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http://www.pbtfus.org/

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

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

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http://www.neurosci.ucsd.edu/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 31, 2016. The Laboratory of Experimental Neuropathology is engaged in the study of neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and the dementia of HIV encephalitis. It contains a large bank of materials available to fellow investigators including images, publications, and lab safety. Fellow Investigators and Collaborators may request materials from the brain bank. Technologies employed by the laboratory include immunocytochemistry, neurochemistry, molecular genetics, transgenic models of disease, and imaging by scanning laser confocal microscopy.

Proper citation: UCSD Experimental Neuropath Laboratory (RRID:SCR_004906) Copy   

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http://www.okbtf.org/

The Oklahoma Brain Tumor Foundation (OKBTF) is a nonprofit organization that provides education, advocacy and support for Oklahomans with brain tumors and their families to improve their quality of life and help find a cure. Founded by Nancy Thomason after the death of her son Cade Thomason to a brain stem PNET tumor on February 17, 2000, she vowed to fight the disease in honor and memory of her son Cade. OKBTF is dedicated to meeting the needs of Oklahoma families, caregivers and patients affected by primary brain or central nervous system tumors. We work to provide for needs through education, advocacy, research and service. Whatever your needs, whether financial, physical, mental or spiritual, we will work with you to fight the battle. Here you will find many of the services we offer in support of families just like yours, who are confused, hurting and just wanting straight answers. Feel free to browse around, get to know us, see what we are doing to help and send us your comments or questions... We are here for you.

Proper citation: Oklahoma Brain Tumor Foundation (RRID:SCR_004748) Copy   

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http://brainbank.ucla.edu/

A biomaterial supply resource which collects, stores, and distributes donated tissue to research scientists around the world. Collection occurs through the an anatomical donor program which accepts tissue donation from people with neurological/ psychiatric disorders. The Center also provides a continuous boost to biomedical research by providing high quality and quantity of pre- and post-mortem brains, spinal cords, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), serum, blood cells and urine to use in investigations of neurological and psychiatric diseases. Scientists without a clinical site may use the Center''s readily available, high quality banked specimens.

Proper citation: Human Brain and Spinal Fluid Resource Center (RRID:SCR_004811) Copy   

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http://brainliner.jp

Portal and tools for sharing and editing neurophysiological and behavioral data for brain-machine interface research. Users can search for existing data or login with their Google, Facebook, or Twitter account and upload new data. Their main focus is on supporting brain-machine interface research, so we encourage users to not just provide recordings of brain activity data, but also information about stimuli, etc., so that statistical relationships can be found between stimuli and/or subject behavior and brain activity. The Matlab tools are for writing, reading, and converting Neuroshare files, the common file format. A free, open source desktop tool for editing neurophysiological data for brain-machine interface research is also available: https://github.com/ATR-DNI/BrainLiner Since data formats aren''''t standardized between programs and researchers, data and analysis programs for data cannot be easily shared. Neuroshare was selected as the common file format. Neuroshare can contain several types of neurophysiological data because of its high flexibility, including analog time-series data and neuronal spike timing. Some applications have plug-ins or libraries available that can read Neuroshare format files, thus making Neuroshare somewhat readily usable. Neuroshare can contain several types of neurophysiological data, but there were no easy tools to convert data into the Neuroshare format, so they made and are providing a Neuroshare Converter Library and Simple Converter using the library. In future work they will make and provide many more useful tools for data sharing. Shared experiments include: EMG signal, Takemiya Exp, Reconstruct (Visual image reconstruction from human brain activity using a combination of multi-scale local image decoders), SPIKE data, Speech Imagery Dataset (Single-trial classification of vowel speech imagery using common spatial patterns), Functional Multineuron Calcium Imaging (fMCI), Rock-paper-scissors (The data was obtained from subject while he make finger-form of rock/paper/scissors). They also have a page at https://www.facebook.com/brainliner where you can contact us

