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https://www.bannerhealth.com/research/locations/sun-health-institute/programs/body-donation

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 11, 2023. An autopsy-based, research-devoted brain bank, biobank and biospecimen bank that derives its human donors from the Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease (AZSAND), a longitudinal clinicopathological study of the health and diseases of elderly volunteers living in Maricopa county and metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Their function is studied during life and their organs and tissue after death. To date, they have concentrated their studies on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, heart disease and cancer. They share the banked tissue, biomaterials and biospecimens with qualified researchers worldwide. Registrants with suitable scientific credentials will be allowed access to a database of available tissue linked to relevant clinical information, and will allow tissue requests to be initiated., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: Brain and Body Donation Program (RRID:SCR_004822) Copy   

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http://kingdevicktest.com/

An accurate and reliable method for identifying athletes with head trauma, and a strong candidate rapid sideline screening test for concussion. The test is able to capture impairments of eye movement, attention, language and other symptoms of impaired brain function. It is a physical method of evaluating visual tracking and saccadic eye movements is based on the time to perform rapid number naming. It involves reading aloud a series of single digit numbers from left to right on three test cards. Participants are asked to read the numbers on each card from left to right as quickly as possible but without making any errors. The sum of the three test card time scores constitutes the summary score for the entire test. The test is a proven indicator of oculomotor inefficiencies regarding eye movements during reading. Published medical studies have determined that deficiencies in saccadic eye movements can be an indicator of mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) or concussions. Studies have shown that there is a significant relationship between poor oculomotor functions and learning disabilities (including dyslexia detection). Saccadic eye movement deficiencies can be improved with training and correspondingly reading performance also can be improved. Simply put, subjects who don''t perform well on this test are not efficient readers, although because there are many reasons for poor reading unrelated to eye movements, some poor readers do fine on the test. They believe that the test should be in the hands of teachers in order to help them determine if a student''s poor reading performance is related to deficiencies in their ability to move their eyes efficiently.

Proper citation: King-Devick Test (RRID:SCR_004500) Copy   

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pcsubstance?db=pcsubstance

As one of three primary databases of PubChem (Pcsubstance, Pccompound, and PCBioAssay), PubChem Substance Database contains descriptions of chemical samples, from a variety of sources, and links to PubMed citations, protein 3D structures, and biological screening results that are available in PubChem BioAssay. If the contents of a chemical sample are known, the description includes links to PubChem Compound. A PubChem FTP is available and new data is accepted into the repository. Pcsubstance contains more than 81 million records (2011).

Proper citation: PubChem Substance (RRID:SCR_004742) Copy   

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http://www.chdifoundation.org/

A private, not-for-profit research organization that serves as an international collaborative enabler in order to discover drugs that slow the progression of Huntington's disease (HD). The activities of CHDI extend from exploratory biology to the identification and validation of therapeutic targets, and from drug discovery and development to clinical studies and trials. CHDI works with biotech and pharmaceutical companies and funds and works with academic HD researchers at universities.

Proper citation: CHDI Foundation (RRID:SCR_004622) Copy   

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http://www.braintumor.org/

National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) is a nonprofit organization committed to finding a cure for brain tumors. We aggressively drive strategic research, advocate for public policies that meet the critical needs of the brain tumor community, and provide patient information. Headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, with offices in San Francisco, California and Wilmington, Delaware, we host activities throughout the United States. Formed in 2008 by the merger of two leading organizations that had served the brain tumor community, the National Brain Tumor Foundation and the Brain Tumor Society, the National Brain Tumor Society is now the largest brain tumor nonprofit organization in the country. Both legacy organizations had been formed in the 1980s by parents and other people who were committed to increasing both research funding and access to resources specific to brain tumors. In 2010, the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Foundation, a Delaware-based organization, joined NBTS as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Founded in 2005, after the death of Kelly Heinz-Grundner to a brain tumor, the group has contributed to NBTS''s efforts to pursue research and public policies that benefit the brain tumor community. NBTS grant programs are effective for academic researchers, inclusive of industry expertise, and promising for the patient community. All funding is open to both the domestic and international research communities. The Innovation Research Grant Program supports catalytic transformative projects that will significantly move the field forward. These may include out-of-the-box projects or research that is critical to move therapies down the pipeline. Research that represents an incremental advance is not considered innovative. NBTS will accept Innovation Letters of Intent throughout the year. Researchers in academic or industry labs and at all stages of their career may be funded through this program.

