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http://adrc.ucsd.edu/

The UCSD ADRC conducts a wide variety of research studies dedicated to understanding the causes, clinical features, and treatments for Alzheimer's disease and related memory disorders. The goal of the center is to discover ways to prevent and eradicate the disease. The Center aims to maintain research subjects, clinical resources, and clinical data to support ongoing and proposed research and to assist in the development of new clinical and interdisciplinary research. An Alzheimer's brain bank with well characterized cases, including Mild Cognitive Impairment and Lewy Body disease, is maintained at the Center.

Proper citation: Shiley-Marcos Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (RRID:SCR_001928) Copy   

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https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/mhc/mhc/Final%20Archive/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 23, 2019 Database was open, publicly accessible platform for DNA and clinical data related to human Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC). Data from IHWG workshops were provided as well., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: dbMHC (RRID:SCR_002302) Copy   

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http://amedeo.com/

A service created to allow healthcare professionals to access timely, relevant information within their respective fields. Users can subscribe to receive weekly emails with bibliographic lists about new scientific publications, personal web pages for one-time download of available abstracts, and an overview of the medical literature published in relevant journals over the past 12 to 24 months.

Proper citation: AMEDEO: The Medical Literature Guide (RRID:SCR_002284) Copy   

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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/DOID

Comprehensive hierarchical controlled vocabulary for human disease representation.Open source ontology for integration of biomedical data associated with human disease. Disease Ontology database represents comprehensive knowledge base of inherited, developmental and acquired human diseases.

Proper citation: Human Disease Ontology (RRID:SCR_000476) Copy   

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http://teddy.epi.usf.edu/

International consortium of six centers assembled to participate in the development and implementation of studies to identify infectious agents, dietary factors, or other environmental agents, including psychosocial factors, that trigger type 1 diabetes in genetically susceptible people. The coordinating centers recruit and enroll subjects, obtaining informed consent from parents prior to or shortly after birth, genetic and other types of samples from neonates and parents, and prospectively following selected neonates throughout childhood or until development of islet autoimmunity or T1DM. The study tracks child diet, illnesses, allergies and other life experiences. A blood sample is taken from children every 3 months for 4 years. After 4 years, children will be seen every 6 months until the age of 15 years. Children are tested for 3 different autoantibodies. The study will compare the life experiences and blood and stool tests of the children who get autoantibodies and diabetes with some of those children who do not get autoantibodies or diabetes. In this way the study hopes to find the triggers of T1DM in children with higher risk genes.

Proper citation: TEDDY (RRID:SCR_000383) Copy   

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http://www.epilepsygenetics.eu/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 16,2023. Group of clinical care and epilepsy research centers who are committed to improving the lives of people with epilepsy through an understanding of the genetics of epilepsy. The consoritum was in an effort to speed discovery to epilepsy genetics by pooling the resources of several research centres., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: EPIGEN (RRID:SCR_000093) Copy   

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https://trialweb.dcri.duke.edu/tads/index.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 16,2023. Multi-site clinical research study examining the short- and long-term effectiveness of an antidepressant medication and psychotherapy alone and in combination for treating depression in adolescents ages 12 to 17. For teens treated in TADS, the trial is designed to provide best-practice practical care for depression.

Proper citation: TADS - Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (RRID:SCR_000037) Copy   

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http://knightadrc.wustl.edu/

The Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center (Knight ADRC) supports researchers and our surrounding community in their pursuit of answers that will lead to improved diagnosis and care for persons with Alzheimer disease (AD). The Center is committed to the long-term goal of finding a way to effectively treat and prevent AD. The Knight ADRC facilitates advanced research on the clinical, genetic, neuropathological, neuroanatomical, biomedical, psychosocial, and neuropsychological aspects of Alzheimer disease, as well as other related brain disorders.

