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https://neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/Resources-Tools/Blueprint-Resources-Tools-Library

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on February 22, 2023. National initiative to advance biomedical research through data sharing and online collaboration that provides data sharing infrastructure, software tools, strategies and advisory services. Groups may choose whether to share data internally or with external audiences. Hardware and data remain under control of individual user groups.

Proper citation: Biomedical Informatics Research Network (RRID:SCR_005163) Copy   

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http://sig.biostr.washington.edu/projects/MindSeer/index.html

A cross-platform application for 3D brain visualization for multi-modality neuroimaging data written in Java/Java3D, that runs in both standalone and client-server mode. It supports basic data management capabilities, visualization of 3D surfaces (SPM's output or OFF files), volumes (Analyze, NIFTI or Minc) and label sets. MindSeer has 2 different modes: # Client/Server is designed to allow users to visualize data that is stored centrally and enhance collaboration. # Standalone mode is available to view local data and is built for more performance than Client/Server Both modes have the same interface and support the same features. It has a modular architecture and is designed to be extensible. Requirements: # Java 5.0 or above. # Java Web Start. # Java3D (installed automatically by Web Start).

Proper citation: MindSeer (RRID:SCR_003019) Copy   

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

Simulation software that generates pathological ground truth from a healthy ground truth. The software requires an input directory that describes a healthy anatomy (anatomical probabilities, mesh, diffusion tensor image, etc) and then outputs simulation images.

Proper citation: TumorSim (RRID:SCR_002604) Copy   

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https://github.com/spm

Software package for analysis of brain imaging data sequences. Sequences can be a series of images from different cohorts, or time-series from same subject. Current release is designed for analysis of fMRI, PET, SPECT, EEG and MEG.

Proper citation: SPM (RRID:SCR_007037) Copy   

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http://hdbase.org/cgi-bin/welcome.cgi

A community website for Huntington''s Disease (HD) research that currently contains Y2H and Mass spectrometry protein-protein interaction data centered around the HD protein (huntingtin) and information on therapeutic studies in mouse. Also available are raw Human and Mouse Affymetrix Microarray data. The protein interaction data is from several sources, including interactions curated from the literature by ISB staff, experimentally determined interactions produced by Bob Hughes and colleagues at Prolexys (currently password protected), and interactions reported in a recent publication by Goehler et al from Eric Wanker''s lab. Content areas that may be covered by the site include the following: * Therapeutic studies in mouse, primarily drug screens. * HD mouse models with a focus on timelines of disease progression. * Antibodies used in HD research. * Microarray gene expression studies. * Genes and proteins relevant to HD research. This includes HD itself, the growing list of proteins thought to interact directly or indirectly with huntingtin (Htt), and other genes and proteins implicated in the disease process. * Molecular pathways thought to be involved in the disease process. * Timelines of disease for Mouse models

Proper citation: HDBase (RRID:SCR_007132) Copy   

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http://www.uky.edu/coa/ADC

Alzheimer's Disease Center that serves as the focal point for all Alzheimer's disease-related activities at the University of Kentucky and the Commonwealth of Kentucky providing an environment and core resources that catalyze innovative research, outreach, education, and clinical programs. Their ADC plans to build on its historic strengths and capitalize on emerging opportunities to provide an infrastructure that supports research designed to translate knowledge into therapeutic strategies for AD. They focus on two interrelated themes: Transitions and Translation. Their overall emphasis is to more effectively bridge the gap between basic research and clinical studies by facilitating translational efforts. They also carefully characterize transitions across the spectrum of cognitive impairment (normal/ preclinical AD/ MCI/ dementia), with focus on definition of early disease, and continue to support neuropathology as the bedrock of our center. The Alzheimer Disease Center's 2006-2011 grant award from the National Institute on Aging consists of five cores: * Administrative Core * Clinical Core * Biostatistics and Data Management Core * Neuropathology Core * Education & Information Transfer Core

Proper citation: University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Center (RRID:SCR_008767) Copy   

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http://research.mssm.edu/cnic/

Center to advance research and training in mathematical, computational and modern imaging approaches to understanding the brain and its functions. Software tools and associated reconstruction data produced in the center are available. Researchers study the relationships between neural function and structure at levels ranging from the molecular and cellular, through network organization of the brain. This involves the development of new computational and analytic tools for imaging and visualization of 3-D neural morphology, from the gross topologic characteristics of the dendritic arbor to the fine structure of spines and their synapses. Numerical simulations of neural mechanisms based on these structural data are compared with in-vivo and in-vitro electrophysiological recordings. The group also develops new theoretical and analytic approaches to exploring the function of neural models of working memory. The goal of this analytic work is to combine biophysically realistic models and simulations with reduced mathematical models that capture essential dynamical behaviors while reproducing the functionally important features of experimental data. Research areas include: Imaging Studies, Volume Integration, Visualization Techniques, Medial Axis Extraction, Spine Detection and Classification, Applications of Rayburst, Analysis of Spatially Complex Structures, Computational Modeling, Mathematical and Analytic Studies

Proper citation: Computational Neurobiology and Imaging Center (RRID:SCR_013317) Copy   

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https://www.amazon.com/How-Brain-Works-Mark-Dubin/dp/0632044411

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVCE, documented September 2, 2016. Is the Brain (Like) a Computer is an e-book written by Prof. Mark Dubin. It consists of the following: Introduction. Why do we consider the relationship of brains and computers and what does this have to do with consciousness? What's a Brain Made Of? A thought experiment. Test Drive a Turing Machine. A theoretical approach. Interim Summary. Many of the main pages have links to additional information. When you click on one of those links a NEW page will open ON TOP of the page you are clicking from. This convention is adopted so that you can look at the additional information and then easily return to the main page you got there from.

