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http://wiki.c2b2.columbia.edu/califanolab/index.php/BCellInteractome.htm

A network of protein-protein, protein-DNA and modulatory interactions in human B cells. The network contains known interactions (reported in public databases) and predicted interactions by a Bayesian evidence integration framework which integrates a variety of generic and context specific experimental clues about protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions with inferences from different reverse engineering algorithms, such as GeneWays and ARACNE. Modulatory interactions are predicted by the MINDY, an algorithm for the prediction of modulators of transcriptional interactions (please refer to the publication section for more information). The BCI can be downloaded as one tab delimited file containing the complete network (BCI.txt) with each type of interaction explicitly defined.

Proper citation: B Cell Interactome (RRID:SCR_008655) Copy   

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http://www.uv.es/vista/vistavalencia/

The general goal is to achieve a deeper understanding of natural image statistics because from this knowledge it should be possible to explain the behavior of the visual cortex and propose new alternatives in a number of applications in image processing and computer vision in which the basic problem is the choice of an appropriate signal representation. The range of basic and applied topics in which we are currently working include: * Mathematical models of human vision * Statistical image models * Image distortion metrics * Image coding * Motion estimation * Video coding * Image restoration * Color representation

Proper citation: Visual Statistics Group (RRID:SCR_008317) Copy   

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http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ServicesAtlases/ICBM152NLin2009

Unbiased standard magnetic resonance imaging template brain volume for normal population. These volumes were created using data from ICBM project. 6 different templates are available: * ICBM 2009a Nonlinear Symmetric - template which includes T1w,T2w,PDw modalities, also T2 relaxometry (T2 values calculated for each subject using single dual echo PD/T2 scan), and tissue probabilities maps. Also included lobe atlas used for ANIMAL+INSECT segmentation, brain mask, eye mask and face mask. Intensity inhomogeneity was performed using N3 version 1.10.1. * ICBM 2009a Nonlinear Asymmetric template - template which includes T1w,T2w,PDw modalities, and tissue probabilities maps. Intensity inhomogeneity was performed using N3 version 1.10.1. Also included brain mask, eye mask and face mask. * ICBM 2009b Nonlinear Symmetric - template which includes only T1w,T2w and PDw modalities. * ICBM 2009b Nonlinear Asymmetric - template which includes only T1w,T2w and PDw modalities. * ICBM 2009c Nonlinear Symmetric - template which includes T1w,T2w,PDw modalities, and tissue probabilities maps. Also included lobe atlas used for ANIMAL+INSECT segmentation, brain mask, eye mask and face mask. Intensity inhomogeneity was performed using N3 version 1.11. Sampling is different from 2009a template. * ICBM 2009c Nonlinear Asymmetric template - template which includes T1w,T2w,PDw modalities, and tissue probabilities maps. Intensity inhomogeneity was performed using N3 version 1.11 Also included brain mask, eye mask and face mask.Sampling is different from 2009a template. All templates are describing the same anatomy, but sampling is different. Also, different versions of N3 algorithm produces slightly different tissue probability maps. Tools for using these atlases can be found in the Software section. Viewing the multiple atlas volumes online requires Java browser support. You may also download the templates - see licensing information.

Proper citation: ICBM 152 Nonlinear atlases version 2009 (RRID:SCR_008796) Copy   

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http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ServicesAtlases/NIHPD-obj1

An unbiased standard magnetic resonance imaging template brain volume for pediatric data from the 4.5 to 18.5y age range. These volumes were created using data from 324 children enrolled in the NIH-funded MRI study of normal brain development (Almli et al., 2007, Evans and Group 2006). Tools for using these atlases can be found in the Software section. To view the atlases online, click on the appropriate JIV2 link in the Download section. You can download templates constructed for different age ranges. For each age range you will get an average T1w, T2w, PDw maps normalized between 0 and 100 and tissue probability maps, with values between 0 and 1. Also each age range includes a binary brain mask.

Proper citation: NIHPD Objective 1 atlases (4.5 - 18.5y) (RRID:SCR_008794) Copy   

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http://www.neuroethics.ubc.ca/

It is an interdisciplinary research group dedicated to tackling the ethical, legal, policy and social implications of frontier technological developments in the neurosciences. Our objective is to align innovations in the brain sciences with societal, cultural and individual human values through high impact research, education and outreach. The Core''s major research projects are focused on high impact, high visibility areas including the use of drugs and devices for neuroenhancement, ethics in neurodegenerative disease and regenerative medicine research, international and cross-cultural challenges in brain research, neuroimaging in the private sector, and the ethics of personalized medicine, among others. Members of the Core also lead initiatives aside from their research projects. Sponsors: This Core is supported by the University of Brititsh Columbia.

