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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/funding/clinical-trials-for-researchers/practical/step-bd/index.shtml

A long-term outpatient study designed to find out which treatments, or combinations of treatments, are most effective for treating episodes of depression and mania and for preventing recurrent episodes in people with bipolar disorder. This study has been completed. (2005) STEP-BD is evaluating all the best-practice treatment options used for bipolar disorder: mood-stabilizing medications, antidepressants, atypical antipsychotics, and psychosocial interventions - or talk therapies - including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family-focused Therapy, Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy, and Collaborative Care (psychoeducation). There are two kinds of treatment pathways in STEP-BD, and participants may have the opportunity to take part in both. The medications and psychosocial interventions provided in these pathways are considered among the best choices of treatment for bipolar disorder in everyday clinical practice. In the Best Practice Pathway, participants are followed by a STEP-BD certified doctor and all treatment choices are individualized. Everyone enrolled in STEP-BD may participate in this pathway. Participants and their doctors work together to decide on the best treatment plans and to change these plans if needed. Also, anyone who wishes to stay on his or her current treatment upon entering STEP-BD may do so in this pathway. Adolescents and adults age 15 years and older may participate in the Best Practice Pathway. For adults age 18 and older, another way to participate is in the STEP-BD Randomized Care Pathways. Depending on their symptoms, participants may be offered treatment in one or more of these pathways during the course of the study. The participants remain on mood-stabilizing medication. However, because doctors are uncertain which of several treatment strategies work best for bipolar disorder, another medication and/or talk therapy may be added. Each Randomized Care Pathway involves a different set of these additional treatments. Unlike in the Best Practice Pathway, the participants in the Randomized Care Pathways are randomly assigned to treatments. Also, in some cases, neither the participant nor the doctor will be told which of the different medications is being added. This is called a double-blind study and is done so that the medication effects can be evaluated objectively, without any unintended bias that may come from knowing what has been assigned. Participants will not be assigned medications that they have had bad reactions to in the past, that they are strongly opposed to, or that the doctor feels are unsuitable for them. The medication(s) participants may be randomly assigned to in the Randomized Care Pathways are free of charge. There are other treatment options for participants if they do not respond well to the treatment assigned to them. Also, participants may return to the Best Practice Pathway at any time. About 1,500 individuals will be enrolled in at least one Randomized Care Pathway during their period of participation in STEP-BD. It is important to note that STEP-BD provides continuity of care. For example, if a participant starts out in the Best Practice Pathway and later chooses to enter one of the Randomized Care Pathways, he or she continues with the same STEP-BD doctor and treatment team. Then, after completing the Randomized Care Pathway, the participant may return to the Best Practice Pathway for ongoing, individually-tailored treatment. Follow the link to view study info at Clinicaltrials.gov, http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00012558?order=1

Proper citation: Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder (STEP-BD) (RRID:SCR_008844) Copy   

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http://www.neurosci.umn.edu/

The graduate program in neuroscience at the University of Minnesota is a large, multidisciplinary program consisting of over 100 faculty members from all parts of the University of Minnesota, over 25 departments from over 10 colleges. The multidisciplinary nature of the Ph.D. program is one of its most significant strengths.

Proper citation: University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_007516) Copy   

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http://www.ideal.force.cs.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp/IDEAL/

IDEAL, Intrinsically Disordered proteins with Extensive Annotations and Literature, is a collection of knowledge on experimentally verified intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) or intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). IDEAL contains manually curated annotations on IDPs in locations, structures, and functional sites such as protein binding regions and posttranslational modification sites together with references and structural domain assignments. Protean segment One of the unique phenomena seen in IDPs is so-called the coupled folding and binding, where a short flexible segment can bind to its binding partner with forming a specific structure to act as a molecular recognition element. IDEAL explicitly annotates these regions as protean segment (ProS) when unstructured and structured information are both available in the region. Access to the data All the entries are tabulated in the list and individual entries can be retrieved by using the search tool at the upper-right corner in this page. IDEAL also provides the BLAST search, which can find homologs in IDEAL. All the information in IDEAL can be downloaded in the XML file.

