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http://www.callisto-science.org/NSI/Neuroscience_Image_Database/Rat_Brain_Atlas.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on May 27,2025. Compact 3rd edition of The Rat Brain Atlas of Paxinos & Watson published in 1997, it is the most widely used stereotaxic reference system for rat brain. The illustrations and nomenclature of the atlas have become standard tools used by almost all research neuroscientists who deal with anatomy, physiology, or function. It has been subsequently updated, with the 6th edition being the most recent. The 3rd edition is the most recent one available online for free. The program runs in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Proper citation: Rat Brain Atlas of Paxinos and Watson (RRID:SCR_006369) Copy   

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http://www.uab.edu/cnc

The overall mission of the Comprehensive Neuroscience Center (CNC) is to promote and support interdisciplinary neuroscience research, clinical care and education at UAB. Despite significant advances over the last 15 years in understanding many basic neurological processes, development of more effective treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases have been identified as the largest and fastest growing unmet medical need in this country. The institutions that can most rapidly and creatively establish the necessary neuroscience initiatives to facilitate the translation of basic research discoveries into effective therapies will be positioned to lead neurological and psychiatric disease research into the future. The Center integrates a variety of disciplines, including neurology, psychiatry, neurobiology, neurosurgery, psychology, vision science, and biomedical engineering. Faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Optometry, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Dentistry, Engineering, Health Professions, and Public Health are affiliated with the Center. The need to address neuroscience research is great: one in three Americans are affected by nervous system diseases including brain and spinal cord injury, dementing illnesses, schizophrenia, depression, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, and autism. The burden of these diseases has an estimated economic cost of 500 billion per year in the United States. Center Research: The CNC serves as a vital center for neuroscience research at UAB and oversees six thematic programs of investigation: neurodevelopment and neurogenetics, neurodegeneration and experimental therapeutics, neuroregeneration and plasticity, behavioral and cognitive health, glial biology in medicine, and neuroimaging. The CNC helps coordinate the efforts of multiple neuroscience related centers at UAB, such as the Center for Glial Biology in Medicine, the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, the Civitan International Research Center, and the Alzheimers Disease Research Center. By interacting directly with these centers and establishing coalitions of centers and neuroscience subdisciplines, the CNC aids the UAB neuroscience community in meeting the challenges of modern neuroscience investigation. The CNC builds on other recent advances in neuroscience at UAB, including an 8.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Alabama Neuroscience Blueprint Core Center Facility awarded in September 2006. The Neuroscience Blueprint establishes research infrastructure on campus that is shared by investigators from institutions across Alabama and the Southeast. UAB has also added dynamic new leadership in the neuroscience fields including the following new chairs: Ray L. Watts, MD, Neurology (from Emory University); David Sweatt, PhD, Neurobiology (from Baylor College of Medicine); and James Meador-Woodruff, MD, Psychiatry (from the University of Michigan).

Proper citation: UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center (RRID:SCR_007195) Copy   

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http://www.neurobiologie.fu-berlin.de/beebrain

Standard brain atlas of the honeybee presented as an interactive three-dimensional surface model with integrated neuron and neuronal tracts. The standard atlas was created as an average-shape atlas of 22 neuropils, calculated from 20 individual immunostained whole-mount bee brains. After correction for global size and positioning differences by repeatedly applying an intensity-based nonrigid registration algorithm, a sequence of average label images was created. The Honeybee, Apis mellifera has been studied extensively with respect to its sensory and neural capacities in navigation, communication, visual and olfactory learning and memory processing. The goal is to integrate the entirety of information into a Virtual Atlas of the Honeybee Brain. This common spatial reference map will potentiate the representation of structural and functional data obtained in different experiments and from different individuals.

