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THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 10, 2025. Semantic wiki with structured information, primarily from functional and molecular neuroimaging papers, but there are also other types of papers, e.g., from personality genetics. It lists results from neuroimaging studies, such as Talairach coordinates and brain volume measurements, as well as software packages and brain regions. SQL dumps of the structured information in the wiki is available so complex queries can be formed. The Brede Wiki templates store the structured information from neuroscience papers and editors may add free format text. Template definitions format the data so it is presented as tables on the formatted wiki-page. From a given PMID a web-service can format information from PubMed for inclusion in the Brede Wiki. A Matlab script can extract coordinates from SPM5 and format them in the Talairach coordinate template format.
Biomedical technology research center that develops instrumentation, analysis techniques, spin probes and spin traps, and methodologies for imaging physiologically relevant aspects of tissue fluids, including high-resolution oxygen maps, with very low frequency electron paramagnetic resonance imaging (EPRI). Novel bridges and high-access, low-field magnet/gradient systems have produced physiologically relevant measurements and accommodate a number of resonant structures. The Center is a consortium between the University of Chicago, the University of Denver, the University of Maryland and Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry (NIOC), Russia.
Biomedical technology research center dedicated to the use of lasers and optics in biology and medicine with activities in technological research and development, collaborative research, service, training, and dissemination. One of the primary goals of LAMMP is to facilitate translational research by rapidly moving basic science and technology discoveries from blackboard to benchtop to bedside. This is accomplished by combining state of the art optical technologies with specialized resource facilities for cell and tissue engineering, histopathology, pre-clinical animal models, and clinical care. The resource center has been organized into 3 cores: * Microscopy and Microbeam Technologies (MMT) for high-resolution functional imaging and manipulation of living cells and tissues * Medical Translational Technologies (MTT) for non- and minimally-invasive monitoring, treating, and imaging pre-clinical animal models and human subjects, and * Virtual Photonics Technologies (VPT) for developing computational models and methods that advance the performance of biophotonic technologies, and enhance the information content derived from optical measurements. LAMMP cores contain complementary technologies that are capable of quantitatively characterizing, imaging, and perturbing structure and biochemical function in cells and tissues with scalable resolution and depth sensitivity ranging from micrometers to centimeters.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on March 19,2024. Biomedical Technology Research Center that develops methodologies for the acquisition of morphological, biochemical, cellular, and functional information in living animals using nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy (MRS). Novel techniques utilizing multidimensional MR imaging, magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM), and multinuclear in vivo spectroscopy are being applied to a wide range of problems in the biomedical sciences.
A database of digital reconstructions of the human brain arterial arborizations from 61 healthy adult subjects along with extracted morphological measurements. The arterial arborizations include the six major trees stemming from the circle of Willis, namely: the left and right Anterior Cerebral Arteries (ACAs), Middle Cerebral Arteries (MCAs), and Posterior Cerebral Arteries (PCAs).
Biomedical technology research center that develops innovative technologies in five core research areas of magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS): # image reconstruction, fast imaging and radiofrequency (RF) pulse design methods, # R hardware development, # body imaging methods, # neuroimaging methods. # MR spectroscopy methods. In each of these areas, they capitalize on the long-standing, successful partnership and extensive experience in Stanford's Radiology and Electrical Engineering departments to improve and expand imaging technology for use in basic research and clinical care, and to provide cutting edge opportunities to the extramural community for biomedical research with MRI. Over its more than 18 years of existence, CAMRT has been motivated by and has served a wide base of extramurally sponsored collaborators and service users from leading medical and research institutions. Examples of collaborative projects are the development of real-time functional MRI biofeedback methods for neuroscience and clinical applications such as pain remediation, development of methods to mitigate metal artifacts in musculoskeletal imaging, development of novel RF pulses for many applications, and studies of breast cancer with efficient MRS methods.
