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http://millette.med.sc.edu/Lab%209%2610/histology_of_nervous_tissue.htm

A website for a neuroscience lab class from the University of South Carolina that contains images of different parts of the nervous system and allows students to identify each part and answer questions about it. You should be able to (a) recognize nervous tissue in routine histological sections; (b) distinguish peripheral nerves from dense CT and smooth muscle; (c) recognize the morphological differences between myelinated and unmyelinated nerves at both the light microscopic and electron microscopic levels; (d) recognize nerve cell bodies and their component parts; (e) identify and differentiate dendrites and axons; (f) understand and identify various types of neuroglia, including Schwann cells; (g) understand and identify the structural relationship of the Schwann cell cytoplasm and plasma membrane enveloping axons; (h) understand the general features of nerve synapses. You should be able to draw nerves, cell bodies, Nodes of Ranvier, synapses etc. as they would appear under both the electron and light microscopes.

Proper citation: Histology of Nervous Tissue Laboratory Course (RRID:SCR_002367) Copy   

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https://biccn.org

Consortium for the cell census in the brain. Integrated network of data generating centers, data archives, and data standards developers, with the goal of systematic multimodal brain cell type profiling and characterization. Emphasis of the BICCN is on the whole mouse brain with demonstration of prototype feasibility for human and nonhuman primate brains.

Proper citation: BICCN (RRID:SCR_015820) Copy   

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https://www.nitrc.org/projects/normalizefov

FSoftware for field-of-view normalization to minimize mismatch in different subjects' images. It aids that streamline analysis of large-scale brain MRI datasets.

Proper citation: NeuroImage Field-of-View Normalization Tool (RRID:SCR_015957) Copy   

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https://intbir.nih.gov/

Project whose goal is to improve health care and lessen the global burden of TBI through the discovery of causal relationships between treatments and clinically meaningful outcomes. InTBIR seeks to encourage well-designed, hypothesis-driven studies that include the collection of high quality data followed by rigorous statistical analysis.

Proper citation: International Initiative for Traumatic Brain Injury Research (RRID:SCR_016237) 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://www.nimh.nih.gov/educational-resources/brains-inner-workings/the-brains-inner-workings-activities-for-grades-9-through-12.shtml

This comprehensive free collection of multimedia resources and inquiry-based activities tied to the National Science Education Standards help teachers and students learn about the structure, function and cognitive aspects of the human brain. The packet includes a teacher's manual, student manual, DVD of videos, and a CDROM of accompanying materials.

Proper citation: Brain's Inner Workings: Activities for Grades 9 through 12 (RRID:SCR_008842) Copy   

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http://www.nimh.nih.gov/educational-resources/brain-basics/brain-basics.shtml

Brain Basics provides information on how the brain works, how mental illnesses are disorders of the brain, and ongoing research that helps us better understand and treat disorders. Mental disorders are common. You may have a friend, colleague, or relative with a mental disorder, or perhaps you have experienced one yourself at some point. Such disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and many others. Some people who develop a mental illness may recover completely; others may have repeated episodes of illness with relatively stable periods in between. Still others live with symptoms of mental illness every day. They can be moderate, or serious and cause severe disability. Through research, we know that mental disorders are brain disorders. Evidence shows that they can be related to changes in the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the nervous system. When the brain cannot effectively coordinate the billions of cells in the body, the results can affect many aspects of life. Scientists are continually learning more about how the brain grows and works in healthy people, and how normal brain development and function can go awry, leading to mental illnesses. Brain Basics will introduce you to some of this science, such as: * How the brain develops * How genes and the environment affect the brain * The basic structure of the brain * How different parts of the brain communicate and work with each other * How changes in the brain can lead to mental disorders, such as depression.

Proper citation: Brain Basics (RRID:SCR_005606) Copy   

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http://www.fmriconsulting.com/brodmann/

An atlas that facilitates fMRI analysis understanding by providing access to all of the functions that have been associated with each of the 52 Brodmann's areas or corresponding gyri. Links to main publications supporting the findings are provided in PubMed ID format. Brodmann's areas with similar functions and locations have been collapsed into a single page. The word left or right has been added indicating a lateralized function. All the abstracts published on PubMed on fMRI and brain PET studies in which the Brodmann's area or its anatomical correlate were mentioned have been reviewed up to August 2008. Abstracts with poorly described experimental methods or findings clearly conflicting with established knowledge provided by the clinical model were excluded. Studies on patients were also excluded.