Proper citation: Washington University School of Medicine Knight Alzheimers Disease Research Center (RRID:SCR_000210) Copy   

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https://resource.loni.usc.edu/resources/atlases/

Probabilistic reference system for human brain, including tools to establish this reference system for structural and functional anatomy on both macroscopic (in vivo) and microscopic (post mortem) levels. Project has expanded neuroinformatics tools for data sharing and created Conforming Site System that allows laboratories worldwide to contribute data to evolving atlas. Through implementation of ICBM data sharing policy space, they are fostering data exchange while still providing for scientific credit assignment and subject confidentiality.ICBM atlas collection consists of ICBM Template, tool developed to provide reference that includes both set of coordinates and associated anatomical labels; the ICBM 452 T1 atlas, average of T1-weighted MRIs of normal young adult brains, ICBM probabilistic atlases, and Cytoarchitectonic Atlas. ICBM Subject Database is web-based database infrastructure that simplifies image dataset collection, organization and dissemination. Authorized users may view representations of data and form collections of datasets that can be downloaded or fed directly into Pipeline environment for distributed processing and analysis.

Proper citation: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (RRID:SCR_000445) Copy   

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http://www.talairach.org/

Software automated coordinate based system to retrieve brain labels from the 1988 Talairach Atlas. Talairach Daemon database contains anatomical names for brain areas using x-y-z coordinates defined by the 1988 Talairach Atlas.

Proper citation: Talairach Daemon (RRID:SCR_000448) Copy   

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http://dkcoin.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented October 13, 2014. The resource has moved to the NIDDKInformation Network (dkNET) project. Contact them at info_at_dknet.org with any questions. Database of large pools of data relevant to the mission of NIDDKwith the goal of developing a community-based network for integration across disciplines to include the larger DKuniverse of diseases, investigators, and potential users. The focus is on greater use of this data with the objective of adding value by breaking down barriers between sites to facilitate linking of different datasets. To date (2013/06/10), a total of 1,195 resources have been associated with one or more genes. Of 11,580 total genes associated with resources, the ten most represented are associated with 359 distinct resources. The main method by which they currently interconnect resources between the providers is via EntrezGene identifiers. A total of 780 unique genes provide the connectivity between 3,159 resource pairs across consortia. To further increase interconnectivity, the groups have been further annotating their data with additional gene identifiers, publications, and ontology terms from selected Open Biological and Biomedical Ontologies (OBO).

Proper citation: dkCOIN (RRID:SCR_004438) Copy   

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http://okcam.cbi.pku.edu.cn/ontology.php

CAMO (Cell Adhesion Molecule Ontology) is a set of standard vocabulary that provide a hierarchical description of cell adhesion molecules and their functions. We compiled a list for cell adhesion molecules by integrating Gene Ontology annotations, domain structure information, and keywords query against NCBI Entrez Gene annotations. Totally 496 unique human genes were identified to function as cell adhesion molecules, which is by far the most comprehensive dataset including cadherin, immunoglobulin/FNIII, integrin, neurexin, neuroligan, and catenin families. CAMO was constructed as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) using DAG-Edit to input, manage and update data. We annotated each term with name, definition and source references, as well as the relationship to other terms, based on manual reviews of domain architecture and functional annotations. If vertices represent terms and the relationships between terms are represented by edges, the terms in a DAG can be connected via a directed graph without cycles. CAMO thus provides a hierarchical description of functions of CAMs with five top-level categories: CAM gene families, CAM genetics, CAM regulation, CAM expression and CAM diseases. Each top-level term is further divided into several categories to describe the functions in detail.