Proper citation: Virtual Atlas of the Honeybee Brain (RRID:SCR_007133) Copy   

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http://neurosynth.org

Platform for large-scale, automated synthesis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data extracted from published articles. It''s a website wrapped around a set of open-source Python and JavaScript packages. Neurosynth lets you run crude but useful analyses of fMRI data on a very large scale. You can: * Interactively visualize the results of over 3,000 term-based meta-analyses * Select specific locations in the human brain and view associated terms * Browse through the nearly 10,000 studies in the database Their ultimate goal is to enable dynamic real-time analysis, so that you''ll be able to select foci, tables, or entire studies for analysis and run a full-blown meta-analysis without leaving your browser. You''ll also be able to do things like upload entirely new images and obtain probabilistic estimates of the cognitive states most likely to be associated with the image.

Proper citation: NeuroSynth (RRID:SCR_006798) Copy   

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

An interactive 3D rendering and neuroanatomical analysis package developed for analyzing focal brain lesions and functional brain imaging data (Damasio and Frank, 1991; Frank, Damasio and Grabowski, 1997).

Proper citation: Brainvox (RRID:SCR_009448) Copy   

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

A reference atlas of cynomolgus macaque monkey magnetic resonance images. The template brain volume that offers a common stereotaxic reference frame to localize anatomical and functional information in an organized and reliable way for comparison across individual cynomolgus monkeys and studies. We have used MRI volumes from a group of 18 normal adult cynomulgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) to create the individual atlas. Thus, the atlas does not rely on the anatomy of a single subject, but instead depends on nonlinear normalization of numerous cynomolgus monkey brains mapped to an average template image that is faithful to the location of anatomical structures. Tools for registering a native MRI to the cynomolgus macaque atlas can be found in the Software section. Viewing the atlas and associated volumes online requires Java browser support. Additionally, you may download the atlas and associated files in your chosen format.

Proper citation: McConnell Brain Imaging Center MNI Cynomolgus Macaque Atlas (RRID:SCR_008793) Copy   

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http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ServicesAtlases/NIHPD-obj2

An unbiased magnetic resonance imaging template brain volume for pediatric data from birth to 4.5y age range. These volumes were created using 317 scans from 108 children enrolled in the NIH-funded MRI study of normal brain development (Almli et al., 2007, Evans and Group 2006). Templates are constructed for different age ranges. Each age range includes an average T1w, T2w, PDw maps normalized between 0 and 100. Also each age range includes a binary brain mask. Tools for using these atlases can be found in the Software section.

Proper citation: NIHPD Objective 2 atlases (birth - 4.5 years) (RRID:SCR_008795) Copy   

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

A reference atlas of rhesus macaque monkey magnetic resonance images that offers a common stereotaxic reference frame. The atlas can be used to localize anatomical and functional information in an organized and reliable way for comparison across individual rhesus monkeys and studies. We have used MRI volumes from a group of 7 normal adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to create the individual atlas. Thus, the atlas does not rely on the anatomy of a single subject, but instead depends on nonlinear normalization of numerous rhesus monkey brains mapped to an average template image that is faithful to the location of anatomical structures. Tools for registering a native MRI to the rhesus macaque atlas can be found in the Software section. Viewing the atlas and associated volumes online requires Java browser support. Additionally, you may download the atlas and associated files in your chosen format.

Proper citation: McConnell Brain Imaging Center MNI Rhesus Macaque Atlas (RRID:SCR_008790) Copy   

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https://bams1.org/cells/list.php, https://bams1.org/cells/search_bams_ref.php, https://bams1.org/cells/search_by_brain_region.php

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 6, 2023.BAMS is an online resource for information about neural circuitry. The BAMS Cell view focuses on the major brain regions and which cells are contained therein.

Proper citation: BAMS Cells (RRID:SCR_003531) Copy   

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https://confluence.crbs.ucsd.edu/display/NIF/DRG

Gene expression data from published journal articles that test hypotheses relevant to neuroscience of addiction and addictive behavior. Data types include effects of particular drug, strain, or knock out on particular gene, in particular anatomical region. Focuses on gene expression data and exposes data from investigations using DNA microarrays, polymerase chain reaction, immunohistochemistry and in-situ hybridizations. Data are available for query through NIF interface.Data submissions are welcome.