Proper citation: Brodmann's Interactive Atlas (RRID:SCR_006368) Copy   

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http://nac.spl.harvard.edu/

Biomedical Technology Resource Center that develops image processing and analysis techniques for basic and clinical neurosciences. The NAC research approach emphasizes both specific core technologies and collaborative application projects. The core activity of the center is the development of algorithms and techniques for postprocessing of imaging data. New segmentation techniques aid identification of brain structures and disease. Registration methods are used for relating image data to specific patient anatomy or one set of images to another. Visualization tools allow the display of complex anatomical and quantitative information. High-performance computing hardware and associated software techniques further accelerate algorithms and methods. Digital anatomy atlases are developed for the support of both interactive and algorithmic computational tools. Although the emphasis of the NAC is on the dissemination of concepts and techniques, specific elements of the core software technologies have been made available to outside researchers or the community at large. The NAC's core technologies serve the following major collaborative projects: Alzheimer's disease and the aging brain, morphometric measures in schizophrenia and schizotypal disorder, quantitative analysis of multiple sclerosis, and interactive image-based planning and guidance in neurosurgery. One or more NAC researchers have been designated as responsible for each of the core technologies and the collaborative projects.

Proper citation: Neuroimage Analysis Center (RRID:SCR_008998) Copy   

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http://brainarchitecture.org/

Evolving portal that will provide interactive tools and resources to allow researchers, clinicians, and students to discover, analyze, and visualize what is known about the brain's organization, and what the evidence is for that knowledge. This project has a current experimental focus: creating the first brainwide mesoscopic connectivity diagram in the mouse. Related efforts for the human brain currently focus on literature mining and an Online Brain Atlas Reconciliation Tool. The primary goal of the Brain Architecture Project is to assemble available knowledge about the structure of the nervous system, with an ultimate emphasis on the human CNS. Such information is currently scattered in research articles, textbooks, electronic databases and datasets, and even as samples on laboratory shelves. Pooling the knowledge across these heterogeneous materials - even simply getting to know what we know - is a complex challenge that requires an interdisciplinary approach and the contributions and support of the greater community. Their approach can be divided into 4 major thrusts: * Literature Curation and Text Mining * Computational Analysis * Resource Development * Experimental Efforts

Proper citation: Brain Architecture Project (RRID:SCR_004283) 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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http://www.na-mic.org/

The National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC) is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, software engineers, and medical investigators who develop computational tools for the analysis and visualization of medical image data. The purpose of the Center is to provide the infrastructure and environment for the development of computational algorithms and open-source technologies, and then oversee the training and dissemination of these tools to the medical research community. Electronic resources provided by NA-MIC include software, data, tutorials, presentations, and more.

Proper citation: National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (RRID:SCR_004460) 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.brainsciencepodcast.com/

Podcast, hosted by Dr. Ginger Campbell, featuring the latest books about neuroscience as well as interviews with leading scientists from around the world. In this podcast, she shares recent discoveries from the world of neuroscience in a way that people of all backgrounds can enjoy. Dr. Campbell is an experienced emergency physician with a long-standing interest in mind-body medicine, the brain, and consciousness. She believes that understanding how the brain works gives us insight into what makes us human. She is also committed to showing how the scientific method has unraveled many long-standing mysteries. Brain Science Transcripts are also available.

Proper citation: Brain Science Podcast (RRID:SCR_004491) Copy   

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http://www.brainarchitecture.org/mouse-home

An atlas project whose goal is to enerate brainwide maps of inter-regional neural connectivity that specify the inputs and outputs of every brain region, at a "mesoscopic" level of analysis. A 3D injection viewer is used to view the mouse brain. To determine the outputs of a brain region, anterograde tracers are used which are taken up by neurons locally ("the input"), then transported actively down the axons to the "output regions." The whole brain is then sliced thinly, and each slice is digitally imaged. These 2-D images are reconstructed in 3D. The majority of the resulting 3-D brain image is unlabeled. Only the injected region and its output regions have tracer in them, allowing for identification of this small fraction of the connectivity map. This procedure is repeated identically, to account for individual variability. To determine the inputs to the same brain region as above, a retrograde tracer is injected in the same stereotaxic location ("the input"), and the process is repeated. In order to accumulate data from different mice (each of whom has a slightly different brain shape and size), 3-D spatial normalization is performed using registration algorithms. These gigapixel images of whole-brain sections can be zoomed to show individual neurons and their processes, providing a "virtual microscope." Each sampled brain is represented in about 500 images, each image showing an optical section through a 20 micron-thick slice of brain tissue. A multi-resolution viewer permits users to journey through each brain, following the pathways taken through three-dimensional brain space by tracer-labeled neuronal pathways. A key point is that at the mid-range "mesoscopic" scale, the team expects to assemble a picture of connections that are stereotypical and probably genetically determined in a species-specific manner. By dividing the volume of a hemisphere of the mouse brain into 250 equidistant, predefined grid-points, and administering four different kinds of tracer injections at each grid point -- in different animals of the same sex and age a complete wiring diagram that will be stitched together in "shotgun" fashion from the full dataset.