Proper citation: National Brain Tumor Society (RRID:SCR_004744) Copy   

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http://code.google.com/p/rna-star/

Software performing alignment of high-throughput RNA-seq data. Aligns RNA-seq reads to reference genome using uncompressed suffix arrays.

Proper citation: STAR (RRID:SCR_004463) Copy   

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http://www.essentialtremor.us/

Finding a cure for any neurological disorder begins with the scientific study of the disorder''s causes, processes, and development in the brain. For essential tremor (ET), rigorous study of this kind had not been undertaken until 2003, when the Essential Tremor Centralized Brain Repository (ETCBR) was established at Columbia University. For the past five years, brain tissue from ET donors has been collected, processed and compared alongside age-matched control brains at the ETCBR, and already several significant findings have been made. However, there is still much to learn and a severe shortage of ET brains for scientific study. If you have been diagnosed with essential tremor, donating your brain tissue in the hours immediately after your death is of utmost importance in providing crucial information about what causes ET. Direct analysis of the shape and number of nerve cells and their content will provide medical researchers with the information they need in order to understand this complex illness. By advancing our medical knowledge of ET, the gift of brain tissue is a central piece of the puzzle in the search to develop better treatments and find a cure.

Proper citation: Essential Tremor Centralized Brain Repository (RRID:SCR_004464) Copy   

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http://www.na-mic.org/

The National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC) is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, software engineers, and medical investigators who develop computational tools for the analysis and visualization of medical image data. The purpose of the Center is to provide the infrastructure and environment for the development of computational algorithms and open-source technologies, and then oversee the training and dissemination of these tools to the medical research community. Electronic resources provided by NA-MIC include software, data, tutorials, presentations, and more.

Proper citation: National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (RRID:SCR_004460) Copy   

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biosystems/

Database that provides access to biological systems and their component genes, proteins, and small molecules, as well as literature describing those biosystems and other related data throughout Entrez. A biosystem, or biological system, is a group of molecules that interact directly or indirectly, where the grouping is relevant to the characterization of living matter. BioSystem records list and categorize components, such as the genes, proteins, and small molecules involved in a biological system. The companion FLink tool, in turn, allows you to input a list of proteins, genes, or small molecules and retrieve a ranked list of biosystems. A number of databases provide diagrams showing the components and products of biological pathways along with corresponding annotations and links to literature. This database was developed as a complementary project to (1) serve as a centralized repository of data; (2) connect the biosystem records with associated literature, molecular, and chemical data throughout the Entrez system; and (3) facilitate computation on biosystems data. The NCBI BioSystems Database currently contains records from several source databases: KEGG, BioCyc (including its Tier 1 EcoCyc and MetaCyc databases, and its Tier 2 databases), Reactome, the National Cancer Institute's Pathway Interaction Database, WikiPathways, and Gene Ontology (GO). It includes several types of records such as pathways, structural complexes, and functional sets, and is desiged to accomodate other record types, such as diseases, as data become available. Through these collaborations, the BioSystems database facilitates access to, and provides the ability to compute on, a wide range of biosystems data. If you are interested in depositing data into the BioSystems database, please contact them.

Proper citation: NCBI BioSystems Database (RRID:SCR_004690) Copy   

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http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Simply put ganfyd is an evolving textbook of medicine: a free medical knowledge base that anyone can read and any registered medical practitioner may edit. This collaborative medical reference by medical professionals and invited non-medical experts is based around the wiki format, enabling true sharing of knowledge. Please join and help us to create a great source of information and experience! Ganfyd is the first of its type and relies on your contributions to make it a truly world-class resource. Contents: * Medical Specialties * Surgical Specialties * Primary Care * Public Health * Laboratory-based specialties * Imaging Specialties * Basic Medical Sciences * Miscellaneous * Women''s health * Survival Guides * How-tos & Practical Advice * Resources for Trainees * Computing * Medical Dictionary

Proper citation: Ganfyd - Get A Note From Your Doctor (RRID:SCR_004606) Copy   

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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/

A web-based browser for Gene Ontology terms and annotations, which is provided by the UniProtKB-GOA group at the EBI. It is able to offer a range of facilities including bulk downloads of GO annotation data which can be extensively filtered by a range of different parameters and GO slim set generation. The software for QuickGO is freely available under the Apache 2 license. QuickGO can supply GO term information and GO annotation data via REST web services.