Proper citation: Is the Brain (Like) a Computer (RRID:SCR_008809) Copy   

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http://healthybrain.umn.edu/

Research forum portal to address brain status by acquiring comprehensive, multimodal data from healthy humans across the lifespan to characterize brain status, assess its change over time, and associate composite descriptors of brain status. Specifically, the measurements are acquired noninvasively by existing neuroimaging technologies (structural MRI, functional MRI, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, diffusion MRI, and magnetoencephalography); in addition, genetic, cognitive, language, and lifestyle data are acquired. Goals: * Derive the Brain Health Index- An integrative assessment of brain status derived from multimodal measurements of brain structure, function, and chemistry. * Continue acquiring data to construct the first-ever databank on brain, cognitive, language and genetic measurements for healthy people across the lifespan. * Provide a novel and unique dataset by which to: characterize brain status, assess its change over time, and associate it with genetic makeup, cognitive function, and language abilities. * Forecast future brain health and disease based on current measurements and guide physicians towards new interventions and evaluate interventions as they develop. * Extend to siblings and other family members to further assess the genetic influences and inheritability.

Proper citation: HBP: Healthy Brain Project (RRID:SCR_013137) Copy   

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http://braintechsci.blogspot.com/index.html

Blog about brain technology and science news that covers topics such as high-resolution brain imaging, brain maps API and whole-brain atlases.

Proper citation: BrainTechSci. (RRID:SCR_000113) 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.ataxia.org/research/ataxia-tissue-donation.aspx

A website where users can find information on donating tissue for ataxia research.

Proper citation: NAF Ataxia Tissue Donation (RRID:SCR_003893) Copy   

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http://www.nimhans.kar.nic.in/neuropathology/neuropath2.htm#brainbank

A National Facility to promote research in Neurobiology using human nervous tissues. The brain tissues collected with informed consent of close relatives within 4-24 hours following death are frozen for Biochemical, Immuno-histochemical and Molecular Biological studies. A large number of formalin fixed brain tissues from various Neurological, Neurosurgical and Psychiatric disorders are also available for study.

Proper citation: Bangalore Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_004227) Copy   

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http://www.sharmuk.org/

A not for profit organization to accelerate research into aging by sharing resources: providing access to cost and time effective, aged murine tissue through a biorepository and database of live ageing colonies, as well as promoting the networking of researchers and dissemination of knowledge through its online collaborative environment; MiCEPACE. ShARM will provide valuable resources for the scientific community while helping to reduce the number of animals used in vital research into aging. The biobank of tissue and networking facility will enable scientists to access shared research material and data. By making use of collective resources, the number of individual animals required in research experiments can be minimized. The project also has the added value of helping to reduce the costs of research by connecting scientists, pooling resource and combining knowledge. ShARM works in partnership with MRC Harwell and the Centre for Intergrated Research into Musculoskeletal Ageing (CIMA).

Proper citation: ShARM (RRID:SCR_003120) Copy   

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https://ndriresource.org/for-researchers/services-capabilities-sample/htorr

NDRI’s Human Tissue and Organs for Research Resource (HTORR) Program has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for over 30 consecutive years to support research programs across multiple disciplines. It is through the HTORR program that NDRI provides academic biomedical investigators with donated normal and diseased human tissues and organs recovered from a diverse donor pool using customized procurement, processing, and preservation and distribution protocols. Our HTORR Program supports academic biomedical research investigators needs by providing: Access to a wide array of human biospecimens from any body system * Customized procurement in a variety of preservation formats including fresh, frozen, and fixed suitable for various analytical techniques * Reduced costs for tissue procurement * Technical support to design your studies utilizing human biospecimens * Letters of support and budgetary information for grant applications

Proper citation: Human Tissue and Organ for Research Resource (HTORR) (RRID:SCR_002859) 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://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.brain-net.net/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on June 28,2022. A network of several university centers in Germany that classifies neurological and psychiatric disorders neuropathologically and collects and provides brain tissue for research. The aim and task of the Brain-Net are: the collection of clinically and neuropathologically well-characterized brain tissue samples; the standardization of neuropathological diagnoses according to internationally accepted criteria; and providing a basis for future research projects using genetic, epidemiological, biometric and other issues to neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Proper citation: Brain-Net (RRID:SCR_005017) Copy   

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http://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm-pathology/pathology-core-services/biospecimen-archive-research-core-barc/

Biospecimen repository of normal and diseased human material from a variety of tissues and conditions along with clinical annotation. Both frozen aliquots and paraffin embedded tissue are available. Biospecimens are available to qualified researchers with IRB approval. * Preliminary inquires please contact Cheryl Spencer at cheryl.spencer (at) bmc.org

Proper citation: Boston University Biospecimen Archive Research Core (RRID:SCR_005363) Copy   

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