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http://trans.nih.gov/bmap/resources/resources.htm

As part of BMAP gene discovery efforts, mouse brain cDNA libraries and Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) have been generated. Through this project a BMAP mouse brain UniGene set consisting of over 24,000 non-redundant members of unique clusters has been developed from EST sequencing of more than 50,000 cDNA clones from 10 regions of adult mouse brain, spinal cord, and retina (http://brainEST.eng.uiowa.edu/). In 2001, NIMH along with NICHD, NIDDK, and NIDA, awarded a contract to the University of Iowa ( M.B. Soares, PI) to isolate full-length cDNA clones corresponding to genes expressed in the developing mouse nervous system and determine their full-coding sequences. The BMAP mouse brain EST sequences can be accessed at NCBI's dbEST database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbEST/). Arrayed sets of BMAP mouse brain UniGenes and cDNA libraries, and individual BMAP cDNA clones can be purchased from Open Biosystems, Huntsville, AL (http://www.openbiosystems.com

Proper citation: BMAP cDNA Resources (RRID:SCR_002973) Copy   

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http://www.cephalopod.org/DBMR.cfm

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on July 17, 2013. The center serves the biomedical research community's increased needs for alternative invertebrate models by maintaining a consistent year-round supply of live cephalopod mollusks. These animals are suitable for a wide range of physiological and molecular biological investigations. Investigations are being conducted in the area of life history related to improved animal husbandry. Further studies focus on improving culture system design through development of computer automation and innovative water filtration technology. Current biomedical research on cephalopods includes neurophysiology of the giant axon; anatomy and neurophysiology of the equilibrium receptor organ as a comparative model of the vestibular system of invertebrates; chemoreception, basic nutrition, and protein metabolism; cellular receptor function; and brain, behavior, and learning. Services Provided: The center has built a computer-automated, environmentally controlled, recirculating seawater laboratory for the purpose of culturing cephalopods. The tank systems can be used to conduct a variety of experiments never before possible with cephalopods. Visiting researchers have access to dedicated facilities, including wet and dry laboratory space, office space, computer support and accommodations, as well as priority access to all available live animal resources. Off-site investigators can have live animals, dissected animal tissues/body fluids from all life stages, and a variety of molecular reagents (gene libraries and clones) delivered year-round. Staff expertise and an extensive literature library are available. All life stages of the squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) and the common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) are available year-round from laboratory culture populations. The sepiolid squid (Euprymna scolopes) can also be cultured on request. The squid Lolliguncula brevis is available year-round from local waters; the squids Loligo opalescens, L. pealeii, and L. plei can be obtained seasonally on request. The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius, and Octopus bimaculoides are available on request. Animal costs vary by species and size. Any tissue or body fluid from these animals can also be provided. Fees for special services are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

Proper citation: National Resource Center for Cephalopods (RRID:SCR_002864) Copy   

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http://senselab.med.yale.edu/neurondb

Database of three types of neuronal properties: voltage gated conductances, neurotransmitter receptors, and neurotransmitter substances. It contains tools that provide for integration of these properties in a given type of neuron and compartment, and for comparison of properties across different types of neurons and compartments.

Proper citation: NeuronDB (RRID:SCR_003105) Copy   

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http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/Imaging

Portal where neuroimaging studies are carried out using a Siemens 3T Tim Trio Magnetic Resonance Imaging (or MRI) scanner that is wholly dedicated to studies in Cognitive Neuroscience. From emotions and memories to language and learning, functional neuroimaging is being applied in many different areas of Cognitive Neuroscience. In many cases, this research relies upon support from healthy volunteers although neuroimaging studies are also being conducted in various clinical populations, including depression, anxiety, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Proper citation: CBU Imaging Wiki (RRID:SCR_003014) Copy   

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http://bluebrain.epfl.ch/

A Swiss-led project with the aim of reverse engineering the mammalian brain and achieving a complete virtual human brain. The researchers have demonstrated the validity of their method by developing a realistic model of a rat cortical column, consisting of about 10,000 neurons. The eventual goal is to simulate systems of millions and hundreds of millions of neurons. The virtual brain will be an exceptional tool giving neuroscientists a new understanding of the brain and a better understanding of neurological diseases. In five years of work, Henry Markram's team has perfected a facility that can create realistic models of one of the brain's essential building blocks. This process is entirely data driven and essentially automatically executed on the supercomputer. Meanwhile the generated models show a behavior already observed in years of neuroscientific experiments. These models will be basic building blocks for larger scale models leading towards a complete virtual brain.

Proper citation: Blue Brain Project (RRID:SCR_002994) Copy   

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http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/S5/

Sectional atlas featuring sections of the spinal cord and brain for a neuroanatomy course offered by Temple University. Labels may be turned on and off.