Proper citation: QuickGO (RRID:SCR_004608) Copy   

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http://askdrwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Physician_Medical_Wiki

A medical, nonprofit, educational wiki created to support a collective online memory for physicians, nurses, and medical students. Users can publish review articles, clinical notes, pearls, and medical images on the site. Anyone with a medical background can contribute to or edit medical articles. Images include: EKG, x-ray, coronary angiograms, peripheral angiograms, structural angiograms, searchable angiograms, echocardiograms, and radiology. Tutorials include: EKG tutorials, coronary angiography tutorials, and ventriculography tutorials.

Proper citation: Ask Dr Wiki (RRID:SCR_004524) Copy   

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http://nematode.lab.nig.ac.jp/

Expression pattern map of the 100Mb genome of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans through EST analysis and systematic whole mount in situ hybridization. NEXTDB is the database to integrate all information from their expression pattern project and to make the data available to the scientific community. Information available in the current version is as follows: * Map: Visual expression of the relationships among the cosmids, predicted genes and the cDNA clones. * Image: In situ hybridization images that are arranged by their developmental stages. * Sequence: Tag sequences of the cDNA clones are available. * Homology: Results of BLASTX search are available. Users of the data presented on our web pages should not publish the information without our permission and appropriate acknowledgment. Methods are available for: * In situ hybridization on whole mount embryos of C.elegans * Protocols for large scale in situ hybridization on C.elegans larvae

Proper citation: NEXTDB (RRID:SCR_004480) Copy   

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http://www.picsl.upenn.edu/ANTS/

Software package designed to enable researchers with advanced tools for brain and image mapping. Many of the ANTS registration tools are diffeomorphic*, but deformation (elastic and BSpline) transformations are available. Unique components of ANTS include multivariate similarity metrics, landmark guidance, the ability to use label images to guide the mapping and both greedy and space-time optimal implementations of diffeomorphisms. The symmetric normalization (SyN) strategy is a part of the ANTS toolkit as is directly manipulated free form deformation (DMFFD). *Diffeomorphism: a differentiable map with differentiable inverse. In general, these maps are generated by integrating a time-dependent velocity field. ANTS Applications: * Gray matter morphometry based on the jacobian and/or cortical thickness. * Group and single-subject optimal templates. * Multivariate DT + T1 brain templates and group studies. * Longitudinal brain mapping -- special similarity metric options. * Neonatal and pediatric brain segmentation. * Pediatric brain mapping. * T1 brain mapping guided by tractography and connectivity. * Diffusion tensor registration based on scalar or connectivity data. * Brain mapping in the presence of lesions. * Lung and pulmonary tree registration. * User-guided hippocampus labeling, also of sub-fields. * Group studies and statistical analysis of cortical thickness, white matter volume, diffusion tensor-derived metrics such as fractional anisotropy and mean diffusion.

Proper citation: ANTS - Advanced Normalization ToolS (RRID:SCR_004757) Copy   

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http://www.sysmo-db.org/

SysMO-DB is a project that is creating a web-based platform, and tooling, for finding, sharing and exchanging Data, Models and Processes in Systems Biology. It was designed to support the SysMO Consortium (Systems Biology for Micro-Organisms), but the principles and methods employed are equally applicable to other multi-site Systems Biology projects. All code is open source and available for download. SEEK, a component of SysMO-DB, is a private community collaboration and asset sharing platform for Systems Biology models, data and protocols serving 120 research institutions throughout Europe. SEEK is the main web-based access point to the system and provides an access control layer to enable researchers to restrict access to collaborators, colleagues or other individuals until they are ready to share with the whole consortium or the wider community. The main objectives of SysMO-DB are to: facilitate the web-based exchange of data between research groups within- and inter- consortia, and to provide an integrated platform for the dissemination of the results of the SysMO projects to the scientific community. We aim to devise a progressive and scalable solution to the data management needs of the SysMO initiative, that: * facilitates and maximizes the potential for data exchange between SysMO research groups; * maximizes the ''shelf life'' and utility of data generated by SysMO; * provides an integrated platform for the dissemination of the results of the SysMO projects to the scientific community; and * facilitates standardization of practices in Systems Biology for the interfacing of modeling and experimentation. We follow several key principles: * exploit what is already available, both within the consortium and outside it, and do not reinvent; * identify the least we can do to make a benefit and do this incrementally. SysMO-DB will soon be opening it up to the wider scientific community, but for now it is currently only available for those within the SysMO consortium.