Proper citation: IDEAL - Intrinsically Disordered proteins with Extensive Annotations and Literature (RRID:SCR_006027) Copy   

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http://www.pathbase.net/

Database of histopathology photomicrographs and macroscopic images derived from mutant or genetically manipulated mice. The database currently holds more than 1000 images of lesions from mutant mice and their inbred backgrounds and further images are being added continuously. Images can be retrieved by searching for specific lesions or class of lesion, by genetic locus, or by a wide set of parameters shown on the Advanced Search Interface. Its two key aims are: * To provide a searchable database of histopathology images derived from experimental manipulation of the mouse genome or experiments conducted on genetically manipulated mice. * A reference / didactic resource covering all aspects of mouse pathology Lesions are described according to the Pathbase pathology ontology developed by the Pathbase European Consortium, and are available at the site or on the Gene Ontology Consortium site - OBO. As this is a community resource, they encourage everyone to upload their own images, contribute comments to images and send them their feedback. Please feel free to use any of the SOAP/WSDL web services. (under development)

Proper citation: Pathbase (RRID:SCR_006141) Copy   

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http://www.cerep.fr/Cerep/Users/pages/ProductsServices/InVitro.asp

Cerep offers a panel of over 630 validated in vitro pharmacological assays that cover a broad range of targets including receptors, ion channels, transporters, enzymes and second messengers. These assays are used to identify lead compounds, to define mechanism of action, and to identify off-target activities. All assays are available on an ad hoc basis. At any time, clients can select one or more assays to be tested against one or more compounds at one or more concentrations. In addition to ad hoc access, client specific and Cerep profiles are available. Client specific profiles can be adapted using any of the over 630 Cerep assays. Standard Profiles are designed by Cerep and available to all clients. The Standard Profiles are a rapid and cost effective way of prioritizing the most promising compounds in the lead selection process. Benefiting from increased efficiency generated from optimized processes, Cerep is happy to expand custom made profiles clients can design at set prices. While offering more flexibility, clients are able to select among predefined lists of functional GPCR, kinase and binding assays. Keywords: In vitro, Pharmacology, Assay, Target, Receptor, Ion channel, Transporter, Enzyme, Mechanism, Hoc, Compound, Kinase, GPCR, Secondary messenger,

Proper citation: CEREP: In Vitro Pharmacology (RRID:SCR_007233) Copy   

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http://www.vistrails.org/

Open-source scientific workflow and provenance management system that provides support for simulations, data exploration and visualization. It was designed to manage these rapidly-evolving workflows. VisTrails has a comprehensive provenance infrastructure that maintains detailed history information about the steps followed and data derived in the course of an exploratory task: VisTrails maintains provenance of data products, of the workflows that derive these products and their executions. This information is persisted as XML files or in a relational database, and it allows users to navigate workflow versions in an intuitive way, to undo changes but not lose any results, to visually compare different workflows and their results, and to examine the actions that led to a result. It also enables a series operations and user interfaces that simplify workflow design and use, including the ability to create and refine workflows by analogy and to query workflows by example. VisTrails supports the creation and execution of workflows. It allows the combination of loosely-coupled resources, specialized libraries, grid and Web services. The released version comes with support for several packages including, VTK, Image Magick, Web Services, and pylab. You can also download packages contributed by users, as well as create your own packages/modules. Workflows can be run interactively, through the VisTrails GUI, or in batch using a VisTrails server. VisTrails is written in Python and it uses the multi-platform Qt library for its user interface. It runs on Mac, Linux and Windows. Provenance-rich results derived by VisTrails can be included in LaTeX, Wiki, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint documents.