Biomedical technology research center developing, investigating, and disseminating new hyperpolarized MR techniques, new 13C agents and specialized analysis open-source software for data reconstruction and interpretation. The Technology Research & Development projects will leverage the extensive DNP facilities and experience of the project leaders to develop improved, robust hyperpolarized MRI methods. These technology developments will be driven by Collaborative Projects led by outstanding clinical and basic scientists who aim to use hyperpolarized 13C MRI to accomplish the scientific goals of their funded research. These technical developments will also be disseminated to the Service Project investigators for extramural feedback and then widely to the scientific community via a dedicated website and onsite training. This center will provide state-of-the-art training in this new metabolic imaging field and sponsor a yearly symposium focused on hyperpolarized MR technology development.
Biomedical technology research center focusing on the development of very high frequency (above 20 MHz) ultrasonic transducers/arrays for applications in medicine and biology that include ophthalmology, dermatology, vascular surgery, and small animal imaging. The research is pursued simultaneously in three directions: novel piezoelectric materials, very high frequency single element transducers and linear arrays, and finite element modeling and material property measurements. The Center also serves the community through collaborative efforts with investigators having a research interest in high-frequency ultrasound imaging. In addition, it performs the function of training and information dissemination by offering conferences, seminars and specialized courses at the University of Southern California. The Center has set forth a number of goals which define its mission: * Conduct novel research and development of very high frequency (>20MHz) ultrasonic transducers, arrays and imaging applications * Collaborate with other academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and small businesses supported by the NIH to further the development of these high-frequency applications and provide the expertise in transducers necessary for project success * Serve as an educational center for training scientists and engineers interested in ultrasonic transducer technology One of the primary goals of the Center is to provide service to outside investigators and small business. Often an investigator or company has a specific application in mind but is without the expertise to develop the necessary ultrasonic device. Investigators at academic institutions, research institutes, or small businesses supported by NIH grants who have a need for medical ultrasound transducers and are interested in a collaborative effort should contact Dr. Hyung Ham Kim or Dr. K. Kirk Shung. Ultrasound transducers and components can be fabricated either completely by center personnel or in a joint effort with other investigators. In addition, collaborators are encouraged to visit the facility for additional training in fabrication and assembly.
Biobank which collects, preserves, and assesses gene information related to species of plants indigenous to Israel. The Bank's goal is to conserve representative gene pools of species whose economic potential has yet to be developed.
Data analysis service that predicts protein subcellular localizations of animal, fungal, plant, and human proteins based on sequence similarity and gene ontology information.
Biomedical technology research center that develops new technology for NMR spectroscopy and makes it available to the biomedical research community for structure determination of proteins in biological supramolecular assemblies, such as membrane proteins or virus particles. The principal applications are to membrane-associated proteins; however, the approach is generally applicable to polypeptides that cannot be prepared in forms suitable for X-ray crystallography or multidimensional solution NMR spectroscopy. As a result, there are also applications to viruses and other biological systems. The principal instrumentation consists of high-field NMR spectrometers dedicated to high-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The spectrometers are capable of the full-range of multiple-resonance experiments on stationary and spinning samples; however, the major emphasis is on methods that utilize mechanically or magnetically oriented samples. Development encompasses preparation of samples, including: * Expression and purification of membrane proteins * Design and construction of instrumentation, especially probes * Implementation of new pulse sequences and other experimental protocols for solid-state NMR spectroscopy * Calculations for the processing of experimental data and protein structure determination from the orientational constraints derived from these data
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.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 23,2022. A database of over 700 retinal topography maps of a wide variety of species published in a diversity of journals. It has been assembled to assist vision and neuroscience researchers to locate and compare the distribution of retinal neurons within and across species. The maps can be searched by taxonomic or common name classification, cell type sampled, type of retinal specialization and staining/visualization method. Maps can be compared by selecting multiple maps and clicking the Compare Selected button. An interactive spreadsheet can be also downloaded.