Proper citation: SysMO-DB (RRID:SCR_004479) Copy   

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http://www.pbtfus.org/

The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eradicating childhood brain tumors and providing support to families. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that seeks to * find the cause of and cure for childhood brain tumors by supporting medical research * increase public awareness about the severity and prevalence of childhood brain tumors * aid in the early detection and treatment of childhood brain tumors * support a national database on all primary brain tumors * provide educational and emotional support for children and families affected by this life-threatening disease. As the world''s largest non-governmental source of funding for childhood brain tumor research, we''re dedicated to not only eradicating this disease, but to providing support to families. Our educational resources deliver comfort and hope to families in need of information, and our college scholarship program gives brain tumor survivors a boost for the future. Through our efforts to raise public awareness, more attention has been focused on this deadly disease. Whether addressing congressional briefings or funding international conferences, the PBTF is an unwavering advocate. Together, we''re making a difference in the lives of children with brain tumors. And with your continued help, we will cure the kids!

Proper citation: Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (RRID:SCR_004755) Copy   

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http://www.who.int/ictrp/en/

Public database of information about all clinical trials involving humans, this global initiative provides a single point of access to information about ongoing and completed clinical trials. It contains the trial registration data sets made available by data providers around the world meeting criteria for content and quality control. It also aims to: * To improve the comprehensiveness, completeness and accuracy of registered clinical trial data * To communicate and raise awareness of the need to register clinical trials * To ensure the accessibility of registered data * To build capacity for clinical trial registration * To encourage the utilization of registered data * To ensure the sustainability of the ICTRP The mission of the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform is to ensure that a complete view of research is accessible to all those involved in health care decision making. This will improve research transparency and will ultimately strengthen the validity and value of the scientific evidence base. The registration of all interventional trials is a scientific, ethical and moral responsibility. The ICTRP: * Publishes the ICTRP Search Portal * Supports the WHO Registry Network * Supports countries and regions wanting to establish WHO-compliant clinical trial registries or policies on trial registration.

Proper citation: WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (RRID:SCR_004475) Copy   

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http://www.cvrgrid.org/

Infrastructure for sharing cardiovascular data and data analysis tools. Human ExVivo heart data set and canine ExVivo normal and failing heart data sets are available. Canine hearts atlas and human InVivo atlases are available.

Proper citation: CardioVascular Research Grid (CVRG) (RRID:SCR_004472) Copy   

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http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/services/dbfetch

WSDbfetch is a webservice implementation of Dbfetch, a generic DB retrieval system that allows you to retrieve entries from various up-to-date biological databases using entry identifiers or accession numbers. It aims to provide programmatic access for sequence retrieval. This involves a service running on a SOAP server responding to remote client invocations. This is equivalent to the CGI based dbfetch service and like the CGI service a request can return a maximum of 200 entries.

Proper citation: WSDbfetch (SOAP) (RRID:SCR_004593) Copy   

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http://www.dvbic.org/

The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is a congressionally mandated collaboration of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) health centers serving patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Its mission is to serve active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs. DVBIC fulfills this mission through ongoing collaboration with military, VA and civilian health partners, local communities, families and individuals with TBI. In 2008, DVBIC''s mission expanded to include Force Health Protection and Management. This encompasses the following Department of Defense (DoD) programs: * TBI Surveillance * TBI Registry * Pre-deployment neurocognitive testing * Family Caregiver Curriculum * 15 year longitudinal study of TBI * Independent study of automated neurocognitive tests DVBIC has been named the Office of Responsibility or Executive Agency for these programs. The DVBIC multi-site network includes a growing number of DoD and VA hospitals as well as civilian TBI rehabilitation programs. Each DVBIC site works collaboratively to provide and improve TBI care for active duty military, veterans and their eligible beneficiaries. DVBIC''s multi-center network design and collaborations with forward medical commands allows for clinical innovation along the entire continuum of care: from initial injury in the war zone through to medical evacuation, acute care, rehabilitation and ultimately a return to community, family, and work or continued duty when possible. WHAT WE DO * Develop and provide advanced TBI-specific evaluation, treatment and follow-up care for military personnel, their beneficiaries, and veterans with mild to severe TBIs * Conduct clinical research that defines optimal care and treatment for individuals with TBI * Develop and deliver effective educational materials and programming for the prevention, assessment and treatment of TBI including the management of its continuing effects. DVBIC is specifically committed to the effort to prevent, treat, and provide education on TBI for US military members currently on active duty, National Guard and reservists recently injured in the line of duty, their beneficiaries, and retired military personnel. * Oversee congressionally-mandated DoD TBI programs All of the above are done through innovative collaborations among the Armed Forces, VA, federal agencies, and coordinating academic institutions.

Proper citation: Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (RRID:SCR_004505) Copy   

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