Proper citation: VisTrails (RRID:SCR_006261) Copy   

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http://www.ibioseminars.org/

iBioSeminars offers: * Free, on-demand lectures: Many universities/colleges have limited access to high profile leaders in biological research. Our goal is to add 15-20 seminars per year, of similar quality to outstanding lectures that are currently in this library. Access, through web streaming or download, is completely free-of-charge. * Targeting a broad audience: iBioSeminars start with an extended introduction, making them accessible to non-specialists and students, and then progress to cover current research. Senior scientists and students can view and enjoy these lectures. * Education: iBioSeminars are being used by undergraduate and graduate teachers to augment their classroom material. We have now added an education component to this web site (including lecture notes, questions/answers and short video clips for teaching). * International communication: iBioSeminars have viewers in 115 countries and they are being internally promoted in several countries as an educational tool and scientific resource. * Goodwill: Lecturers generously donate their time to prepare these lectures. The project, largely funded by HHMI, is a grass roots efforts with time invested by several individuals at UCSF, HHMI and ASCB.

Proper citation: iBioSeminars (RRID:SCR_005848) Copy   

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http://cgf.nci.nih.gov

With remarkable advances in genomic technologies, the National Cancer Institute established the Core Genotyping Facility (CGF) to investigate the contribution of germline genetic variation to cancer susceptibility and outcomes. Working in concert with epidemiologists, biostatisticians and basic research scientists in the intramural research program, the CGF has developed the capacity to conduct genome-wide association studies and candidate gene approaches to identify the heritable determinants of various forms of cancer. In order to ensure the accuracy and timely completion of all CGF provided operations, the following Information Systems were developed. While the investigator does not have direct access to these systems, their availability to CGF staff members greatly aids in their querying and reporting capabilities. In turn this provides benefit to the investigator by providing the most up to date reporting possible. The Core Genotyping Facility (CGF) offers a wide variety of sample preparation and genotyping operations. All samples received must meet minimum requirements and are taken through the Sample Handling pipeline prior to completing any genotyping. The Sample Handling pipeline includes DNA quantification and genetic fingerprinting. Also offered are Whole Genome Amplification (WGA) assays, to get the most yield out of low quantity DNA samples. Theirr genotyping products cover a wide-range of assay sizes. The CGF operates the Illumina BeadLab system which supports Illumina assay technologies including the whole genome genotyping Infinium assays, custom GoldenGate OPA assays, and Custom Infinium (iSelect) assays. In addition, the CGF offers Affymetrix GeneChip arrays and uniplex TaqMan genotyping. Sponsors: CGF is supported by the SAIC-Frederick. :Keywords: Genomic, Technology, Cancer, Genotyping, Germline, Genetic, Epidemiologist, Biostatistician, Research, Gene, Assay, Genotype, Pipeline, Genome, DNA, :

Proper citation: Core Genotyping Facility (RRID:SCR_008438) Copy   

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http://darcsite.genzentrum.lmu.de/darc/

A database for aligned ribosomal complexes that provides a resource for directly comparing the structures. A collection of files deposited in the RCSB protein data bank and the Electron Microscopy Data Bank have been aligned so as to make direct comparison of the structures possible. An easy-to-use, searchable interface allows users to access and download >130 cryo-EM maps and >300 atomic models in the format of brix and pdb files, respectively. The aligned coordinate system substantially simplifies direct visualization of conformational changes in the ribosome, such as subunit rotation and head-swiveling, as well as direct comparison of bound ligands, such as antibiotics or translation factors.

Proper citation: DARC - Database for Aligned Ribosomal Complexes (RRID:SCR_006932) Copy   

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http://www.openannotation.org/

The Open Annotation Collaboration project aims to facilitate the emergence of a Web and Resource-centric interoperable annotation environment that allows leveraging annotations across the boundaries of annotation clients, annotation servers, and content collections. To this end, interoperability specifications will be devised. Additionally, this project will demonstrate through implementations an interoperable annotation environment enabled by the interoperability specifications in settings characterized by a variety of annotation client/server environments, content collections, and scholarly use cases and will seed widespread adoption by deploying robust, production-quality applications conformant with the interoperable annotation environment in ubiquitous and specialized services, tools, and content used by scholars -- e.g.: Zotero, AXE, LORE, Co-Annotea, Pliny; JSTOR, AustLit, MONK. Alpha3 Data Model: The Open Annotation Data Model specifies an approach for associating annotations with resources, using a methodology conformant with the Architecture of the World Wide Web and the Linked Data initiative. It draws on the Annotea model, as well as more recent extensions of that model.