Proper citation: Drug Related Gene Database (RRID:SCR_003330) Copy   

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http://hendrix.imm.dtu.dk/services/jerne/brede/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 4th, 2023. A database of human data from functional neuroimaging scientific articles containing Talairach coordinates that provides data for novel information retrieval techniques and automated meta-analyses. Each article in this database is identified by a unique number: A WOBIB. Some of the structure of the Brede database is similar to the structure of the BrainMap database (Research Imaging Center, San Antonio). The database is inspired by the hierarchical structure of BrainMap with scientific articles (bib structures) on the highest level containing one or more experiments (exp structure, corresponding to a contrast in general linear model analyses), these in turn comprising one or more locations (loc structures). The information on the bib level (author, title, ...) is setup automatically from PubMed while the rest of the information is entered manually in a Matlab graphical user interface. On the loc level this includes the 3D stereotactic coordinates in either Talairach or MNI space, the brain area (functional, anatomical or cytoarchitectonic area) and magnitude values such as Z-score and P-value. On the exp level information such as modality, scanner and behavioral domain are recorded with external components (such as face recognition or kinetic boundaries) organized in a directed graph and marked up with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) where possible. The database is distributed as part of the Brede neuroinformatics toolbox (hendrix.imm.dtu.dk/software/brede/) which also provides the functions to manipulate and analyze the data. The Brede Toolbox is a program package primarily written in Matlab. As of 2006/11, 186 papers with 586 experiments.

Proper citation: Brede Database (RRID:SCR_003327) Copy   

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http://www.mknt.hu/sites/default/files/NEPSYBANK_0.doc

The Hungarian Society of Clinical Neurgenetics established a nationwide collaboration for prospective collection of human biological materials and databases from patient with neurological and psychiatric diseases. The basic triangle of the NEPSYBANK is the sample, the information and the study management. The present participants of the NEPSYBANK are the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry of the four Medical Universities (in Budapest, Debrecen, Pecs, Szeged) and the National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Budapest. The NEPSYBANK is a disease based biobank collecting both phenotypical and environmental data and biological materials such as DNA/RNA, whole blood, plasma, cerebral spinal fluid, muscle / nerve / skin biopsy, brain, and fibroblast. The target of the diseases is presently (Phase I): stroke syndromes, dementias, movement disorders, motoneuron diseases, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, alcohol addiction. In the near future (Phase II.) it is planned to enlarge the scale with headaches, disorders of the peripheral nerves, disorders of neuromuscular transmission, disorders of skeletal muscle, depression, anxiety. DNA/RNA is usually extracted from whole blood, but occasionally different tissues such as muscle, brain etc. can be used as well. The extracting procedures differ among the institutes, but in all cases the concentration and the quality of the DNA/RNA must be registered in the database. Participating institutional biobanks have committed themselves to follow common quality standards, which provide access to samples after prioritization on scientific grounds only. In every case the following data are registered. 1. General data: main bank categories, age, sex, ethnicity, body height, body weight, economic stats, education, type of place of living, marital status, birth complications, alcohol, drugs, smoking. 2. Sample properties (sample ID, type of sample, date of extraction, concentration, and level of purity). General patient data as blood pressure, heart rate, internal medical status, ECG, additional diseases. Disease specific question e.g. in schizophrenia the diagnosis after DSMIV and ICD 10, detailed diagnostic questions after both classification, detailed psychiatric and neurological status, laboratory findings, rating scales, data of neuroimaging, genetic tests, applied medication (with generic name, dose, duration), adverse drug effects and other treatments. The Biobank Information Management System (BIMS) is responsible for linkage of databases containing information on the individual sample donors. If you want to have samples from the NEPSYBANK an application must be submitted containing the following information: short research plan including aims and study design, ethic application with a positive decision, specific demands regarding the right of disposition, agreements with grant organizations which regulate immaterial property, information about financing (academic grants, support from industry). All participants have the right to withdraw their samples through a simple order.