Proper citation: UBC National Core for Neuroethics (RRID:SCR_008063) Copy   

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https://www.broadinstitute.org/ccle/

A collaborative project between the Broad Institute and the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research and its Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, with the goal of conducting a detailed genetic and pharmacologic characterization of a large panel of human cancer models. The CCLE also works to develop integrated computational analyses that link distinct pharmacologic vulnerabilities to genomic patterns and to translate cell line integrative genomics into cancer patient stratification. The CCLE provides public access to genomic data, analysis and visualization for about 1000 cell lines.

Proper citation: Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (RRID:SCR_013836) Copy   

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http://icmic.rad.jhmi.edu/

The vision of the JHU ICMIC is to combine state-of-the-art imaging capabilities with powerful molecular biology techniques to define strategies with intent to cure. It has drawn upon its human resources at JHU to create a center consisting of a multidisciplinary group of premier individuals with diverse skills focused on translating molecular capabilities into imaging possibilities with the single purpose of understanding and curing cancer. Nearly all of the investigators participating in this ICMIC have interactive collaborative projects with one or more of the other investigators. The synergism generated by the collective skills of this unique group of individuals will lead to significant advances in the understanding of cancer and its treatment. The JHU ICMIC structure consists of four interactive and closely related research components focused on hypoxia, HIF-1, and exploiting the hypoxia response element to target cancer cells through choline kinase inhibition. These research components are anchored by the participation of world renowned expertise in HIF-1. The research components utilize MR, PET and Optical Imaging technology to understand cancer vascularization, invasion and metastasis, to achieve effective cancer therapy. The center has selected developmental projects which are highly relevant to the goals of the ICMIC and interactive with the research components. Five resources devoted to adminstration, molecular biology, imaging, probes, and translational application provide the infrastructure to support the research activities of the ICMIC. Research Components in the JHU ICMIC: - Combining Anti-angiogenic therapy with siRNA targeting of choline kinase. - Imaging the Role of HIF-1 in Breast Cancer Progression - Imaging and Targeting Hypoxia in Solid Tumors - Molecular and Functional Imaging of the HER-2/neu Receptor The following are developmental projects currently taking place in ICMIC 1. Receptor imaging using nonparamagnetic MRI contrast agents (2003) 2. New imaging agents for prostate cancer (2003) 3. Non-invasive monitoring of therapeutic effect of siRNA-mediated radiation sensitization in human prostate cancer xenografts (2003) 4. Imaging of the endothelin receptor in cancer (2003) 5. Imaging studies of c-myc regulation of tumor metabolism (2003) 6. Imaging studies of anti-tumorigenic effects of anti-oxidants in vivo (2005) 7. Molecular Imaging with Magnetic Resonance Microsystems (2005) 8. Endogenous angiogenesis inhibitors (2005) 9. MR imaging and spectroscopy in detection and localization of prostate cancer: a prospective trial in patients undergoing cystoprostatectomy and radical prostatectomy. (2005) 10. A versatile visualization system for the analysis of multi-modality and multidimensional cancer imaging (2007) 11. Non-invasive imaging of CXCR4 expression in breast cancer (2007)

Proper citation: John Hopkins University, In-Vivo Cellular Molecular Imaging Center (RRID:SCR_013198) Copy   

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http://lincs.hms.harvard.edu/

Center that is part of the NIH Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) Program. Its goals are to collect and disseminate data and analytical tools needed to understand how human cells respond to perturbation by drugs, the environment, and mutation.

Proper citation: HMS LINCS Center (RRID:SCR_016370) Copy   

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https://community.brain-map.org/t/allen-human-reference-atlas-3d-2020-new/405

Parcellation of adult human brain in 3D, labeling every voxel with brain structure spanning 141 structures. These parcellations were drawn and adapted from prior 2D version of adult human brain atlas.

Proper citation: Allen Human Reference Atlas, 3D, 2020 (RRID:SCR_017764) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/deepbehavior/

Project related to behavior tracking and analysis. Provides deep learning toolbox that automates taking high speed quality video to track behavior in rodents and humans.

Proper citation: DeepBehavior project (RRID:SCR_021387) 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://www.hmpdacc.org/

Common repository for diverse human microbiome datsets and minimum reporting standards for Common Fund Human Microbiome Project.