An image processing program running under Windows suitable for such tasks as tensor calculation, color mapping, fiber tracking, and 3D visualization. Most of operations can be done with only a few clicks. This tool evolved from DTI Studio. Tools in the program can be grouped in the following way: * Image Viewer * Diffusion Tensor Calculations * Fiber Tracking and Editing * 3D Visualization * Image File Management * Region of Interesting (ROI) Drawing and Statistics * Image Registration
List of lectures, slides and videos concerning neuroscience and neurophysiology.
Biospecimen and clinical data repository for researchers that includes tumor and normal tissue, blood samples, and other bio fluids. Samples are refrigerated, frozen, deep frozen, or frozen in liquid nitrogen. Four service lines are provided: ExpressBank offers access to biospecimens, which are collected under IRB-approved core protocol for future unknown research projects; Service Bank offers services such as biospecimen procurement, processing, and temporary banking; PathBank offers access to high-quality, annotated formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues and H&E slides from Pathology department on fee-for-sample basis; and On-DemandBank allows targeted development of a temporary Biobank that strictly meets the specifications of an IRB-approved collection protocol of a sponsor on fee-for-service basis.
THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on February 28,2023. Software package for Multipoint QTL Mapping in Genetically Heterogeneous Animals (entry from Genetic Analysis Software) The method is implemented in a C-program and there is now an R version of HAPPY. You can run HAPPY remotely from their web server using your own data (or try it out on the data provided for download).
NeuroMorpho.Org light species ontology is a customized taxonomy for species available in NeuroMorpho.Org. This file is created from the existing resources like NCBI Taxonomy, NIF organism, Rat strain ontology, and Jax mice catalogue. The OBO file can be explored and downloaded from the NCBO bioportal service. The current NCBI_NMOsp_v1.2.2.obo file consists of 887 concepts of which 24 unique classes are mapped onto species & strains data in NeuroMorpho.Org database.
A resource for sharing and collaboratively developing computational models of neural systems. While models can be submitted and developed in any format, the use of open standards such as NeuroML and PyNN is encouraged, to ensure transparency, modularity, accessibility and cross simulator portability. OSB will provide advanced facilities to analyze, visualize and transform models in these formats, and to connect researchers interested in models of specific neurons, brain regions and disease states. Research themes include: Basal ganglia modelling, Cerebellar Granule cell modelling, Cerebellar modelling, Hippocampal modelling, Neocortical modelling, Whole brain models. Additional themes are welcome.
MATLAB tool to effectively identify potential therapeutic targets and drugs in cancer using genetic network-based approaches. It can rapidly extract genetic interactions from a precompiled database stored as a MATLAB MAT-file without the need to interrogate remote SQL databases. Millions of interactions involving thousands of candidate genes can be mapped to the genetic network within minutes. While TARGETgene is currently based on the gene network reported in (Wu et al.,Bioinformatics 26:807-813, 2010), it can be easily extended to allow the optional use of other developed gene networks. The simple graphical user interface also enables rapid, intuitive mapping and analysis of therapeutic targets at the systems level. By mapping predictions to drug-target information, TARGETgene may be used as an initial drug screening tool that identifies compounds for further evaluation. In addition, TARGETgene is expected to be applicable to identify potential therapeutic targets for any type or subtype of cancers, even those rare cancers that are not genetically recognized. Identification of Potential Therapeutic Targets * Prioritize potential therapeutic targets from thousands of candidate genes generated from high-throughput experiments using network-based metrics * Validate predictions (prioritization) using user-defined benchmark genes and curated cancer genes * Explore biologic information of selected targets through external databases (e.g., NCBI Entrez Gene) and gene function enrichment analysis Initial Drug Screening * Identify for further evaluation existing drugs and compounds that may act on the potential therapeutic targets identified by TARGETgene * Explore general information on identified drugs of interest through several external links Operating System: Windows XP / Vista / 7