Proper citation: Mouse Brain Architecture Project (RRID:SCR_004683) Copy   

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http://www.brain.riken.jp/en/

RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) has a mission to produce innovative research and technology leading to scientific discoveries of the brain. In addition, BSI aims to develop domestic and international brain researchers by creating an environment that will integrate various intellectual disciplines and from that convergence find solutions that will ultimately benefit society in the realms of medicine, engineering, business, and education. In striving toward this goal, BSI has become a leading international center for brain research with a reputation for discovery, innovation, training, and globalization of the scientific enterprise. Brain science is valuable not only for the advancement of science but also because it can greatly impact our society and economy. To meet these expectations, the Brain Science Institute (BSI) was established in 1997 as part of RIKEN, an independent research institution supported by the Japanese government.

Proper citation: RIKEN Brain Science Institute (RRID:SCR_004796) Copy   

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http://www.tbregistry.org/

A non-profit organization that promotes research on hearing and balance disorders. The Registry database allows researchers to perform simple searches to locate specimens of interest. The results show the laboratories where specimens that match the query are located. Investigators should contact the individual laboratories for studying the specimens or for access to the sections. The Registry also serves the public and the scientific community through the dissemination of public information on temporal bone donation and research, enrollment of temporal bone donors, publication of The Registry, a newsletter for researchers, conservation of existing human temporal bone collections, and professional educational activities for physicians and scientists.

Proper citation: National Temporal Bone Pathology Resource Registry (RRID:SCR_004705) Copy   

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https://www.bannerhealth.com/research/locations/sun-health-institute/programs/body-donation

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on January 11, 2023. An autopsy-based, research-devoted brain bank, biobank and biospecimen bank that derives its human donors from the Arizona Study of Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease (AZSAND), a longitudinal clinicopathological study of the health and diseases of elderly volunteers living in Maricopa county and metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Their function is studied during life and their organs and tissue after death. To date, they have concentrated their studies on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, heart disease and cancer. They share the banked tissue, biomaterials and biospecimens with qualified researchers worldwide. Registrants with suitable scientific credentials will be allowed access to a database of available tissue linked to relevant clinical information, and will allow tissue requests to be initiated., THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on September 16,2025.

Proper citation: Brain and Body Donation Program (RRID:SCR_004822) Copy   

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http://www.braintumor.org/

National Brain Tumor Society (NBTS) is a nonprofit organization committed to finding a cure for brain tumors. We aggressively drive strategic research, advocate for public policies that meet the critical needs of the brain tumor community, and provide patient information. Headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, with offices in San Francisco, California and Wilmington, Delaware, we host activities throughout the United States. Formed in 2008 by the merger of two leading organizations that had served the brain tumor community, the National Brain Tumor Foundation and the Brain Tumor Society, the National Brain Tumor Society is now the largest brain tumor nonprofit organization in the country. Both legacy organizations had been formed in the 1980s by parents and other people who were committed to increasing both research funding and access to resources specific to brain tumors. In 2010, the Kelly Heinz-Grundner Foundation, a Delaware-based organization, joined NBTS as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Founded in 2005, after the death of Kelly Heinz-Grundner to a brain tumor, the group has contributed to NBTS''s efforts to pursue research and public policies that benefit the brain tumor community. NBTS grant programs are effective for academic researchers, inclusive of industry expertise, and promising for the patient community. All funding is open to both the domestic and international research communities. The Innovation Research Grant Program supports catalytic transformative projects that will significantly move the field forward. These may include out-of-the-box projects or research that is critical to move therapies down the pipeline. Research that represents an incremental advance is not considered innovative. NBTS will accept Innovation Letters of Intent throughout the year. Researchers in academic or industry labs and at all stages of their career may be funded through this program.

Proper citation: National Brain Tumor Society (RRID:SCR_004744) Copy   

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http://www.ahif.org/

The Alabama Head Injury Foundation (AHIF) was founded in 1983 to increase public awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and to stimulate the development of supportive services. Today, AHIF is among the largest state brain injury associations in the nation with model programs and statewide services. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for people who have survived traumatic brain injuries and for their families. Whether the injury is mild or severe the life of the injured person and their family is changed forever. The impact can be both emotionally and financially devastating. AHIF provides the information to help clients and families understand the results of injury. AHIF helps access available resources and provides services and programs which meet the unique needs of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) as well as spinal cord injury (SCI) in certain programs.

Proper citation: Alabama Head Injury Foundation (RRID:SCR_004580) Copy   

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