Proper citation: Open Annotation Collaboration (RRID:SCR_006376) Copy   

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http://www.baylor.edu/psychologyneuroscience/

Goal of Department is creation and dissemination of knowledge in psychological sciences, fostering environment conducive to creative scholarship and learning among both students and faculty, and application of knowledge to betterment and service of society. Offers Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology as well as few undergraduate degree programs in Neuroscience.

Proper citation: Baylor University Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_007224) Copy   

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http://www.physionet.org/

Collection of dissemination and exchange recorded biomedical signals and open-source software for analyzing them. Provides facilities for cooperative analysis of data and evaluation of proposed new algorithm. Providies free electronic access to PhysioBank data and PhysioToolkit software. Offers service and training via on-line tutorials to assist users at entry and more advanced levels. In cooperation with annual Computing in Cardiology conference, PhysioNet hosts series of challenges, in which researchers and students address unsolved problems of clinical or basic scientific interest using data and software provided by PhysioNet. All data included in PhysioBank, and all software included in PhysioToolkit, are carefully reviewed. Researchers are further invited to contribute data and software for review and possible inclusion in PhysioBank and PhysioToolkit. Please review guidelines before submitting material.

Proper citation: PhysioNet (RRID:SCR_007345) Copy   

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http://bioit.fleming.gr/mrb/

Dynamic and interactive view of 222 world wide available mouse resources, classified in 22 categories. The massive generation of data has led to the propagation of mouse resources and databases and the concomitant need for formalized experimental descriptions, data standardization and database interoperability and integration. In this context and with these goals, information is collected through an online questionnaire and/or manual curation. All mouse resource data in MRB are broken up in four sections and presented in four tabs: * The General section/tab contains information such as URL(s), contact information, database description and categorization and related links. * The Ontologies & Standards tab indicates controlled vocabularies and data representation standards adopted by each resource, such as ontologies and minimum information standards. A hyperlink to an index of OBO and non-OBO ontologies can be found here; an index of minimum information standards can be found here. * The Technical tab holds technical information for each resource such as the server technology used, relational database management system(s) utilized, programming language(s) of implementation, schema descriptive documents or actual database dumps and most importantly information on each resource''s programmatic access, the integration and interoperability services. Additionally and through the integration with Molgenis, MRB is capable of generating a SOAP API for hosted resources. * The final section on Database Description Framework (DDF) Criteria, describes the compliance of each resource to the CASIMIR database criteria, which aim to capture key technical data about a database in a formal framework. All data in MRB are freely available to interested users through downloadable weekly database dumps. Programmatic access to some of MRB''s data is feasible via MRB''s SOAP web service. MRB is the front end of a relational, fully normalized PostgreSQL database. The source code is available under the GNU general public license (GPL) as a binary download and via cvs.

Proper citation: MRB - Mouse Resource Browser (RRID:SCR_005961) Copy   

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http://www.daimi.au.dk/%7Emailund/SNPFile/

Software library and API for manipulating large SNP datasets with associated meta-data, such as marker names, marker locations, individuals'' phenotypes, etc. in an I/O efficient binary file format. In its core, SNPFile assumes very little about the metadata associated with markers and individuals, but leaves this up to application program protocols. (entry from Genetic Analysis Software)

Proper citation: SNPFILE (RRID:SCR_009402) Copy   

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http://www.digestive.niddk.nih.gov

Information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) established to increase knowledge and understanding about digestive diseases among people with these conditions and their families, health care professionals, and the general public: online, in booklets and fact sheets, by email, and over the phone. To carry out this mission, NDDIC works closely with a coordinating panel of representatives from Federal agencies, voluntary organizations on the national level, and professional groups to identify and respond to informational needs about digestive diseases. NDDIC provides the following informational products and services: * Response to inquiries about digestive diseases - ranging from information about available patient and professional education materials to statistical data. By phone (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. eastern time, M-F), fax, mail, and email. * Publications about specific digestive diseases, provided free of copyright, in varying reading levels. Available online or as booklets and brochures. NDDIC also sends publications to health fairs and community events. * Referrals to health professionals through the National Library of Medicine''''s MEDLINEplus includes a consumer-friendly listing of organizations that will assist you in your search for physicians and other health professionals. * Exhibits at professional meetings specific to digestive diseases, as well as cross-cutting professional meetings. NDDIC exhibits at nine professional meetings each year, including Digestive Diseases Week, American College of Gastroenterology, Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Physician Assistants, American Nurses Association, and the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners.