Proper citation: BrainLiner (RRID:SCR_004951) Copy   

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http://www.tnp.pitt.edu/pages/donationfrm_mb.htm

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on March 19,2024. Brain tissue donation is a valuable contribution to mental health research. It enables scientists to investigate how the normal brain works, and how the brain is disturbed when it is affected by schizophrenia, depression, bipolar (manic depressive) disease or other related disorders. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh has established a brain tissue bank to which brain tissue can be donated at no expense. The gift of brain tissue enables scientists to conduct research designed to understand causes, to develop new treatments, and ultimately to find cures for diseases that affect the brain. Brain tissue donation is a gift that makes it possible for researchers to study various types of mental disorders. Donations of brain tissue from individuals without these disorders are also needed to establish comparisons with brain samples from individuals who have these disorders. Any legally competent adult or guardian may indicate during life their interest in donating brain tissue after death. Next-of-kin either of healthy individuals or of those with psychiatric disorders may give consent to donate brain tissue following the death of a loved one. Brain tissue is removed during autopsy at a morgue or hospital and is transported to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for examination and study.

Proper citation: University of Pittsburgh Brain Tissue Donation Program (RRID:SCR_005028) Copy   

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https://adrc.mc.duke.edu/index.php/research/brain-bank

A research repository of human brains with neurological disorders and normal controls, recruited through the Autopsy and Brain Donation Program coordinator. The Kathleen Price Bryan Brain Bank contains brains from patients with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Muscular Dystrophy, and other neurological and dementing disorders. The brain tissue is subjected to a detailed neuropathological evaluation and then stored as fixed and frozen hemispheres, paraffin blocks and histological slides. After receipt of an IRB approved request, tissue is supplied to investigators at Duke University, major medical centers and pharmaceutical companies across the United States and worldwide.

Proper citation: Duke University Kathleen Price Bryan Brain Bank (RRID:SCR_005022) Copy   

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http://glioblastoma.alleninstitute.org/

Platform for exploring the anatomic and genetic basis of glioblastoma at the cellular and molecular levels that includes two interactive databases linked together by de-identified tumor specimen numbers to facilitate comparisons across data modalities: * The open public image database, here, providing in situ hybridization data mapping gene expression across the anatomic structures inherent in glioblastoma, as well as associated histological data suitable for neuropathological examination * A companion database (Ivy GAP Clinical and Genomic Database) offering detailed clinical, genomic, and expression array data sets that are designed to elucidate the pathways involved in glioblastoma development and progression. This database requires registration for access. The hope is that researchers all over the world will mine these data and identify trends, correlations, and interesting leads for further studies with significant translational and clinical outcomes. The Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project is a collaborative partnership between the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation, the Allen Institute for Brain Science and the Ben and Catherine Ivy Center for Advanced Brain Tumor Treatment.

Proper citation: Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (RRID:SCR_005044) Copy   

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http://www.bri.ucla.edu

Portal touching on all aspects of neuroscience from molecules to the mind, from the laboratory bench to the patient's bedside. Members study the normal structure and workings of the nervous system, its development, its cognitive functions, its derangement by disease and injury, and the means of its repair and protection. Projects span traditional disciplinary boundaries, as do graduate and postdoctoral training programs. Its major achievement has been to foster and improve multidisciplinary collaborations which has increasingly permitted the identification of pathogenic mechanisms and the formulation of new therapeutic approaches.

Proper citation: Brain Research Institute (RRID:SCR_004988) Copy   

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http://211.73.64.34/NNG

Neuron Navigator (NNG) integrates a 3D neuron image database into an easy-to-use visual interface. Via a flexible and user-friendly interface, NNG is designed to help researchers analyze and observe the connectivity within the neural maze and discover possible pathways. With NNG''s 3D neuron image database, researchers can perform volumetric searches using the location of neural terminals, or the occupation of neuron volumes within the 3D brain space. Also, the presence of the neurons under a combination of spatial restrictions can be shown as well. NNG is a result of a multi-discipline collaboration between neuroscientists and computer scientists, and NNG has now been implemented on a coordinated brain space for the Drosophila (fruit fly) brain. Account is required.