Proper citation: Hungarian Neurological-Psychiatric Biobank (RRID:SCR_003715) Copy   

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http://www.tmf-ev.de/BiobankenRegisterEN/Registry.aspx?udt_2021_param_detail=84

A brain bank which collects brain tissue from patients who died from various neurological and psychiatric diseases. These tissues are available for biochemical, molecular biological, and other work groups with the aim of supporting research on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy of these diseases. Collected brains are clinically and neuropathologically well-characterized. The collection and distribution of brain tissue samples is an ongoing process. NeuroBiobank Munich offers help with the organization and implementation of autopsies as well as with the neuropathologic diagnostics. The thematic emphasis of the NeuroBiobank Munich is Parkinson's disease and demential degenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. NeuroBiobank Munich coordinates the German national brain tissue bank (BrainNet) and the European brain tissue bank (BrainNet Europe).

Proper citation: NeuroBiobank Munich (RRID:SCR_005014) Copy   

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https://www.stanleygenomics.org/

The Stanley Online Genomics Database uses samples from the Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI) Brain Bank. These samples were processed and run on gene expression arrays by a variety of researchers in collaboration with the SMRI. These researchers have performed analyses on their respective studies using a range of analytic approaches. All of the genomic data have been aggregated in this online database, and a consistent set of analyses have been applied to each study. Additionally, a comprehensive set of cross-study analyses have been performed. A thorough collection of gene expression summaries are provided, inclusive of patient demographics, disease subclasses, regulated biological pathways, and functional classifications. Raw data is also available to download. The database is derived from two sets of brain samples, the Stanley Array collection and the Stanley Consortium collection. The Stanley Array collection contains 105 patients, and the Stanley Consortium collection contains 60 patients. Multiple genomic studies have been conducted using these brain samples. From these studies, twelve were selected for inclusion in the database on the basis of number of patients studied, genomic platform used, and data quality. The Consortium collection studies have fewer patients but more diversity in brain regions and array platforms, while the Array collection studies are more homogenous. There are tradeoffs, the Consortium results will be more variable, but findings may be more broadly representative. The collections contain brain samples from subjects in four main groups: Bipolar Schizophrenia, Depression, and Controls Brain regions used in the studies include: Broadman Area 6, Broadman Area 8/9, Broadman Area 10, Broadman Area 46, Cerebellum The 12 studies encompass a range of microarray platforms: Affymetrix HG-U95Av2, Affymetrix HG-U133A, Affymetrix HG-U133 2.0+, Codelink Human 20K, Agilent Human I, Custom cDNA Publications based on any of the clinical or genomic data should credit the Stanley Medical Research Institute, as well as any individual SMRI collaborators whose data is being used. Publications which make use of analytic results/methods in the database should additionally cite Dr. Michael Elashoff. Registration is required to access the data.

Proper citation: Stanley Medical Research Institute Online Genomics Database (RRID:SCR_004859) Copy   

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http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-compass-pleasure

A blog written by David J. Linden, Ph.D., professor of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, focusing on the brain''s pleasure circuits. Topics covered include exercise, pleasure and the brain; and understanding the biology of runners high. The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good is also a book and available for purchase. David J. Linden, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His laboratory has worked for many years on the cellular substrates of memory storage in the brain and a few other topics. He has a longstanding interest in scientific communication and serves as the Chief Editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology. He has written two books for a general audience about the biological basis of mental function: The Compass of Pleasure (Viking Press, 2011) and The Accidental Mind (Harvard/Belknap, 2007).