Proper citation: Sectional Atlas of Human Brain and Spinal Cord (RRID:SCR_000799) Copy   

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http://mbl.org

Collection of high resolution images and databases of brains from many genetically characterized strains of mice with aim to systematically map and characterize genes that modulate architecture of mammalian CNS. Includes detailed information on genomes of many strains of mice. Consists of images from approximately 800 brains and numerical data from just over 8000 mice. You can search MBL by strain, age, sex, body or brain weight. Images of slide collection are available at series of resolutions. Apple's QuickTime Plugin is required to view available MBL Movies.

Proper citation: Mouse Brain Library (RRID:SCR_001112) Copy   

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http://clarityresourcecenter.org/

Protocols and other training materials related to the CLARITY protocol, a technique for the transformation of intact tissue into a nanoporous hydrogel-hybridized form (crosslinked to a three-dimensional network of hydrophilic polymers) that is fully assembled but optically transparent and macromolecule-permeable.

Proper citation: Clarity resources (RRID:SCR_001387) Copy   

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http://kesm.cs.tamu.edu

A web-based, light-weight 3D volume viewer that serves large volumes (typically the whole brain) of high-resolution mouse brain images (~1.5 TB per brain, ~1 um resolution) from the Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope (KESM), invented by Bruce H. McCormick. Currently, KESMBA serves the following data sets: * Mouse: Whole-brain-scale Golgi (acquired 2008 spring): neuronal morphology: Choe et al. (2009) * Mouse: Whole-brain India Ink (acquired 2008 spring): vascular network: Choe et al. (2009); Mayerich et al. (2011); * Mouse: Whole-brain Golgi (acquired 2011 summer): neuronal morphology: Choe et al. (2011); Chung et al. (2011); * Mouse: Whole-brain Nissl (acquired 2009-2010 winter): somata (Choe et al. 2010) (Coming soon) They will ship you the full data set on a hard drive if you provide them with the hard drive and shipping cost.

Proper citation: KESM brain atlas (RRID:SCR_001559) Copy   

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http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/hyperbrain/

An online tutorial for human neuroanatomy designed as a supplement to textbook and class learning or as a lab substitute when human specimens, slides and models are not available. HyperBrain includes thousand of images and hundreds of linked illustrated glossary terms, as well as movies, quizzes and interactive animations. Last updated 2012.

Proper citation: HyperBrain (RRID:SCR_001595) Copy   

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http://neuroscience.ucdavis.edu/

Recognizing the importance of research in Neuroscience and its great promise, as well as the importance of educating the neuroscientists of the future, the University of California, Davis, in 1990, established The Center for Neuroscience. The Center has now become the focus of interdisciplinary studies in Cellular, Molecular, Systems, Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience, with a Faculty made up of world leaders in brain research. The Center occupies facilities especially designed to promote and foster interactions among the resident faculty, associated faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, with state-of-the-art lab space and associated facilities such as cellular and molecular imaging, functional imaging of the human brain and extensive databasing facilities. The Center provides an attractive setting for seminar series that feature distinguished National and International guest speakers as well as speakers from the UC Davis community of scientists. The Center is home to a number of visiting scholars each year and enjoys a lively intellectual atmosphere.

Proper citation: University of California Davis Center for Neuroscience (RRID:SCR_001640) Copy   

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https://www.synapse.org/

Sage Bionetworks, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSM), University of Pennsylvania (Penn), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited (TAKEDA) have launched a Public-Private Pre-Competitive Consortium, the CommonMind Consortium, to generate and analyze large-scale genomic data from human subjects with neuropsychiatric disease and to make this data and the associated analytical results broadly available to the public. This collaboration brings together disease area expertise, large scale and well curated brain sample collections, and data management and analysis expertise from the respective institutions. As many as 450 million people worldwide are believed to be living with a mental or behavioral disorder: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are two of the top six leading causes of years lived with disability according to the World Health Organization. The burden on the individual as well as on society is significant with estimates for the health care costs for these individuals as high as four percent GNP. This highlights a grave need for new therapies to alleviate this suffering. Researchers from MSSM including Dr. Pamela Sklar, Dr. Joseph Buxbaum and Dr. Eric Schadt will join with Dr. Raquel Gur and Dr. Chang-Gyu Hahn from Penn to combine their extensive brain bank collections for the generation of whole genome scale RNA and DNA sequence data. Dr.Pamela Sklar, Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at MSSM commented this is an exciting opportunity for us to use the newest genomic methods to really expand our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of neuropsychiatric disease, while Dr Raquel Gur, Professor of Psychiatry from Penn observed this will be a great complement to some of the large-scale genetic analyses that have been carried out to date because it will give a more complete mechanistic picture. The CommonMind Consortium is committed to generating an open resource for the community and invites others with common goals to contact us at info (at) CommonMind.org.

