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Monkey Motion Resource Report Resource Website |
Monkey Motion (RRID:SCR_014285) | source code, software resource | A graphical source code file used for an automated motion detection and reward system for animal training (see comment for full paper title). It was designed on the LabVIEW programming system. Running the program requires the appropriate LabVIEW runtime software from National Instruments Corporation. | Magnetic resonance imaging, Neuroimaging, Macaca fascicularis, Operant conditioning, Reward | McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience at Washington University ; NINDS R01 NS044598; NIMH R21 MH081080; NIMH K24 MH087913 |
PMID:26798573 DOI:10.7759/cureus.397 |
Available for download | SCR_014285 | 2026-02-15 09:20:41 | 0 | |||||||||
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BehaviorDEPOT Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions |
BehaviorDEPOT (RRID:SCR_023602) | source code, software resource | Software tool for automated behavioral detection based on markerless pose tracking. Behavioral analysis tool to first compile and clean point-tracking output from DeepLabCut, and then classify behavioral epochs using custom behavior classifiers. Used to detect frame by frame behavior from video time series and can analyze results of common experimental assays, including fear conditioning, decision-making in T-maze, open field, elevated plus maze, and novel object exploration. Calculates kinematic and postural statistics from keypoint tracking data from pose estimation software outputs. | OpenBehavior, automated behavioral detection, markerless pose tracking, detect frame by frame behavior, video time series, kinematic and postural statistics, |
is listed by: OpenBehavior is related to: SLEAP, LEAP and MotionMapper project works with: DeepLabCut |
NIMH K01MH116264; NIMH K08MH116125; Whitehall Foundation ; Simonsen Foundation ; NSF ; NIMH T32MH073526; Brain Research Foundation ; Brain and Behavior Research Foundation |
PMID:35997072 | Free, Available for download, Freely available | https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/behaviordepot/ | SCR_023602 | 2026-02-15 09:23:13 | 1 | |||||||
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Autopatcher Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions |
Autopatcher (RRID:SCR_017464) | software application, software resource | Software tool for neuronal recording in intact brain. | Neuronal, recording, intact, brain, BRAIN Initiative | is recommended by: BRAIN Initiative | NIMH MH106027 | PMID:29297466 | Free, Available for download, Freely available | SCR_017464 | 2026-02-15 09:22:06 | 2 | ||||||||
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pyRayleighCuda Resource Report Resource Website |
pyRayleighCuda (RRID:SCR_017453) | software application, software resource | Python Rayleigh-Sommerfeld integral for acoustics with optional CUDA graphics processing unit (GPU) implementation. | Rayleigh-Sommerfeld, integral, acoustics, CUDA, graphics, processing, unit, BRAIN Initiative | is recommended by: BRAIN Initiative | NIMH MH109105 | Free, Freely available | SCR_017453 | 2026-02-15 09:21:20 | 0 | |||||||||
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Northwestern University Schizophrenia Data and Software Tool (NUSDAST) Resource Report Resource Website |
Northwestern University Schizophrenia Data and Software Tool (NUSDAST) (RRID:SCR_014153) | NUSDAT | image collection, data or information resource, database | A repository of schizophrenia neuroimaging data collected from over 450 individuals with schizophrenia, healthy controls and their respective siblings, most with 2-year longitudinal follow-up. The data include neuroimaging data, cognitive data, clinical data, and genetic data. | database, neuroimaging, clinical, cognitive, genetic, schizophrenia, longitudinal |
uses: CAWorks is listed by: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (NITRC) has parent organization: Northwestern University; Illinois; USA |
Schizophrenia | NIMH 1R01 MH084803; NIMH 1U01 MH097435; NIMH P50 MH071616; NIMH R01 MH056584; NCRR P41 RR15241; NIGMS U24 GM104203; NIH Bio-Informatics Research Network Coordinating Center |
Available to the research community | SCR_014153 | Northwestern University Schizophrenia Data and Software Tool | 2026-02-15 09:20:49 | 0 | ||||||
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Vocal Inventory Clustering Engine (VoICE) Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions |
Vocal Inventory Clustering Engine (VoICE) (RRID:SCR_016004) | VoICE | software application, data processing software, data analysis software, software resource | Software that groups vocal elements of birdsong by creating a high dimensionality dataset through scoring spectral similarity between vocalizations. | bird, song, birdsong, vocal, audio, analysis, vocalization, spectral similarity, avian, matlab | uses: MATLAB | Autism Speaks 7657; UCLA ; 5T32HC00722834 ; NIMH RO1MH081754; NICHD P50 HD055784; NIMH R01 MH081754; NIMH R01 MH070712 |
Free, Available for download | SCR_016004 | VoICE (Vocal Inventory Clustering Engine), Vocal Inventory Clustering Engine (VoICE), VoICE: Vocal Inventory Clustering Engine, VoICE: A semi-automated pipeline for standardizing vocal analysis across models | 2026-02-15 09:21:30 | 1 | |||||||