Proper citation: HMP Data Analysis and Coordination Center (RRID:SCR_004919) Copy   

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http://vision.ucsf.edu/hortonlab/index.html

Devise better ways to prevent and treat vision loss due to amblyopia and strabismus, and to advance medical science by understanding the human visual system. Various Images, Videos and Talks related to the research are available. In the Laboratory for Visual Neuroscience at the University of California, San Francisco, we are seeking to discover how visual perception occurs in the human brain. The function of the visual system is to guide our behavior by providing an efficient means for the rapid assimilation of information from the environment. As we navigate through our surroundings, a continuous stream of light images impinges on our eyes. In the back of each eye a light-sensitive tissue, the retina, converts patterns of light energy into electrical discharges known as action potentials. These signals are conveyed along the axons of retinal ganglion cells to the lateral geniculate body, a relay nucleus in the thalamus. Most of the output of the lateral geniculate body is relayed directly to the primary visual cortex (striate cortex, V1), and then to surrounding visual association areas. To understand the function of the visual pathways, our research is focused on 5 major themes: * Organization of Primary Visual Cortex * Mapping of Extrastriate Visual Cortex * Amblyopia and Visual Development * Strabismus and Visual Suppression * The Human Visual Cortex

Proper citation: UCSF Laboratory for Visual Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_004913) Copy   

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http://brainethics.org/

There are a lot of fine blogs out there covering the avalance of current neuroscience research. With this blog Thomas Rams��y & Martin Skov want to highlight the many consequences of this growing understanding of the human brain. We are especially interested in two types of consequences: Tinkering with the brain and What is it like to be a human being? * Tinkering with the brain: First and foremost, with an understanding of how the brain works comes the possibility of tinkering with it. We already use billions of dollars every year on psychopharmocologia trying to treat depression, schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental diseases. But should we also use our knowledge of the brain to treat undesirable mental traits such as pedophilia or sociopathy? And what about enhancing normal brains? Clearly, evolution hasn''t endowed us with the most efficient brain imaginable. Shouldn''t we do something about its many shortcomings? * What is it like to be a human being?: Secondly, our view of human behavior is sure to change with our improved understanding of the human brain. Our knowledge of core human faculties such as language, social reasoning, aesthetics, and economics is already being challenged by modern neuroscience, yielding multiple hard questions. Do we have a free will? Is the mind innate or plastic? If people are not responsible for their actions (since all actions are caused by blind molecular processes) does our legal system still make sense? In short, will modern neuroscience come to completely redefine human nature? We try to discuss contemporary research literature, not just news reports. Although we will occasionally also target popular science reports, since we believe they play an important role in dissemining lessons from the lab. And in the future we plan to also post interviews with interesting researchers, as well as link to our own publications in journals and books. Additionally, the latest and most important books in the multidisciplinary field of neuroscience, cognition, psychology, ethics and economics are presented.

Proper citation: BrainEthics (RRID:SCR_005530) 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://fcon_1000.projects.nitrc.org/

Collection of resting state fMRI (R-fMRI) datasets from sites around world. It demonstrates open sharing of R-fMRI data and aims to emphasize aggregation and sharing of well-phenotyped datasets.

Proper citation: 1000 Functional Connectomes Project (RRID:SCR_005361) Copy   

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http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/

An atlas of normal and abnormal brain images intended as an introduction to basic neuroanatomy, with emphasis on the pathoanatomy of several leading central nervous system diseases that integrates clinical information with magnetic resonance (MR), x-ray computed tomography (CT), and nuclear medicine images. A range of brain abnormalities are presented including examples of certain brain disease presented with various combinations of image type and imaging frequency. Submissions of concise, exemplary, clinically driven examples of neuroimaging are welcome.

Proper citation: Whole Brain Atlas (RRID:SCR_005390) Copy   

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http://science.education.nih.gov/home2.nsf/feature/index.htm