Proper citation: CommonMind Consortium (RRID:SCR_000139) Copy   

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http://www.cognitorium.com/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented October 28, 2015. Interactive, informative and educational community platform dedicated to cognitive science or the multidisciplinary exploration of the mind. This online platform, will help gather and link information providing a thorough and reliable source of information for students and professionals in the field, as well as help bridge the gap between academia and the society. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of cognitive science, the work is becoming increasingly specialized. Therefore to keep an eye on the bigger picture, it seems necessary to bring the discoveries of various disciplines together in one place, look at their similarities and differences and discuss them for future directions.

Proper citation: Cognitorium (RRID:SCR_000098) Copy   

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http://www.brainnet-europe.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=99

Sampling protocols produced by the BrainNet Europe Consortium generally with five types of dissection and brain processing procedures defined in all disease related protocols. * Fresh brain dissection * Fresh brain processing * Dissection of formalin-fixed brain * Histology and immunohistochemistry * Processing fresh brain

Proper citation: BrainNet Europe Sampling Protocols (RRID:SCR_000484) Copy   

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http://www.thebrainproject.org/

The Mission of the Sarah Jane Brain Project is to create a model system of care for children and young adults suffering from all Pediatric Acquired Brain Injuries in order to advance our knowledge of the brain fifty years over the next five years! As a father of a child suffering from a Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI), I have spent countless hours searching the internet and speaking with Sarah Jane's development team (doctors, therapists and other professionals) trying to improve the development of my daughter. What I found was that while there are a countless number of wonderful and informative prevention sites for Shaken Baby Syndrome and advocacy sites for brain injuries, there is no one centralized resource for research and rehabilitation for PABI. Furthermore, many of the issues families and children face are the same whether the brain injury was caused by a car crash, a sports-related concussion, an assault or by a tumor. No one person or organization has all the answers to the questions that parents of children suffering from PABI face. Yet through my own experience, I learned that the coordination and dissemination of Sarah Jane's medical and therapy records and data in an orderly manner greatly helps her development team better help her. These wonderful individuals are constantly looking for additional ways to improve Sarah Jane's progress by speaking with their colleagues, reading literature on brain injury, and collaborating with other parents. But they all admit there is a considerable amount that still needs to be learned about the human brain, particularly the developing brain. The field of neuroscience today is similar to the computer science field of the 1950s and 1960s: you have a diverse group of very smart people working independently of one another throughout the United States and the world, yet few know what the others are doing behind closed doors. Fast- forward 50 years and many of the breakthroughs in the computer industry have been made utilizing the principles of open source a research method that promotes free and open access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. Its use was made well-known through the creation of the Linux computer operating system, in which professionals share knowledge to make corrections and fix problems. Open source is commonly used by millions of people today through the Wikipedia online free encyclopedia, a collection of public entries on established subjects that allows anyone to make additions or corrections. The National Institute of Mental Health launched The Human Brain Project in 1993 to develop and support the new science of neuro-informatics. From this initiative, it became obvious what needed to be done. That's why we created the Sarah Jane Brain Virtual Center of Excellence an ecosystem for professionals and families dealing with PABI around the world and a vehicle to help implement the PABI Plan by establishing a model system for PABI.

Proper citation: Sarah Jane Brain Project (RRID:SCR_000620) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/LOVE

A versatile 1D, 2D and 3D data viewer geared for cross-platform visualization of stereotactic brain data. It is a 3-D viewer that allows volumetric data display and manipulation of axial, sagittal and coronal views. It reads Analyze, Raw-binary and NetCDF volumetric data, as well as, Multi-Contour Files (MCF), LWO/LWS surfaces, atlas hierarchical brain-region labelings ( Brain Trees). It is a portable Java-based software, which only requires a Java interpreter and a 64 MB of RAM memory to run on any computer architecture. LONI_Viz allows the user to interactively overlay and browse through several data volumes, zoom in and out in the axial, sagittal and coronal views, and reports the intensities and the stereo-tactic voxel and world coordinates of the data. Expert users can use LONI_Viz to delineate structures of interest, e.g., sulcal curves, on the 3 cardinal projections of the data. These curves then may be use to reconstruct surfaces representing the topological boundaries of cortical and sub-cortical regions of interest. The 3D features of the package include a SurfaceViewer and a full real-time VolumeRenderer. These allow the user to view the relative positions of different anatomical or functional regions which are not co-planar in any of the axial, sagittal or coronal 2D projection planes. The interactive part of LONI_Viz features a region drawing module used for manual delineation of regions of interest. A series of 2D contours describing the boundary of a region in projection planes (axial, sagittal or coronal) could be used to reconstruct the surface-representation of the 3D outer shell of the region. The latter could then be resliced in directions complementary to the drawing-direction and these complementary contours could be loaded in all tree cardinal views. In addition the surface object could be displayed using the SurfaceViewer. A pre-loading data crop and sub-sampling module allows the user to load and view practically data of any size. This is especially important when viewing cryotome, histological or stained data-sets which may reach 1GB (109 bytes) in size. The user could overlay several pre-registered volumes, change intensity colors and ranges and the inter-volume opacities to visually inspect similarities and differences between the different subjects/modalities. Several image-processing aids provide histogram plotting, image-smoothing, etc. Specific Features: * Region description DataBase * Moleculo-genetic database * Brain anatomical data viewer * BrainMapper tool * Surface (LightWave objects/scenes) and Volume rendering tools * Interactive Contour Drawing tool Implementation Issues: * Applet vs. Application - the software is available as both an applet and a standalone application. The former could be used to browse data from within the LONI database, however, it imposes restrictions on file-size, Internet connection and network-bandwidth and client/server file access. The later requires a local install and configuration of the LONI_Viz software * Extendable object-oriented code (Java), computer architecture independent * Complete online software documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/LONI_Viz and a Java-Class documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~dinov/LONI_Vis.dir/doc/LONI_Viz_Java_Docs.html