Proper citation: Neuron Navigator (RRID:SCR_005063) Copy   

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http://www.med.umkc.edu/psychiatry/nbtb/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented August 31, 2016. The UMKC Neuroscience Brain Tissue Bank and Research Laboratory has been established to obtain, process, and distribute human brain tissue to qualified scientists and clinicians dedicated to neuroscience research. No other living organ approaches the human brain in complexity or capacity. Healthy, it astounds and inspires miracles. Diseased, it confounds and diminishes hope. The use of human brain tissue for research will provide insight into the anatomical and neurochemical aspects of diseased and non-diseased brains. While animal models are helpful and necessary in understanding disease, certain disorders can be more efficiently studied using human brain tissue. Also, modern research techniques are often best applied to human tissue. We also need samples of brain tissue that have not been affected by disease. They help us to compare a 'normal' brain with a diseased one. Also, we have a critical need for brain donations from relatives who have genetically inherited disorders. Tissue preparation consists of fresh quick-frozen tissue blocks or coronal slices (nitrogen vapor frozen; custom dissection of specific anatomic regions) or formalin-fixed coronal slices (custom dissection of specific anatomic regions).

Proper citation: UMKC Neuroscience Brain Tissue Bank and Research Laboratory (RRID:SCR_005148) Copy   

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http://www.kavlifoundation.org/

The Kavli Foundation, based in Oxnard, California, is dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of humanity, promoting public understanding of scientific research, and supporting scientists and their work. The Foundation''s mission is implemented through an international program of research institutes, professorships, symposia and other initiatives in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience and theoretical physics. The Foundation is also a founding partner of the Kavli Prizes, which recognize scientists for their seminal advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. To date, The Kavli Foundation has made grants to establish Kavli Institutes on the campuses of the University of California Santa Barbara, Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Yale University, Cornell University, the University of California San Diego, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, the University of Cambridge and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. In addition to the Kavli Institutes, six Kavli professorships have been established: two at the University of California Santa Barbara, one at University of California Los Angeles, one at the University of California Irvine, one at Columbia University, and one at the California Institute of Technology. The Kavli Futures Symposia a series of high quality scientific symposia on topics of emerging importance in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. The Frontiers of Science symposia bring together some of the very best young scientists across many disciplines to share and discuss exciting advances and opportunities in their fields. Videos and feature pieces have been created for teachers and students. This includes video interviews with acclaimed researchers Eric Kandel, M.D. and Edvard and May-Britt Moser, a video introduction and panel discussion on neuroscience, feature stories, written science overview, institute profiles and other materials. The Kavli Foundation is a private foundation qualified under IRC Section 501 (c) (3).

Proper citation: Kavli Foundation (RRID:SCR_005113) Copy   

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http://isp.imm.dtu.dk/thor/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 23,2022.Center hosting a number of related projects concerning neural networks, functional neuroimaging, multimedia signal processing, and biomedical signal processing. Neuroinformatics is a research field rooted in classical disciplines like signal processing, biology, physics, computer science and engineering. Neuroinformatics combines learning from the brain and learning about the brain. By studying information processing in the brain neuroinformatics invents new computing paradigms (e.g., artificial neural networks) with the objective of understanding the dynamics of the conscious mind. Artificial neural networks is an active neuroinformatics research field, which combines many approaches to adaptive signal processing in solving real world problems. They began using neural networks for general nonlinear adaptive signal processing. Since 1991 the CONNECT groups have participated in the development of neural computing as an advanced, non-linear statistical tool, which has been applied to forecasting within dynamical systems, pattern recognition, and medical image analysis, particularly functional neuroimages. While neural computing has largely been viewed as a black box approach, they have initiated research aimed at opening this black box, using hypertext, multimedia, and interactivity. Their key objective is to convert abstract models into intuitive knowledge through interactive visualization.