The NIH Office of Science Education (OSE) coordinates science education activities at the NIH and develops and sponsors science education projects in house. These programs serve elementary, secondary, and college students and teachers and the public. Activities * Develop curriculum supplements and other educational materials related to medicine and research through collaborations with scientific experts at NIH * Maintain a website as a central source of information about NIH science education resources * Establish national model programs in public science education, such as the NIH Mini-Med School and Science in the Cinema * Promote science education reform as outlined in the National Science Education Standards and related guidelines The OSE was established in 1991 within the Office of Science Policy of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is the world''s foremost biomedical research center and the U.S. federal government''s focal point for such research. It is one of the components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Office of Science Education (OSE) plans, develops, and coordinates a comprehensive science education program to strengthen and enhance efforts of the NIH to attract young people to biomedical and behavioral science careers and to improve science literacy in both adults and children. The function of the Office is as follows: (1) develops, supports, and directs new program initiatives at all levels with special emphasis on targeting students in grades kindergarten to 16, their educators and parents, and the general public; (2) advises NIH leadership on science education issues; (3) examines and evaluates research and emerging trends in science education and literacy for policy making; (4) works closely with the NIH extramural, intramural, women''s health, laboratory animal research, and minority program offices on science education special issues and programs to ensure coordination of NIH efforts; (5) works with NIH institutes, centers, and divisions to enhance communication of science education activities; and (6) works cooperatively with other public- and private-sector organizations to develop and coordinate activities.

Proper citation: NIH Office of Science Education (RRID:SCR_005603) Copy   

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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MINC/Atlases

A linear average model atlas produced by the International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM) project. A set of full- brain volumetric images from a normative population specifically for the purposes of generating a model were collected by the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), UCLA, and University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Research Imaging Center (RIC). 152 new subjects were scanned using T1, T2 and PD sequences using a specific protocol. These images were acquired at a higher resolution than the original average 305 data and exhibit improved contrast due predominately to advances in imaging technology. Each individual was linearly registered to the average 305 and a new model was formed. In total, three models were created at the MNI, the ICBM152_T1, ICBM152_T2 and ICBM152_PD from 152 normal subjects. This resulting model is now known as the ICBM152 (although the model itself has not been published). One advantage of this model is that it exhibits better contrast and better definition of the top of the brain and the bottom of the cerebellum due to the increased coverage during acquisition. The entirely automatic analysis pipeline of this data also included grey/white matter segmentation via spatial priors. The averaged results of these segmentations formed the first MNI parametric maps of grey and white matter. The maps were never made publicly available in isolation but have formed parts of other packages for some time including SPM, FSL AIR and as models of grey matter for EEG source location in VARETTA and BRAINWAVE. Again, as these models are an approximation of Talairach space, there are differences in varying areas, to continue our use of origin shift as an example, the ICBM models are approximately 152: +3.5mm in Z and +-co-ordinate -3.5mm and 2.0mm in Y as compared to the original Talairach origin. In addition to the standard analysis performed on the ICBM data, 64 of the subjects data were segmented using model based segmentation. 64 of the original 305 were manually outlined and a resulting parametric VOI atlas built. The native data from these acquisitions was 256x256 with 1mm slices. The final image resolution of this data was 181x217x181 with 1mm isotropic voxels. Refer to the ICBM152 NonLinear if you are fitting an individual to model and do not care about left/right comparisons. A short history of the various atlases that have been produced at the BIC (McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute) is provided.

Proper citation: MINC/Atlases (RRID:SCR_005281) Copy   

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http://www.thehamner.org/technology-and-development/technology-transfer/index.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on June 24, 2013. BMDExpress is a Java application used to analyze dose-response data from microarray experiments. The program was designed to perform a stepwise analysis on microarray data that combines bench mark dose (BMD) calculations with gene ontology (GO) classification analysis. The combination provides dose estimates at which different cellular processes are altered at a defined increase in risk based on expression levels in the untreated controls. The fitting of the data to the statistical models (linear, 2 polynomial models, 3 polynomial, and power models) is performed using source code borrowed from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency''''s BMDS software. The MPPD model is a computational model that can be used for estimating human and rat airway particle dosimetry. The model is applicable to risk assessment, research, and education. The MPPD model calculates the deposition and clearance of monodisperse and polydisperse aerosols in the respiratory tracts of rats and human adults and children (deposition only) for particles ranging in size from ultrafine (0.01 m) to coarse (20 m). The models are based on single-path and multiple-path methods for tracking air flow and calculating aerosol deposition in the lung. The single-path method calculates deposition in a typical path per airway generation, while the multiple-path method calculates particle deposition in all airways of the lung and provides lobar-specific and airway-specific information. Within each airway, deposition is calculated using theoretically derived efficiencies for deposition by diffusion, sedimentation, and impaction within the airway or airway bifurcation. Filtration of aerosols by the head is determined using empirical efficiency functions. The MPPD model includes calculations of particle clearance in the lung following deposition. Eight tutorials are provided so that the user can learn to interact with the software.

Proper citation: The Hamner Institute for Health Sciences: BMDExpress and The multiple-path particle dosimetry (RRID:SCR_005511) Copy   

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