Proper citation: LONI Visualization Tool (RRID:SCR_000765) Copy   

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http://zebrafishucl.org/zebrafishbrain#about-1

Collates and curates neuroanatomical data and information generated both in-house and by community to communicate current state of knowledge about neuroanatomical structures in developing zebrafish. Most of data come from high resolution confocal imaging of intact brains in which neuroanatomical structures are labelled by combinations of transgenes and antibodies. Community repository for image based data related to neuroanatomy of zebrafish.

Proper citation: Zebrafish Brain Atlas (RRID:SCR_000606) Copy   

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http://www.drugabuseresearchtraining.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on November 07, 2012. Decemeber 15, 2011 - Thank you for your interest in DrugAbuseResearchTraining.org. The site, courses, and resources are no longer available. Please send an email to inquiry (at) md-inc.com if you would like to be notified if the site or courses become available again. Introduction to Clinical Drug and Substance Abuse Research Methods is an online training program intended to introduce clinicians and substance abuse professionals to basic clinical research methods. The program is divided into four modules. Each module covers an entire topic and includes self-assessment questions, references, and online resources: * The Neurobiology of Drug Addiction * Biostatistics for Drug and Substance Abuse Research * Evaluating Drug and Substance Abuse Programs * Designing and Managing Drug and Substance Abuse Clinical Trials The learning objectives of this program are to help you: * Evaluate the benefits of alternative investigative approaches for answering important questions in drug abuse evaluation and treatment. * Define the proper levels of measurement and appropriate statistical methods for a clinical study. * Address common problems in data collection and analysis. * Anticipate key human subjects and ethical issues that arise in drug abuse studies. * Interpret findings from the drug abuse research literature and prepare a clinical research proposal. * Prepare research findings for internal distribution or publication in the peer reviewed literature. * Recognize drug addiction as a cyclical, chronic disease. * Understand and describe the brain circuits that are affected by addicting drugs, and explain to others the effects of major classes of addicting drugs on brain neurotransmitters. * Utilize new pharmacologic treatments to manage persons with drug addiction. Physicians can earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit and purchase a high resolution printable electronic CME certificate(view sample); non-physicians can purchase high resolution printable electronic certificate of course participation that references AMA PRA Category 1 credit (view sample). This program does not offer printed certificates.

Proper citation: Online Education for the International Research Community: AboutIntroduction to Clinical Drug and Substance Abuse Research Methods (RRID:SCR_000802) Copy   

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http://www.hedtags.org/

Strategy guide for HED Annotation. Framework for systematically describing laboratory and real world events.HED tags are comma separated path strings. Organized in forest of groups with roots Event, Item, Sensory presentation, Attribute, Action, Participant, Experiment context, and Paradigm. Used for preparing brain imaging data for automated analysis and meta analysis. Applied to brain imaging EEG, MEG, fNIRS, multimodal mobile brain or body imaging, ECG, EMG, GSR, or behavioral data. Part of Brain Imaging Data Structure standard for brain imaging.

Proper citation: HED Tags (RRID:SCR_014074) Copy   

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http://www.sci.utah.edu/software/fluorender.html

Interactive rendering tool for confocal microscopy data visualization. Combines rendering of multi-channel volume data and polygon mesh data, where properties of each dataset can be adjusted independently and quickly. Designed for neurobiologists, allowing them to better visualize confocal data from fluorescently-stained brains, but it is also useful for other biological samples. Features include feature tracking, 3D measurement tools, multiple render modes for multi-channel confocal data, and volume paint selection and segmentation.

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