Proper citation: National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (RRID:SCR_006771) Copy   

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http://www.brain-map.org

Seattle based independent, nonprofit medical research organization dedicated to accelerating the understanding of how human brain works. Provides free data and tools to researchers and educators and variety of unique online public resources for exploring the nervous system. Integrates gene expression data and neuroanatomy, along with data search and viewing tools, these resources are openly accessible via the Allen Brain Atlas data portal. Provides Allen Mouse Brain, Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas, Allen Human Brain Atlas,Allen Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas, Allen Cell Type Database, The Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (Ivy GAP), The BrainSpan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain.

Proper citation: Allen Institute for Brain Science (RRID:SCR_006491) Copy   

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https://www.marshallhealth.org/locations/marshall-neuroscience-huntington

Purpose of Neuroscience department is to treat diseases of central and peripheral nervous systems and their supporting elements including skull and spine, as single system, utilizing expertise of variety of specialists, closely interacting with one another professionally with regard primarily for care of individual patient and their particular situation.Neuroscience department is committed to teaching and research in the fields of neurology and neruosurgery. Residents and medical students are welcome to rotate with us, or to join us for any of our scheduled lectures and conferences.

Proper citation: Marshall University Medical Center Marshall Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_007460) Copy   

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https://pharmtox.utoronto.ca/

The Department of Pharmacology is among the oldest and largest in North America, with its official foundations in 1887, at the same time that the Faculty of Medicine was re-established in the University of Toronto. We offer training in pharmacology and toxicology to both undergraduate and graduate students who may subsequently go on to exciting research, regulatory and administrative careers in academic, industrial and healthcare provision settings.Current areas of research investigation in the Department include Receptor Pharmacology, Signal Transduction Pathways, Neuropharmacology, Drug Addiction Studies, Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacogenetics, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, Behavioural Pharmacology, Immunopharmacology, Endocrine Pharmacology and Molecular Toxicology. Our research laboratories are located not only in the core Department situated in the Medical Sciences Building on the downtown St. George campus, but also within a number of nearby university Departments, Faculties, university-affiliated research institutes and teaching hospitals. This strategic positioning also enables a wealth of potential opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with internationally recognized investigators within one of the largest and densest existing concentrations of biomedical research expertise in North America.

Proper citation: University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Pharmacology and Toxicology (RRID:SCR_007536) Copy   

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http://www.plexdb.org/index.php

PLEXdb (Plant Expression Database) is a unified gene expression resource for plants and plant pathogens. PLEXdb is a genotype to phenotype, hypothesis building information warehouse, leveraging highly parallel expression data with seamless portals to related genetic, physical, and pathway data. The integrated tools of PLEXdb allow investigators to use commonalities in plant biology for a comparative approach to functional genomics through use of large-scale expression profiling data sets.

Proper citation: PLEXdb - Plant Expression Database (RRID:SCR_006963) Copy   

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http://www.brainline.org/

BrainLine is a national multimedia project offering information and resources about preventing, treating, and living with TBI. BrainLine includes a series of webcasts, an electronic newsletter, and an extensive outreach campaign in partnership with national organizations concerned about traumatic brain injury. BrainLine serves anyone whose life has been affected by TBI. That includes people with brain injury, their families, professionals in the field, and anyone else in a position to help prevent or ameliorate the toll of TBI. Through BrainLine, we seek to provide a sense of community, a place where people who care about TBI can go 24 hours a day for information, support, and ideas. BrainLine is funded by the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, the Primary Operational TBI Component of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, through a subcontract award with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine.

Proper citation: BrainLine (RRID:SCR_006603) Copy   

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