Introduction

A number of online neuroscience databases are available which provide information regarding gene expression, neurons, macroscopic brain structure, and neurological or psychiatric disorders. Some databases contain descriptive and numerical data, some to brain function, others offer access to ‘raw’ imaging data, such as postmortem brain sections or 3D MRI and fMRI images. Some focus on the human brain, others on non-human.

As the number of databases that seek to disseminate information about the structure, development and function of the brain has grown, so has the need to collate these resources themselves. As a result, there now exist databases of neuroscience databases, some of which reach over 3000 entries.[1]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia July 1, 2015

Neuroscience databases

Name Description Organism Level (gene, neuron, macroscopic) Data (MRI, fMRI, images, descriptive, numerical) Disorder Register to view data? Ref Allen Brain Atlas Atlas, stained sections from brains showing development and gene expression Mouse, Human Macroscopic, Gene Images Healthy No [2] Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative(ADNI) Structural MRI images Human Macroscopic MRI datasets Healthy and Alzheimer’s Disease Yes [3] BIRN fMRI and MRI data fMRI, MRI scans and atlases for human and mouse brains Mouse, Human Multilevel: brain regions, connections, neurons, gene expression patterns MRI datasets, fMRI datasets healthy, elderly No Bipolar Disorder Neuroimaging Database Meta-analysis and database of MRI studies Human Macroscopic Descriptive, numerical Bipolar Disorder No [4] Brain Architecture Management System Online resource for information about neural circuitry Rat, Mouse, Human Multilevel: brain regions, connections, neurons, ...

 

The Whole Brain Atlas is an online resource for central nervous system imaging developed by Keith Johnson, MD, and Alex Becker, PhD. It is jointly supported by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Departments of Radiology and Neurology, Harvard Medical School, the Countway Library of Medicine, and the American Academy of Neurology.

The site has six main sections: (1) a neuroimaging primer for those with limited knowledge of the imaging vocabulary; (2) a normal anatomy atlas; (3) cerebrovascular disease; (4) neoplastic disease; (5) degenerative disease; and (6) inflammatory disease.

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Neuroimaging Primer – Harvard Medical School lecture notes: Introduction to Neuroimaging NEW: Normal Anatomy in 3-D with MRI/PET (Javascript) (Old) Atlas Navigator (Java) Normal Brain: Normal Anatomy in 3-D with MRI/PET (Javascript) Atlas of normal structure and blood flow Top 100 Brain Structures Can you name these brain structures? Normal aging: structure and function Normal aging: structure and function Normal aging: coronal plane Vascular anatomy Cerebrovascular Disease (stroke or “brain attack”): NEW: Multiple embolic infarction, diffusion and FLAIR imaging Acute stroke: speech arrest Acute stroke: speaks nonsense words, “fluent aphasia” (time-lapse movies) Acute stroke: writes, but can’t read, “alexia without agraphia” Subacute stroke: hesitating speech, “transcortical aphasia” Subacute stroke: loss of sensation

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