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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/dots/

A fast, scalable tool developed at the Johns Hopkins University to automatically segment the major anatomical fiber tracts within the human brain from clinical quality diffusion tensor MR imaging. With an atlas-based Markov Random Field representation, DOTS directly estimates the tract probabilities, bypassing tractography and associated issues. Overlapping and crossing fibers are modeled and DOTS can also handle white matter lesions. DOTS is released as a plug-in for the MIPAV software package and as a module for the JIST pipeline environment. They are therefore cross-platform and compatible with a wide variety of file formats.

Proper citation: DOTS WM tract segmentation (RRID:SCR_009459) 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://sparkinsight.org

A clustering and visualization tool that enables the interactive exploration of genome-wide data, with a specialization in epigenomics data. Spark is also available as a service within the Epigenome toolset of the Genboree Workbench. The approach utilizes data clusters as a high-level visual guide and supports interactive inspection of individual regions within each cluster. The cluster view links to gene ontology analysis tools and the detailed region view connects to existing genome browser displays taking advantage of their wealth of annotation and functionality.

Proper citation: Spark (RRID:SCR_006207) Copy   

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http://antibodyregistry.org/

Public registry of antibodies with unique identifiers for commercial and non-commercial antibody reagents to give researchers a way to universally identify antibodies used in publications. The registry contains antibody product information organized according to genes, species, reagent types (antibodies, recombinant proteins, ELISA, siRNA, cDNA clones). Data is provided in many formats so that authors of biological papers, text mining tools and funding agencies can quickly and accurately identify the antibody reagents they and their colleagues used. The Antibody Registry allows any user to submit a new antibody or set of antibodies to the registry via a web form, or via a spreadsheet upload.

Proper citation: Antibody Registry (RRID:SCR_006397) 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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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.drugabuseresearchtraining.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on November 07, 2012. Decemeber 15, 2011 - Thank you for your interest in DrugAbuseResearchTraining.org. The site, courses, and resources are no longer available. Please send an email to inquiry (at) md-inc.com if you would like to be notified if the site or courses become available again. Introduction to Clinical Drug and Substance Abuse Research Methods is an online training program intended to introduce clinicians and substance abuse professionals to basic clinical research methods. The program is divided into four modules. Each module covers an entire topic and includes self-assessment questions, references, and online resources: * The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction * Biostatistics for Drug and Substance Abuse Research * Evaluating Drug and Substance Abuse Programs * Designing and Managing Drug and Substance Abuse Clinical Trials The learning objectives of this program are to help you: * Evaluate the benefits of alternative investigative approaches for answering important questions in drug abuse evaluation and treatment. * Define the proper levels of measurement and appropriate statistical methods for a clinical study. * Address common problems in data collection and analysis. * Anticipate key human subjects and ethical issues that arise in drug abuse studies. * Interpret findings from the drug abuse research literature and prepare a clinical research proposal. * Prepare research findings for internal distribution or publication in the peer reviewed literature. * Recognize drug addiction as a cyclical, chronic disease. * Understand and describe the brain circuits that are affected by addicting drugs, and explain to others the effects of major classes of addicting drugs on brain neurotransmitters. * Utilize new pharmacologic treatments to manage persons with drug addiction. Physicians can earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit and purchase a high resolution printable electronic CME certificate(view sample); non-physicians can purchase high resolution printable electronic certificate of course participation that references AMA PRA Category 1 credit (view sample). This program does not offer printed certificates.

Proper citation: Online Education for the International Research Community: AboutIntroduction to Clinical Drug and Substance Abuse Research Methods (RRID:SCR_000802) Copy   

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http://vox.pharmacology.ucla.edu/home.html

Two-dimensional images of gene expression for 20,000 genes in a coronal slice of the mouse brain at the level of the striatum by using microarrays in combination with voxelation at a resolution of 1 cubic mm gene expression patterns in the brain obtained through voxelation. Voxelation employs high-throughput analysis of spatially registered voxels (cubes) to produce multiple volumetric maps of gene expression analogous to the images reconstructed in biomedical imaging systems.

Proper citation: Voxelation Map of Gene Expression in a Coronal Section of the Mouse Brain (RRID:SCR_008065) Copy   

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http://www.mbl.org/mbl_main/atlas.html

High-resolution electronic atlases for mouse strains c57bl/6j, a/j, and dba/2j in either coronal or horizontal section. About this Atlas: The anterior-posterior coordinates are taken from an excellent print atlas of a C57BL/6J brain by K. Franklin and G. Paxinos (The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates, Academic Press, San Diego, 1997, ISBN Number 0-12-26607-6; Library of Congress: QL937.F72). The abbreviations we have used to label the sections conform to those in the Franklin-Paxinos atlas. A C57BL/6J mouse brain may contain as many as 75 million neurons, 23 million glial cells, 7 million endothelial cells associated with blood vessels, and 3 to 4 million miscellaneous pial, ependymal, and choroid plexus cells (see data analysis in Williams, 2000). We have not yet counted total cell number in DBA/2J mice, but the counts are probably appreciably lower.The brain and sections were all processed as described in our methods section. The enlarged images have a pixel count of 1865 x 1400 and the resolution is 4.5 microns/pixel for the processed sections.Plans: In the next several years we hope to add several additional atlases of the same sort for other strains of mice. A horizontal C57BL/6J atlas and a DBA/2J coronal atlas were completed by Tony Capra, summer 2000, and additional atlases may be made over the next several years. As describe in the MBL Procedures Section is not hard to make your own strain-specific atlas from the high resolution images in the MBL.

Proper citation: Mouse Brain Atlases (RRID:SCR_007127) Copy   

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http://courses.jax.org/2012/addiction.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 23, 2016. This course emphasizes genetic applications and approaches to drug addiction research through methodological instruction based on literature, data sets and informatics resources drawn from studies of addiction related phenotypes. The course includes plenary sessions on major progress in addiction genetics, and discussion sessions in which students present their work for discussion on applications of genetic methods. Students will leave the course able to design and interpret genetic and genomic studies of addiction as they relate to their specific research question, and will be able to make use of current bioinformatics resources to identify research resources and make use of public data sources in their own research.

Proper citation: Short Course on the Genetics of Addiction (RRID:SCR_005560) 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://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://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.

Proper citation: Borzoi (RRID:SCR_026619) Copy   

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