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https://neuropsychological-assessment-tests.com/sanzen-reaction-time-test

Reaction Time is free neuropsychological evaluation software designed to assess subject's speed of processing on three relatively simple tasks. Tasks include a simple reaction time test, a choice test, and a conditional choice test. Participants are shown a series of visual stimuli on a computer screen and asked to respond by pulling an appropriate trigger on a standard game pad. Both reaction time and the trigger pulled are recorded for subsequent analysis. Tasks to be used in the test, the average inter-stimulus interval and the number of stimuli presented for each task can be set by the investigator. The analysis includes means and standard deviations for response latencies for a single session, as well as the capability of evaluating a participant's performance on a particular session against their performance on a series of sessions. This test requires the use of a game pad that supports at least four buttons and provides a right and left trigger button. We have tested several different brands of inexpensive game pads and have found them acceptable; however we have standardized on Microsoft's SideWinder and have used it in collecting the normative data for this test.

Proper citation: Colorado Assessment Tests - Reaction Time (RRID:SCR_003516) Copy   

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http://www.catstests.com/Product04.htm

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 16, 2013. Visual span tests have been frequently used to assess non-verbal short-term memory. The free computer-based CATs Visual Span provides you with a flexible package for designing tests of visual spatial memory. You can create your own unique tests or variations on previously reported versions of the visual span test. For example in the Corsis Block-Tapping Test the examiner places nine blocks on a board and taps them in a designated sequence. The participant is required to repeat the sequence. Over trials the length of the sequence is increased (see Milner, 1971). The Knox Cube Imitation Test uses four blocks and essentially follows the same logic. The Wechsler Memory Scale - Revised includes a two part visual memory span test. In this test the examiner points at boxes on an eight box card in a prearranged sequence and the subject is required to repeat back the sequence. The initial trial starts with a sequence of two blocks and increases over trials. The two parts of this test are a forward visual span test and a reverse visual span test. Tests similar to these and more can be setup with the CATs Visual Span.

Proper citation: Colorado Assessment Tests - Visual Span (RRID:SCR_003513) Copy   

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http://www.bcgsc.ca/project/pleiades-promoter-project

Project to generate human DNA promoters of less than 4 kb (MiniPromoters) to drive gene expression in defined brain regions of therapeutic interest for diseases such as Alzheimer, Parkinson, Huntington, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Depression, Autism, and Cancer. Project develops and shares tools like human MiniPromoters that drive region- and cell-specific gene expression in the mouse brain, expression constructs, mouse embryonic stem cell lines, and knock-in mice all of which carry brain-specific MiniPromoters. Project is daughter of Genome Canada Project, Atlas of Gene Expression in Mouse Development, within which mouse brain gene expression data have already been gathered. Project team has collaborated with International BioPharma Solutions Ltd., management and communications consulting company specializing in product development and commercialization advice. Project will explore challenging interface between science and journalism with focus on genomics and gene therapy.

Proper citation: Pleiades Promoter Project: Genomic Resources Advancing Therapies for Brain Disorders (RRID:SCR_003282) Copy   

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http://biomed.brown.edu/rhode-island-biobank/

Cryogenic facility for human tissue and fluid samples under management of Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine and supports biomedical research on Brown campus and across affiliated hospitals of Warren Alpert Medical School.

Proper citation: Brown University Rhode Island Biobank Core Facility (RRID:SCR_004289) Copy   