Proper citation: CAMO - Cell Adhesion Molecule Ontology (RRID:SCR_004392) Copy   

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http://www.braintumourbank.ca/pages/about.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented May 10, 2017. The mission of the Canadian Virtual Brain Tumour Bank (CVBTB) is to facilitate clinical, molecular and translational research through the provision of well-characterized tissue linked to clinical data and to become a standardized national tissue resource whereby scientific needs are met, addressed and accelerated through a common public accessible core the CVBTB. Recognizing the need to encourage systemic banking of brain tumor tissues throughout the country and to link banks of brain tumor tissue samples with academic and scientific institutions that require these samples, the CVBTB was established. Under the sponsorship of Schering Plough Canada Inc. and in association with the Canadian Brain Tumour Consortium (CBTC), the CVBTB looks to act as a resource for all researchers to provide them with information on the types of brain tumor tissue samples available and to direct them to the tumor tissue banking sites holding these samples. The CVBTB also looks to provide information on standard operating procedures regarding aspects of tumor tissue banking such as tissue accrual, storage and shipment and the processing of blood samples such as serum and lymphocytes. The CVBTB currently consists of four brain tumour tissue banking sites (Toronto Western Hospital - Toronto, Ontario; London Health Sciences Centre - London, Ontario; McGill University - Montreal, Quebec; University of Calgary - Calgary, Alberta) and is continuously looking for more institutions to be a part of the CVBTB. If your institution would like to become a part of the CVBTB, please contact the CVBTB coordinator.

Proper citation: Canadian Virtual Brain Tumour Bank (RRID:SCR_004221) 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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https://brainspan.org/

Atlas of developing human brain for studying transcriptional mechanisms involved in human brain development. One of the BrainSpan datasets, Exon microarray summarized to genes, is presented. It is a downloadable archive of files containing normalized RNA-Seq expression values for analysis.

Proper citation: BrainSpan (RRID:SCR_004219) Copy   

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http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Free online electrocardiography (ECG) course and textbook via a wiki where anyone can contribute and changes are supervised by physicians. Learn from cases and examples. It designed for medical professionals such as cardiac care nurses and physicians. All content is freely accessible. The information on this site should NOT be used as a substitute for the advice of an appropriately qualified and licensed physician or other health care provider. For questions like these we advise you to contact your physician.

Proper citation: ECGpedia (RRID:SCR_004486) Copy   

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http://www.mscenter.org/research/tissue-bank/

Scientists throughout the world depend on the Rocky Mountain MS Center Tissue Bank to supply high quality human brain tissue and cerebral spinal fluid to support their research. Funded in part by the National MS Society, the Tissue Bank is one of only four MS-related tissue banks in the nation. The Tissue Bank has distributed specimens to more than 160 investigators worldwide and over 1,600 people have consented to be donors after death. Tissue banks provide a unique bridge between those who live with MS and the scientific community. Studies conducted with samples from the Center have led to several important discoveries and 130 publications. While deeply personal, the decision to donate has far-reaching effects as scientists unlock the mysteries of multiple sclerosis. If you would like to donate, arrangements must be made in advance because it is important that tissue is taken within a few hours of death. For more information on making a donation, visit the How To Donate section of this website and contact the Rocky Mountain MS Center Tissue Bank at 303.788.4030 x111.

Proper citation: Rocky Mountain MS Center Tissue Bank (RRID:SCR_004361) Copy   

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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/allinthemind/default.htm

Radio National''s weekly foray into all things mental a program (podcast) about the mind, brain and behavior, hosted by Lynne Malcolm (previously by Natasha Mitchell). From dreaming to depression, addiction to artificial intelligence, consciousness to coma, psychoanalysis to psychopathy, free will to forgetting ��All in the Mind��explores the human condition through the mind''s eye. All in the Mind brings together unexpected voices, themes and ideas and engages with both leading thinkers and personal stories. Psychology and human behavior are only part of the equation. The program''s scope is considerably broader and explores themes in science, religion, health, philosophy, education, history and pop culture, with the mind as the key focus.