Proper citation: Compass of Pleasure (RRID:SCR_004756) Copy   

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http://www.brainbankforautism.org.uk/

Encourages and facilitates brain tissue donation for use in the best scientific studies to better understand the biological basis of autism down to the cellular and molecular levels and through that understanding bring about the development of effective interventions for those affected by autism spectrum disorders. To ensure the best co-ordinated use of brain tissue, the UK Brain Bank for Autism works in collaboration with the Autism Tissue Program in the US and shares the same Tissue Advisory board. The Brain Bank for Autism & Related Developmental Research was established in 2009. It is an initiative to develop a similar program in the UK to the Autism Tissue Program, which has been developed in the US since 1998. Our Brain Bank is the first extension outside the US of the Autism Tissue Program and is integrated with it. The Brain Bank is based at Oxford University, where it forms part of the Thomas Willis Oxford Brain Collection. It operates in accordance with all UK legal and ethical requirements. The donation of post-mortem brain tissue for this research program is of fundamental importance to our understanding of the causes of autism and to help us develop more effective diagnostic measures and interventions. A separate brain bank for autism is necessary because we need to understand how, in autism, the brain develops over time and how the brain functions as a whole. However, our Brain Bank will promote close cooperation across all relevant brain banks in order to take the research forward. Our research focuses on: * people within the autism spectrum or their family members * people not affected by autism but who are affected by epilepsy * individuals without autism or epilepsy.

Proper citation: Brain Bank for Autism (RRID:SCR_004664) Copy   

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http://udn.nichd.nih.gov/brainatlas_home.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on October 1, 2019. The first brain atlas for the common marmoset to be made available since a printed atlas by Stephan, Baron and Schwerdtfeger published in 1980. It is a combined histological and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) atlas constructed from the brains of two adult female marmosets. Histological sections were processed from Nissl staining and digitized to produce an atlas in a large format that facilitates visualization of structures with significant detail. Naming of identifiable brain structures was performed utilizing current terminology. For the present atlas, an adult female was perfused through the heart with PBS followed by 10% formalin. The brain was then sent to Neuroscience Associates of Knoxville, TN, who prepared the brain for histological analysis. The brain was cut in the coronal (frontal) plane at 40 microns, every sixth section stained for Nissl granules with thionine and every seventh section stained for myelinated fibers with the Weil technique. The mounted sections were photographed at the NIH (Medical Arts and Photography Branch). The equipment used was a Nikon Multiphot optical bench with Zeiss Luminar 100 mm lens, and scanned with a Better Light 6100 scan back driven by Better Light Viewfinder 5.3 software. The final images were saved as arrays of 6000x8000 pixels in Adobe Photoshop 6.0. A scale in mm provided with these images permitted construction of the final Nissl atlas files with a horizontal and vertical scale. Some additional re-touching (brightness and contrast) was done with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. The schematic (labeled) atlas plates were created from the Nissl images. The nomenclature came almost exclusively from brainmaps.org, where a rhesus monkey brain with structures labeled can be found. The labels for the MRI images were placed by M. R. Zametkin, under supervision from Dr. Newman.

Proper citation: Brain atlas of the common marmoset (RRID:SCR_005135) Copy   

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http://www.alzheimersinfo.org/research.html

A brain bank which has obtained brains from individuals who suffered from some form of dementia. Clinical records and a family history are obtained for each donor in order to better understand each dementing illness and to work towards the improvement of diagnosing, treating, and preventing these diseases.

Proper citation: Dementia Brain Bank Research Program (RRID:SCR_005129) Copy   

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http://practicalfmri.blogspot.com/

A blog about functional MRI from a lab at UC Berkeley.

Proper citation: practiCal fMRI: the nuts and bolts (RRID:SCR_005429) Copy   

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http://www.brainimmune.com/

BrainImmune is a free web-based reference that provides comprehensive and up-to-date information on the broad spectrum of medical research related to brain-immune interactions and their impact on health and disease. BrainImmune is written collaboratively by experts in the field from all around the world. Here, concise summaries of basic and clinical research describe how the brain and the immune system ''talk'' to each other in order to maintain homeostasis. BrainImmune is continually updated, with articles and opinions on history, the present state of the art, and new ideas and conceptual frameworks for the neurohormonal- and stress-immune interactions and their implications for common human diseases. Our goal in developing BrainImmune is to facilitate and advance neuroendocrine-immunology research, and the communication and collaborations in this vast interdisciplinary area.

Proper citation: BrainImmune (RRID:SCR_005418) Copy   

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