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http://banyanbio.com/

Banyan Biomarkers was founded in 2002 by Ron Hayes, PhD , Kevin Wang, PhD, and Nancy Denslow, PhD to create the first Point of Care (POC) Blood Test to diagnose traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to diagnose neurological diseases. Initially inspired by research conducted at the University of Florida and The Evelyn F. and William McKnight Brain Institute, Banyan Biomarkers has made significant progress in developing and clinically validating novel enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for traumatic brain injury (TBI). Banyan scientists have created an extensive pipeline of potential biomarkers and the company has a robust intellectual property portfolio. Jackson Streeter, Banyan''s CEO, has extensive experience in development of medical devices for acute brain injury. Currently no blood test exists for use by physicians to detect the presence and severity of brain trauma. Banyan Biomarkers'' research has identified unique and proprietary biomarkers present in the patient''s blood following injury to the brain. The detection and quantification of these biomarkers may provide early indications of brain trauma essential for earlier intervention and management. Banyan Biomarkers, Inc. offers preclinical and clinical sample analyses with a proven panel of neurological, psychiatric, neurodegenerative disease, and organ toxicity biomarker assays. The company provides analytical services to a wide range of customers including pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies and investigators at academic research institutes.

Proper citation: Banyan Biomarkers (RRID:SCR_004515) Copy   

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http://hcsquared.eu/home

HC2 is an EU funded project that aims to promote, support and help define future lines of research in Human Computer Confluence (HCC). HCC is the study of the intersection of HCI, Cognitive Neuroscience, VR/AR, Presence, Pervasive Computing and how they can enable new forms of sensing, perception, interaction and understanding. In a sense it is the study of the disappearing interface. HCC, Human-Computer Confluence, is an ambitious research program studying how the emerging symbiotic relation between humans and computing devices can enable radically new forms of sensing, perception, interaction, and understanding. The horizontal character of HCC makes it a fascinating and fertile interdisciplinary field, but it can also compromise its growth, with researchers scattered across disciplines and groups worldwide. To address this we are building a community of HCC researchers. There are lots of ways you can join in. Add your name to the HCC Players Map, take advantage of our Exchange Program to work with colleagues at your favorite lab, sign up for our Summer School or just follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn to see what''s happening. In order to foster interdisciplinary research and promote HCC research we have set up an Exchange Program. Students that wish to apply for financial support from our Exchange Program should follow the steps provided. The Exchange Program is open to all graduate students (Masters and PhD). A maximum of 500 Euro support will be provided per student.

Proper citation: HC2: Human-Computer Confluence (RRID:SCR_005549) Copy   

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http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/ccmtr/

The mission of the CCMTR is to promote scientific discovery and facilitate its clinical application to achieve the goal of improving the health of animals and humans. The needs of the patients direct the emphasis of basic research, patient samples provide the critical resource to investigate the basis of disease, and patient participation in clinical studies is required to generate the evidence needed to apply new drugs, vaccines and technology to the broader patient population. Initiatives at the Center are designed to develop the multidisciplinary teams necessary to bring an idea from the lab to the patient. The Center is home to service cores that provide advanced technology, collect and store clinical patient samples, and perform clinical trials to validate new medical interventions. North Carolina State University''s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is a dynamic community whose members are dedicated to preparing veterinarians and veterinarian scientists while advancing animal and human health from the cellular level through entire ecosystems.

Proper citation: Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (RRID:SCR_008299) Copy   

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http://www.humanvariomeproject.org/

Project facilitating the establishment and maintenance of standards systems and infrastructure for the worldwide collection and sharing of all genetic variations effecting human disease. The Human Variome Project produces two categories of recommendations: HVP Standards and HVP Guidelines. HVP Standards are those systems, procedures and technologies that the Human Variome Project Consortium has determined should be used by the community. These carry more weight than the less prescriptive HVP Guidelines, which cover those systems, procedures and technologies that the Human Variome Project Consortium has determined would be beneficial for the community to adopt. HVP Standards and Guidelines are central to supporting the work of the Human Variome Project Consortium and cover a wide range of fields and disciplines, from ethics to nomenclature, data transfer protocols to collection protocols from clinics. They can be thought of as both technical manuals and scientific documents, and while the impact of HVP Standards and Guidelines differ, they are both generated in a similar fashion. A document has been generated both as a guide for those collecting and distributing data and for those developing policy. Items should include those generated by HGVS/HVP collaborators as well as those generated by groups of individual Societies and Standards bodies in all relevant fields worldwide.

