Copy   

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http://www.nitrc.org/

Software repository for comparing structural (MRI) and functional neuroimaging (fMRI, PET, EEG, MEG) software tools and resources. NITRC collects and points to standardized information about structural or functional neuroimaging tool or resource.

Proper citation: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (NITRC) (RRID:SCR_003430) Copy   

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http://brainarray.mbni.med.umich.edu/Brainarray/Database/ProbeMatchDB/ncbi_probmatch_para_step1.asp

Matches a list of microarray probes across different microrarray platforms (GeneChip, EST from different vendors, Operon Oligos) and species (human, mouse and rat), based on NCBI UniGene and HomoloGene. The capability to match protein sequence IDs has just been added to facilitate proteomic studies. The ProbeMatchDB is mainly used for the design of verification experiments or comparing the microarray results from different platforms. It can be used for finding equivalent EST clones in the Research Genetics sequence verified clone set based on results from Affymetirx GeneChips. It will also help to identify probes representing orthologous genes across human, mouse and rat on different microarray platforms.

Proper citation: ProbeMatchDB 2.0 (RRID:SCR_003433) Copy   

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http://www.genetics.ucla.edu/labs/horvath/CoexpressionNetwork/

Software R package for weighted correlation network analysis. WGCNA is also available as point-and-click application. Unfortunately this application is not maintained anymore. It is known to have compatibility problems with R-2.8.x and newer, and the methods it implements are not all state of the art., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (RRID:SCR_003302) Copy   

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https://github.com/ABCD-STUDY/delay-discounting

Software that performs a delay-discounting task measuring impulsivity. Used in ABCD study.

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https://expfactory.github.io

Software that generates container-based behavioral experiments for reproducible science. It offers a library of experiments, games, and surveys, support for multiple kinds of databases, and robust documentation for the provided tools.

Proper citation: The Experiment Factory (RRID:SCR_016107) Copy   

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https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/FIRST

Software model based segmentation and registration tool. Used for segmentation of sub-cortical structures. Introduces basic segmentation and vertex analysis for detecting group differences.

Proper citation: FMRIB’s Integrated Registration and Segmentation Tool (RRID:SCR_024921) Copy   

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https://reprint-apms.org/?q=chooseworkflow

Database of Mass Spectrometry contaminants and pipeline for Affinity Purification coupled with Mass Spectrometry analysis. Contaminant repository for affinity purification mass spectrometry data. Database of standardized negative controls. Used to identify protein-protein interactions.

Proper citation: CRAPome (RRID:SCR_025008) Copy   

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https://github.com/calico/borzoi

Software package to access the Borzoi models, which are convolutional neural networks trained to predict RNA-seq coverage at 32bp resolution given 524kb input sequences.

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