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Drop-seq tools Resource Report Resource Website 50+ mentions |
Drop-seq tools (RRID:SCR_018142) | software application, data processing software, data analysis software, software resource | Software Java tools for analyzing Drop-seq data. Used to analyze gene expression from thousands of individual cells simultaneously. Analyzes mRNA transcripts while remembering origin cell transcript. | Simultaneous analysis, Drop-seq data, gene expression, thousands individual cells |
is listed by: Debian has parent organization: Broad Institute |
Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research ; MGH Psychiatry Residency Research Program ; Stanley-MGH Fellowship in Psychiatric Neuroscience ; Stewart Trust Fellows Award ; Simons Foundation ; NHGRI P50 HG006193; Klarman Cell Observatory ; NIMH U01 MH105960; NIMH R25 MH094612; NICHD F32 HD075541; NSF ECS 0335765; NSF DMR 1310266; NSF DMR 1420570 |
PMID:26000488 | https://sources.debian.org/src/drop-seq-tools/ | SCR_018142 | Droplet sequencing tools, Droplet sequencing data analysis software tools | 2026-02-15 09:22:19 | 94 | |||||||
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Mapping Population-based Structural Connectomes Resource Report Resource Website |
Mapping Population-based Structural Connectomes (RRID:SCR_016232) | software application, data processing software, data analysis software, software resource | Data analysis software that can simultaneously characterize a large number of white matter bundles within and across different subjects for group analysis. It has three major components: construction of the structural connectome for the whole brain, low-dimensional representation of streamlines in each connection, and multi-level connectome analysis. | dwi, t1, tractography, algorithm, white matter, bundle, gray matter, shape, analysis, network, workflow | NIMH MH086633; NIMH MH092335; NSF SES-1357666; NSF DMS-1407655; CPRIT RR150054; NSF DMS1127914 |
Free for non-commercial use, Available for download | SCR_016232 | 2026-02-15 09:21:50 | 0 | ||||||||||
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PIVOT software Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
PIVOT software (RRID:SCR_017210) | PIVOT | software application, data processing software, data analysis software, software resource | Software R package for interactive analysis and visualization of transcriptomics data. Operating systems are macOS, Linux, Windows. | Interactive, analysis, visualization, transcriptomics, data | is related to: University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; USA | NIMH U01 MH098953 | PMID:29304726 | Free, Available for download, Freely available | SCR_017210 | Platform for Interactive analysis and Visualization Of Transcriptomics, PIVOT, KimLabIDV | 2026-02-15 09:21:59 | 17 | ||||||
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ChromHMM Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
ChromHMM (RRID:SCR_018141) | software application, data processing software, data analysis software, software resource | Software tool for chromatin state discovery and characterization. Used for chromatin state discovery and genome annotation of non coding genome using epigenomic information across one or multiple cell types. Combines multiple genome wide epigenomic maps, and uses combinatorial and spatial mark patterns to infer complete annotation for each cell type. Provides automated enrichment analysis of resulting annotations. | Chromatin state discovery, chromatin characterization, genome annotation, non coding genome, epigenomic, cell, annotation, analysis, pattern |
is listed by: Debian is listed by: OMICtools |
NHGRI U54 HG004570; NHGRI RC1HG005334; NIEHS R01 ES024995; NHGRI U01 HG007912; NIMH U01 MH105578; NSF 0905968; Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship ; CAREER Award |
PMID:29120462 PMID:22373907 |
Free, Available for download, Freely available | OMICS_03490 | https://sources.debian.org/src/chromhmm/ | SCR_018141 | 2026-02-15 09:21:32 | 47 | ||||||
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Track-A-Worm Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions |
Track-A-Worm (RRID:SCR_018299) | software application, data processing software, data analysis software, software resource | Open source system for quantitative assessment of C. Elegans locomotory and bending behavior. Used for quantitative behavioral analyses to understand circuit and gene bases of behavior. Constantly records and analyzes position and body shape of freely moving worm at high magnification. | Quantitative assessment, C.Elegans locomotory, bending behavior, behavioral analysis, gene, moving worm position, body shape, automated recording | is related to: University of Connecticut; Connecticut; USA | NIGMS R01 GM083049; NIMH R01 MH085927 |
PMID:23922769 | Free, Available for download, Freely available | SCR_018299 | Tracker-A-Worm version 1.0, Tracker-A-Worm version 2.0 | 2026-02-15 09:22:12 | 3 | |||||||
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NIMH Chemical Synthesis and Drug Supply Program Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions |
NIMH Chemical Synthesis and Drug Supply Program (RRID:SCR_004921) | NIMH CSDSP, CSDSP | reagent supplier, material resource | A program that synthesizes, purifies, and distributes otherwise unavailable essential compounds to stimulate basic and clinical research in psychopharmacology relevant to mental health in areas such as the molecular pharmacology and signaling of CNS receptors, longitudinal studies to evaluate the molecular, biochemical, and behavioral actions of psychoactive compounds, and functional brain imaging in both primates and humans. WHAT IS AVAILABLE: * Ligands for CNS receptors, radiolabeled compounds for autoradiography and neuroimaging, biochemical markers, drug analogs and metabolites, and reference standards * Synthesis (including GMP) of promising compounds for mental health research, including preclinical toxicology and safety studies, especially compounds for PET neuroimaging * A listing of currently available NIMH CSDSP compounds is available online at www.nimh-repository.rti.org. RTI International scientists can provide investigators with technical assistance and additional information about the compounds on request. Data sheets containing purity, storage, and handling information are supplied with all NIMH CSDSP compounds. WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Investigators involved in basic or clinical research relevant to mental health are eligible to submit requests. To learn more about current NIMH research areas, please visit the NIMH website at www.nimh.nih.gov. NIMH CSDSP compounds are free to qualified academic investigators, but payment may be required from nonacademic requestors. Investigators interested in obtaining radiolabeled compounds but uncertain about what type of label or specific activity would work best for them may obtain help by communicating with the technical contacts listed on the website. | contrast agent, catalog, compound, radiolabeled compound, ligand, autoradiography, neuroimaging, biochemical marker, drug, analog, metabolite, reference standard, mental health, pet, toxicology, basic research, clinical research, clinical, research |
is used by: NIF Data Federation has parent organization: RTI International |
NIMH | Investigators involved in basic or clinical research relevant to mental health are eligible to submit requests. Compounds are, Free to qualified academic investigators, But payment may be required from nonacademic requestors. Repository compounds are offered only for research and development purposes. | nif-0000-00234 | SCR_004921 | NIMH Chemical Synthesis Drug Supply Program | 2026-02-15 09:18:51 | 5 | ||||||
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VoxBo Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
VoxBo (RRID:SCR_002166) | VoxBo | software application, data processing software, image processing software, image analysis software, software resource | Software package for brain image manipulation and analysis, focusing on fMRI and lesion analysis. VoxBo can be used independently or in conjunction with other packages. It provides GLM-based statistical tools, an architecture for interoperability with other tools (they encourage users to incorporate SPM and FSL into their processing pipelines), an automation system, a system for parallel distributed computing, numerous stand-alone tools, decent wiki-based documentation, and lots more. | fmri, neuroimaging, brain, functional, statistical, volume, preprocessing, analysis, display, format conversion, linear, three dimensional display, workflow, lesion, analyze, c++, console (text based), dicom, image display, linux, macos, microsoft, magnetic resonance, nifti, no input/output (daemon), overlap metrics, posix/unix-like, quantification, regression, resampling, sinc function interpolation, spatial transformation, statistical operation, visualization, windows |
is listed by: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (NITRC) is listed by: Biositemaps is listed by: Debian has parent organization: neurodebian |
NIDA R01DA014418; NIMH R01MH073529 |
PMID:22348882 | Free, Available for download, Freely available | nif-0000-00353 | https://sources.debian.org/src/voxbo/ https://github.com/kimberg/voxbo |
http://www.voxbo.org/ | SCR_002166 | 2026-02-16 09:45:40 | 13 | ||||
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Glomerular Activity Response Archive Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
Glomerular Activity Response Archive (RRID:SCR_002089) | GARA | data analysis service, analysis service resource, image collection, database, production service resource, service resource, data or information resource | THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on April 24, 2017. Database of images depicting the spatial distribution of 2-deoxyglucose uptake evoked in the glomerular layer of the rat olfactory bulb in response to a wide range of defined odorant stimuli. A number of different display and comparison tools are provided allowing patterns to be viewed from different perspectives, and descriptions of the methods and interpretations of these data are provided. Some of the more advanced tools require you to download software. | rat, olfactory bulb, odorant stimuli, odorant, odor, glomerular |
is used by: NIF Data Federation is related to: Integrated Manually Extracted Annotation has parent organization: University of California at Irvine; California; USA |