Proper citation: Human Variome Project (RRID:SCR_003492) Copy   

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http://www.humanconnectomeproject.org/

A multi-center project comprising two distinct consortia (Mass. Gen. Hosp. and USC; and Wash. U. and the U. of Minn.) seeking to map white matter fiber pathways in the human brain using leading edge neuroimaging methods, genomics, architectonics, mathematical approaches, informatics, and interactive visualization. The mapping of the complete structural and functional neural connections in vivo within and across individuals provides unparalleled compilation of neural data, an interface to graphically navigate this data and the opportunity to achieve conclusions about the living human brain. The HCP is being developed to employ advanced neuroimaging methods, and to construct an extensive informatics infrastructure to link these data and connectivity models to detailed phenomic and genomic data, building upon existing multidisciplinary and collaborative efforts currently underway. Working with other HCP partners based at Washington University in St. Louis they will provide rich data, essential imaging protocols, and sophisticated connectivity analysis tools for the neuroscience community. This project is working to achieve the following: 1) develop sophisticated tools to process high-angular diffusion (HARDI) and diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) from normal individuals to provide the foundation for the detailed mapping of the human connectome; 2) optimize advanced high-field imaging technologies and neurocognitive tests to map the human connectome; 3) collect connectomic, behavioral, and genotype data using optimized methods in a representative sample of normal subjects; 4) design and deploy a robust, web-based informatics infrastructure, 5) develop and disseminate data acquisition and analysis, educational, and training outreach materials.

Proper citation: MGH-USC Human Connectome Project (RRID:SCR_003490) Copy   

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http://brainarray.mbni.med.umich.edu/Brainarray/Database/ProbeMatchDB/ncbi_probmatch_para_step1.asp

Matches a list of microarray probes across different microrarray platforms (GeneChip, EST from different vendors, Operon Oligos) and species (human, mouse and rat), based on NCBI UniGene and HomoloGene. The capability to match protein sequence IDs has just been added to facilitate proteomic studies. The ProbeMatchDB is mainly used for the design of verification experiments or comparing the microarray results from different platforms. It can be used for finding equivalent EST clones in the Research Genetics sequence verified clone set based on results from Affymetirx GeneChips. It will also help to identify probes representing orthologous genes across human, mouse and rat on different microarray platforms.

Proper citation: ProbeMatchDB 2.0 (RRID:SCR_003433) Copy   

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http://www.accp.com/

A professional and scientific society that provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources enabling clinical pharmacists to achieve excellence in practice and research. Their membership is composed of practitioners, scientists, educators, administrators, students, residents, fellows, and others committed to excellence in clinical pharmacy and patient pharmacotherapy. The Practice and Research Networks (PRNs) represent focused interest groups of ACCP members, providing a means for clinical pharmacists with common practice and research interests to gather for professional interaction, networking, and continuing education. Activities within individual PRNs may vary depending on the interests and perceived needs of their members. All PRNs conduct educational programs within their interest areas at the ACCP Annual Meeting and the Spring Practice and Research Forum.

Proper citation: American College of Clinical Pharmacy (RRID:SCR_003957) Copy   

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http://www.caneucre.org

Cre expressing mice under the control of promoters with a design focus on the brain. Each promoter is derived from human sequence, but the resulting expression is assessed in the mouse for the activation of a LacZ reporter gene by the Cre activity. Promoters tested as large MaxiPromoters (BACs inserted into the mouse genome) and MiniPromoters (plasmid-based sequences inserted either into the mouse genome or introduced within AAV viruses). The Cre-related project continues from the Pleiades Promoter Project. Here is the list of genes for which icre/ERT2 mice are currently in development: AGTR1, CARTPT, CLDN5, CLVS2, CRH, GABRA6, HTR1A, HTR1B, KCNA4, KDM5C, MKI67, NEUROD6, NKX6-1, NOV, NPY2R, NR2E1, OLIG2, POU4F2, SLITRK6, SOX1, SOX3, SOX9,, SPRY1, VSX2