Proper citation: All In The Mind (RRID:SCR_004240) Copy   

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http://www.forebrain.org

Portal on the evolution of the Human Forebrain with schematically depicted sequential age levels of cortical evolution: Staggered Dual Parameter Grid, Growth Rings of the Neocortex, Growth Shells of Thalamus, Major Nuclei of the Thalamus, Dual Parameter - Grid, Types of Neocortical Lamination, and Rolf Hasslers Hexa-Partition of Unit Thalamic Inputs. The cytoarchitectonic subdivisions of both the thalamus and the neocortex are topographically defined in terms of the variables of phylogenetic age and input specificity. The cortical and thalamic parcellations of Brodmann, von Economo and Hassler are each quantitatively correlated to a specific Cartesian coordinate value designating discrete levels for both age and input basic parameters. The variable of phylogenetic age is represented in the cortex by the five circumferential growth rings demonstrated by Sanides, plus an additional growth ring detected intermediate to the fifth and sixth age levels and designated as prekoniocortex. The paleocortex and the archaecortex are the two primordial neocortical precursors that form the mammalian neocortex. In contrast to the arrangement in the planar cortex, six phylogenetically distinct growth shells are detected in the three-dimensional thalamus and are designated after the corresponding schematic levels of Rolf Hassler''s paradigm of hexapartition of unit-thalamic inputs. The subthalamus and the epithalamus analogously represent the primordial diencephalic precursors of the mammalian dorsal thalamus, Both the neocortex and the dorsal thalamus evolved in response to the necessity for a more comprehensive blending of inputs from differing neuraxial levels. Unlike the age variable, the parameter of input specificity is most readily apparent in the dorsal thalamus; which is the site of termination for each major forebrain input. Accordingly, the fourteen individual units of the parameter of input specificity are designated after each of the specific input classifications projecting discretely to circumscribed thalamic sectors, An identical complement of input parameter levels also occurs in the cortex by way of thalamic relay across the internal capsule. Furthermore, each thalamic nucleus of specific parameter coordinates directs its main projection to cells of the cortex displaying identical coordinate values, establishing forebrain interconnectivity as an additional function of the dual parameter paradigm.

Proper citation: EVOLUTIONARY FOUNDATIONS FOR THE HUMAN FOREBRAIN (RRID:SCR_004199) Copy   

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http://openconnectomeproject.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 9, 2023. Connectomes repository to facilitate the analysis of connectome data by providing a unified front for connectomics research. With a focus on Electron Microscopy (EM) data and various forms of Magnetic Resonance (MR) data, the project aims to make state-of-the-art neuroscience open to anybody with computer access, regardless of knowledge, training, background, etc. Open science means open to view, play, analyze, contribute, anything. Access to high resolution neuroanatomical images that can be used to explore connectomes and programmatic access to this data for human and machine annotation are provided, with a long-term goal of reconstructing the neural circuits comprising an entire brain. This project aims to bring the most state-of-the-art scientific data in the world to the hands of anybody with internet access, so collectively, we can begin to unravel connectomes. Services: * Data Hosting - Their Bruster (brain-cluster) is large enough to store nearly any modern connectome data set. Contact them to make your data available to others for any purpose, including gaining access to state-of-the-art analysis and machine vision pipelines. * Web Viewing - Collaborative Annotation Toolkit for Massive Amounts of Image Data (CATMAID) is designed to navigate, share and collaboratively annotate massive image data sets of biological specimens. The interface is inspired by Google Maps, enhanced to allow the exploration of 3D image data. View the fork of the code or go directly to view the data. * Volume Cutout Service - RESTful API that enables you to select any arbitrary volume of the 3d database (3ddb), and receive a link to download an HDF5 file (for matlab, C, C++, or C#) or a NumPy pickle (for python). Use some other programming language? Just let them know. * Annotation Database - Spatially co-registered volumetric annotations are compactly stored for efficient queries such as: find all synapses, or which neurons synapse onto this one. Create your own annotations or browse others. *Sample Downloads - In addition to being able to select arbitrary downloads from the datasets, they have also collected a few choice volumes of interest. * Volume Viewer - A web and GPU enabled stand-alone app for viewing volumes at arbitrary cutting planes and zoom levels. The code and program can be downloaded. * Machine Vision Pipeline - They are building a machine vision pipeline that pulls volumes from the 3ddb and outputs neural circuits. - a work in progress. As soon as we have a stable version, it will be released. * Mr. Cap - The Magnetic Resonance Connectome Automated Pipeline (Mr. Cap) is built on JIST/MIPAV for high-throughput estimation of connectomes from diffusion and structural imaging data. * Graph Invariant Computation - Upload your graphs or streamlines, and download some invariants. * iPad App - WholeSlide is an iPad app that accesses utilizes our open data and API to serve images on the go.

Proper citation: Open Connectome Project (RRID:SCR_004232) Copy   

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