Human Brain Project ; NIMH ; NIDCD |
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | nif-0000-00339 | SCR_002089 | Glomerular Response Archive | 2026-02-16 09:45:40 | 10 | ||||||
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Cognitive Atlas Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
Cognitive Atlas (RRID:SCR_002793) | Cognitive Atlas | ontology, data or information resource, controlled vocabulary | Knowledge base (or ontology) that characterizes the state of current thought in cognitive science that captures knowledge from users with expertise in psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. There are two basic kinds of knowledge in the knowledge base. Terms provide definitions and properties for individual concepts and tasks. Assertions describe relations between terms in the same way that a sentence describes relations between parts of speech. The goal is to develop a knowledge base that will support annotation of data in databases, as well as supporting improved discourse in the community. It is open to all interested researchers. A fundamental feature of the knowledge base is the desire and ability to capture not just agreement but also disagreement regarding definitions and assertions. Thus, if you see a definition or assertion that you disagree with, then you can assert and describe your disagreement. The project is led by Russell Poldrack, Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Computational Biology (A. Toga, PI) and UCLA Consortium for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics (R. Bilder, PI). Most tasks used in cognitive psychology research are not identical across different laboratories or even within the same laboratory over time. A major advantage of anchoring cognitive ontologies to the measurement level is that the strategy for determining changes in task properties is easier than tracking changes in concept definitions and usage. The process is easier because task parameters are usually (if not always) operationalized objectively, offering a clear basis to judge divergence in methods. The process is also easier because most tasks are based on prior tasks, and thus can more readily be considered descendants in a phylogenetic sense. | cognitive function, cognitive phenotype, cognitive process, cognitive science, cognitive state, human, cognitive ontology, cognitive task, experimental task, mental construct, concept, task, eeg, meg, electrocorticography, magnetic resonance, ontology, pet, spect, knowledge environment |
is listed by: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (NITRC) is related to: Speech Perception is related to: Brainspell has parent organization: University of Texas at Austin; Texas; USA is parent organization of: Cognitive Atlas Ontology |
NIMH RO1MH082795 | PMID:21922006 PMID:19634038 |
Free, Freely Available | nif-0000-24591 | http://www.nitrc.org/projects/cogatlas | SCR_002793 | cognitive atlas - a collaboratively developed cognitive science ontology | 2026-02-16 09:45:52 | 32 | ||||
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SumsDB Resource Report Resource Website 10+ mentions |
SumsDB (RRID:SCR_002759) | SumsDB, WebCaret | image repository, data analysis service, analysis service resource, atlas, data repository, database, storage service resource, production service resource, service resource, data or information resource | THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on May 11, 2016. Repository of brain-mapping data (surfaces and volumes; structural and functional data) derived from studies including fMRI and MRI from many laboratories, providing convenient access to a growing body of neuroimaging and related data. WebCaret is an online visualization tool for viewing SumsDB datasets. SumsDB includes: * data on cerebral cortex and cerebellar cortex * individual subject data and population data mapped to atlases * data from FreeSurfer and other brainmapping software besides Caret SumsDB provides multiple levels of data access and security: * Free (public) access (e.g., for data associated with published studies) * Data access restricted to collaborators in different laboratories * Owner-only access for work in progress Data can be downloaded from SumsDB as individual files or as bundles archived for offline visualization and analysis in Caret WebCaret provides online Caret-style visualization while circumventing software and data downloads. It is a server-side application running on a linux cluster at Washington University. WebCaret "scenes" facilitate rapid visualization of complex combinations of data Bi-directional links between online publications and WebCaret/SumsDB provide: * Links from figures in online journal article to corresponding scenes in WebCaret * Links from metadata in WebCaret directly to relevant online publications and figures | segmentation, volume, neuroimaging, brain, fmri, stereotaxic foci, stereotaxic coordinate, brain-mapping, foci, structural mri, mri, cerebral cortex, cerebellar cortex, afni brik, analyze, atlas, nifti, registration, rendering, spatial transformation, surface analysis, surface rendering, visualization, volume rendering, brain mapping, neuroanatomy |