Proper citation: CanEuCre (RRID:SCR_004159) Copy   

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http://genome.ucsc.edu/ENCODE

Encyclopedia of DNA elements consisting of list of functional elements in human genome, including elements that act at protein and RNA levels, and regulatory elements that control cells and circumstances in which gene is active. Enables scientific and medical communities to interpret role of human genome in biology and disease. Provides identification of common cell types to facilitate integrative analysis and new experimental technologies based on high-throughput sequencing. Genome Browser containing ENCODE and Epigenomics Roadmap data. Data are available for entire human genome.

Proper citation: ENCODE (RRID:SCR_006793) Copy   

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http://humancyc.org/

The HumanCyc database describes human metabolic pathways and the human genome. By presenting metabolic pathways as an organizing framework for the human genome, HumanCyc provides the user with an extended dimension for functional analysis of Homo sapiens at the genomic level. A computational pathway analysis of the human genome assigned human enzymes to predicted metabolic pathways. Pathway assignments place genes in their larger biological context, and are a necessary step toward quantitative modeling of metabolism. HumanCyc contains the complete genome sequence of Homo sapiens, as presented in Build 31. Data on the human genome from Ensembl, LocusLink and GenBank were carefully merged to create a minimally redundant human gene set to serve as an input to SRI''s PathoLogic software, which generated the database and predicted Homo sapiens metabolic pathways from functional information contained in the genome''s annotation. SRI did not re-annotate the genome, but worked with the gene function assignments in Ensembl, LocusLink, and GenBank. The resulting pathway/genome database (PGDB) includes information on 28,783 genes, their products and the metabolic reactions and pathways they catalyze. Also included are many links to other databases and publications. The Pathway Tools software/database bundle includes HumanCyc and the Pathway Tools software suite and is available under license. This form of HumanCyc is faster and more powerful than the Web version.

Proper citation: HumanCyc: Encyclopedia of Homo sapiens Genes and Metabolism (RRID:SCR_007050) Copy   

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http://humanconnectome.org/consortia/

Project to map the neural pathways that underlie human brain function for several modalities of neuroimaging data including fMRI. The purpose of the Project is to acquire and share data about the structural and functional connectivity of the human brain. It will greatly advance the capabilities for imaging and analyzing brain connections, resulting in improved sensitivity, resolution, and utility, thereby accelerating progress in the emerging field of human connectomics. Altogether, the Human Connectome Project will lead to major advances in the understanding of what makes us uniquely human and will set the stage for future studies of abnormal brain circuits in many neurological and psychiatric disorders. The sixteen institutes and centers of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience have funded two major grants that will take complementary approaches to deciphering the brain's amazingly complex wiring diagram. An 11-institution consortium led by Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota received a 5-year grant to enable development and utilization of advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods to chart brain circuitry. A consortium led by Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of California at Los Angeles received a grant to enable building and refining a next-generation 3T MR scanner that improves the quality and spatial resolution with which brain connectivity data can be acquired at this field strength.

Proper citation: NIH Human Connectome Project (RRID:SCR_006942) Copy   

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http://pga.mgh.harvard.edu/primerbank/

Database of human and mouse primer pairs for gene expression analysis by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR). A total of 306,800 primers covering most known human and mouse genes can be accessed from the PrimerBank database, together with information on these primers such as T(m), location on the transcript and amplicon size. For each gene, at least one primer pair has been designed and in many cases alternative primer pairs exist. Primers have been designed to work under the same PCR conditions, thus facilitating high-throughput QPCR. All primers in PrimerBank were carefully designed to ensure gene specificity. All experimental validation data for mouse primers are available from PrimerBank. You can submit your primers. They will be added to the database once they are properly QCd.