Proper citation: THOR Center for Neuroinformatics (RRID:SCR_001400) Copy   

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http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/learning-strategies/

Interactive infographic of a brain exploring more than 100,000 chemical reactions, highlighted by areas and explanations of what that area is known to do.

Proper citation: Open Colleges Interactive Brain (RRID:SCR_001427) Copy   

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http://mitraweb1.cshl.edu:8080/BrainArchitecture/pages/publications.faces

Preliminary database of neuroanatomical connectivity reports specifically for the human brain, which have been manually curated. It includes details (based on manual literature curation) of tract tracing or related connectivity studies conducted in human brain tissue. This database and user interface will be expanded and improved in the near future.

Proper citation: Human Brain Connectivity Database (RRID:SCR_001594) Copy   

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http://incf.org/programs/atlasing/projects/waxholm-space

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 1st, 2023. Coordinate based reference space for the mapping and registration of neuroanatomical data. Users can download image volumes representing the canonical Waxholm Space (WHS) adult C57BL/6J mouse brain, which include T1-, T2*-, and T2-Weighted MR volumes (generated at the Duke Center for In-Vivo Microscopy), Nissl-stained optical histology (acquired at Drexel University), and a volume of labels. All volumes are represented at 21.5μ isotropic resolution. Datasets are provided as gzipped NIFTI files.

Proper citation: Waxholm Space (RRID:SCR_001592) Copy   

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http://www.neurologychannel.com/

A topical portal which provides information about conditions that affect the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles), such as stroke (brain attack), Alzheimer's disease, and back pain. It is a physician developed and monitored source of neurology information for consumers. Additionally, it contains comprehensive condition and treatment information, as well as interactive tools.

Proper citation: Neurologychannel (RRID:SCR_001597) Copy   

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https://phenogen.org

Website for analyzing microarray data. Software toolbox for storing, analyzing and integrating microarray data and related genotype and phenotype data. The site is particularly suited for combining QTL and microarray data to search for candidate genes contributing to complex traits. In addition, the site allows, if desired by the investigators, sharing of the data. Investigators can conduct in-silico microarray experiments using their own and/or shared data. There are five major sections of the site: Genome/Transcriptome Data Browser, Microarray Analysis Tools, Gene List Analysis Tools, QTL Tools, and Downloads. The genome/transcriptome data browser combines a genome browser with all the microarray, RNA-Seq, and Genomic Sequencing data. This provides an effective platform to view all of this data side by side. Source code is available on GitHub.

Proper citation: PhenoGen Informatics (RRID:SCR_001613) Copy   

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http://www.stjudebgem.org/web/mainPage/mainPage.php

This database contains gene expression patterns assembled from mouse nervous tissues at 4 time points throughout brain development including embryonic (e) day 11.5, e15.5, postnatal (p) day 7 and adult p42. Using a high throughput in situ hybridization approach we are assembling expression patterns from selected genes and presenting them in a searchable database. The database includes darkfield images obtained using radioactive probes, reference cresyl violet stained sections, the complete nucleotide sequence of the probes used to generate the data and all the information required to allow users to repeat and extend the analyses. The database is directly linked to Pubmed, LocusLink, Unigene and Gene Ontology Consortium housed at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine. These data are provided freely to promote communication and cooperation among research groups throughout the world.

Proper citation: Brain Gene Expression Map (RRID:SCR_001517) Copy   

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http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~fiasco/

Collection of software designed to analyze fMRI data using a series of processing steps. The input is the raw data, and the outputs are statistical brain maps showing regions of neural activation. Corrections for different systematic variations in the k-space (raw) data obtained from an fMRI session (head motion, ghosting, etc) are performed first. The image is then reconstructed (using the Fast Fourier Transform) and statistical analyses run. The user has a great deal of flexibility in choosing which corrections and statistics are executed. FIASCO emphasizes correct statistical models, for example for group comparisons.

Proper citation: Functional Image Processing software Computational Olio (RRID:SCR_001689) Copy   

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