is used by: NIF Data Federation is listed by: Biositemaps is listed by: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (NITRC) is listed by: re3data.org is related to: Computerized Anatomical Reconstruction and Editing Toolkit is related to: Integrated Manually Extracted Annotation has parent organization: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Missouri; USA |
Mental disease, Neurological disorder, Normal | Human Brain Project ; NSF ; NCI ; NLM ; NASA ; National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure ; NIMH R01 MH60974-06 |
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | nif-0000-00016, r3d100010169 | http://brainvis.wustl.edu/wiki/index.php/Sums:About http://www.nitrc.org/projects/sumsdb https://doi.org/10.17616/R3JC76 |
SCR_002759 | SumsDB WebCaret, SumsDB Database, Web Caret, WebCaret Online Visualization, Surface Management System Database and WebCaret Online Visualization, SumsDB and WebCaret, Sums database, SumsDB (Surface Management System Database) and WebCaret Online Visualization, Sums DB, SumsDB (Surface Management System Database) WebCaret Online Visualization, Surface Management System Database | 2026-02-16 09:45:59 | 13 | ||||
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Neural Open Simulation Resource Report Resource Website |
Neural Open Simulation (RRID:SCR_002916) | NEOSIM | data processing software, software application, software resource, simulation software | Simulation software that includes a parallel discrete event simulation kernel for running models of spiking neurons on a cluster of workstations. Models are specified using NeuroML, and visualized using Java2D. Simulation components are distributed across a parallel machine or network and communicate using timestamped events. The successor NEOSIM2 project under the NeuroGems umbrella at Edinburgh University (http://www.neurogems.org) continues to distribute the software, http://www.neurogems.org/neosim2/ The NEOSIM project includes: * a parallel discrete event simulation kernel for running models of spiking neural networks on clusters of machines. * a modules kit for extending the behavior of neurons and connectivity patterns. * a user interface for building and running simulations. OS: Linux, MS-Windows | systems modeling, simulation, model, neuron, spiking, neural network, behavior, connectivity, source code, xml |
is related to: NeuroML has parent organization: University of Edinburgh; Scotland; United Kingdom |
NIMH MH-57358 | THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE | nif-0000-00161 | SCR_002916 | NEOSIM - Neural Open Simulation | 2026-02-16 09:45:55 | 0 | ||||||
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MatrixEQTL Resource Report Resource Website 50+ mentions |
MatrixEQTL (RRID:SCR_025513) | software application, data processing software, data analysis software, software resource | Software tool for ultra fast eQTL analysis via large matrix operations. | expression Quantitative Trait Loci, fast eQTL analysis, large matrix operations, | NIMH R01 MH090936; NIEHS R01 ES015241; US Environmental Protection Agency ; NCI R01 CA138255; NSF ; Gillings Innovation Laboratory in Statistical Genomics |
PMID:22492648 | Free, Freely available, | SCR_025513 | Matrix Expression Quantitative Trait Loci | 2026-02-15 09:23:53 | 69 | ||||||||
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ezBIDS Resource Report Resource Website |
ezBIDS (RRID:SCR_025563) | web application, software resource | Web-based BIDS conversion tool to convert neuroimaging data and associated metadata to BIDS standard. Guided standardization of neuroimaging data interoperable with major data archives and platforms. | Guided standardization, neuroimaging data, Brain Imaging Data Structure, BIDS conversion tool, convert neuroimaging data, associated metadata, interoperable, BIDS standard, | NINDS UM1NS132207; BRAIN CONNECTS ; NIBIB R01EB029272; NIBIB R01EB030896; NSF ; Kavli Foundation ; Wellcome Trust ; NIMH R01MH133701; Spanish Government |
PMID:38332144 | Free, Freely available | https://brainlife.io/ezbids/ |
SCR_025563 | ez Brain Imaging Data Structure | 2026-02-15 09:23:56 | 0 | |||||||
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DevATLAS Resource Report Resource Website |
DevATLAS (RRID:SCR_025718) | reference atlas, data or information resource, atlas | Whole brain developmental map of neuronal circuit maturation. Generated by whole brain spatiotemporal mapping of circuit maturation during early postnatal development. Standard reference for normative developmental trajectory of neuronal circuit maturation, as well as high throughput platform to pinpoint when and where circuit maturation is disrupted in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders, such as fragile X syndrome. | Whole brain developmental map, neuronal circuit maturation, whole brain spatiotemporal mapping, circuit maturation, early postnatal development, mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders, | Human Frontier Science Program ; Brain Research Foundation Seed Grant ; Simons Center for the Social Brain Equipment Grant ; Paul and Lilah Newton Brain Science Award ; NIMH RF1MH124605; NIDCD DC014701; NINDS NS123710; NINDS NS115543; NIMH MH116673 |
PMID:38260331 | Free, Freely available | DevATLAS | SCR_025718 | Developmental Activation Timing-based Longitudinal Acquisition System | 2026-02-15 09:23:56 | 0 |
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