Proper citation: PrimerBank (RRID:SCR_006898) Copy   

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http://www.alttox.org/

A website dedicated to advancing non-animal methods of toxicity testing, both to better protect the health of humans, animals, and the environment and to reduce the numbers and suffering of animals used in current toxicology assessments. The website is designed to encourage the exchange of technical and policy information on in vitro and in silico methods for all types of toxicity tests. The AltTox Forum is a message board for the AltTox community to use for posting news, information, and perspectives as well as encouraging feedback and commentary. This online community is intended to foster progress internationally in the development, validation, and acceptance of in vitro methods, with the goal of decreasing our reliance on animal-based safety testing. The Forum is moderated by a group of internationally-recognized subject matter experts. The Way Forward invited commentaries, which are posted in the TTRC, are opinion pieces written by experts in each relevant subfield. These essays are meant to help chart the course for future developments by advancing opportunities to overcome challenges and barriers to progress. Stakeholders are invited to comment on these essays in The AltTox Forum. AltTox users are encouraged to contribute to the website and interact with other users in several ways, including: :- Participating in the online forum :- Providing invited expert commentaries :- Suggesting or submitting content, events, monthly features, data, and graphics :- Providing feedback through the Website Feedback surve To encourage objectivity, the website content is overseen by an editorial board of distinguished subject matter experts.

Proper citation: AltTox: Non-animal Methods for Toxicity Testing (RRID:SCR_007212) Copy   

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http://hearingimpairment.jax.org/screening.html

The fairly common occurrence of hearing-loss or deafness in both humans and mice, and the anatomical and functional similarities of their inner ears, attest to the potential of mice as models to study hereditary hearing loss. Hundreds of standard inbred, recombinant inbred, and congenic strains are maintained at The Jackson Laboratory, as well as hundreds of inbred strains with spontaneous or induced mutations. To assess hearing impairment in inbred and mutant strains of mice we measure auditory-evoked brainstem response (ABR) thresholds.

Proper citation: The Jackson Laboratory Hearing Research Program (RRID:SCR_007196) Copy   

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https://www.icts.uiowa.edu/confluence/dashboard.action

A group of software packages for image analysis, mainly used in MRI image processing. BRAINS (Brain Research: Analysis of Images, Networks, and Systems) contains manual and automated tools for structural identification and methods for tissue classification and cortical surface generation. BRAINS2 is most commonly used to analyze magnetic resonance (MR) scans, but the package can also be used to analyze images acquired with positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and functional magnetic resonance (fMR). It is implemented in an object-oriented, cross-platform compatible manner and includes a toolbar and command line interface, a graphical interface, and a computational kernel.

Proper citation: Brain Research: Analysis of Images, Networks and Systems (RRID:SCR_007357) Copy   

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http://genomics.senescence.info/

Collection of databases and tools designed to help researchers study the genetics of human ageing using modern approaches such as functional genomics, network analyses, systems biology and evolutionary analyses. A major resource in HAGR is GenAge, which includes a curated database of genes related to human aging and a database of ageing- and longevity-associated genes in model organisms. Another major database in HAGR is AnAge. Featuring over 4,000 species, AnAge provides a compilation of data on aging, longevity, and life history that is ideal for the comparative biology of aging. GenDR is a database of genes associated with dietary restriction based on genetic manipulation experiments and gene expression profiling. Other projects include evolutionary studies, genome sequencing, cancer genomics, and gene expression analyses. The latter allowed them to identify a set of genes commonly altered during mammalian aging which represents a conserved molecular signature of aging. Software, namely in the form of scripts for Perl and SPSS, is made available for users to perform a variety of bioinformatic analyses potentially relevant for studying aging. The Perl toolkit, entitled the Ageing Research Computational Tools (ARCT), provides modules for parsing files, data-mining, searching and downloading data from the Internet, etc. Also available is an SPSS script that can be used to determine the demographic rate of aging for a given population. An extensive list of links regarding computational biology, genomics, gerontology, and comparative biology is also available.

Proper citation: Human Ageing Genomic Resources (RRID:SCR_007700) Copy   

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