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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/penncnv

A free software tool for Copy Number Variation (CNV) detection from SNP genotyping arrays. Currently it can handle signal intensity data from Illumina and Affymetrix arrays. With appropriate preparation of file format, it can also handle other types of SNP arrays and oligonucleotide arrays. PennCNV implements a hidden Markov model (HMM) that integrates multiple sources of information to infer CNV calls for individual genotyped samples. It differs form segmentation-based algorithm in that it considered SNP allelic ratio distribution as well as other factors, in addition to signal intensity alone. In addition, PennCNV can optionally utilize family information to generate family-based CNV calls by several different algorithms. Furthermore, PennCNV can generate CNV calls given a specific set of candidate CNV regions, through a validation-calling algorithm.

Proper citation: PennCNV (RRID:SCR_002518) Copy   

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http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/

Knowledge base (or ontology) that characterizes the state of current thought in cognitive science that captures knowledge from users with expertise in psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. There are two basic kinds of knowledge in the knowledge base. Terms provide definitions and properties for individual concepts and tasks. Assertions describe relations between terms in the same way that a sentence describes relations between parts of speech. The goal is to develop a knowledge base that will support annotation of data in databases, as well as supporting improved discourse in the community. It is open to all interested researchers. A fundamental feature of the knowledge base is the desire and ability to capture not just agreement but also disagreement regarding definitions and assertions. Thus, if you see a definition or assertion that you disagree with, then you can assert and describe your disagreement. The project is led by Russell Poldrack, Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Computational Biology (A. Toga, PI) and UCLA Consortium for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics (R. Bilder, PI). Most tasks used in cognitive psychology research are not identical across different laboratories or even within the same laboratory over time. A major advantage of anchoring cognitive ontologies to the measurement level is that the strategy for determining changes in task properties is easier than tracking changes in concept definitions and usage. The process is easier because task parameters are usually (if not always) operationalized objectively, offering a clear basis to judge divergence in methods. The process is also easier because most tasks are based on prior tasks, and thus can more readily be considered descendants in a phylogenetic sense.

Proper citation: Cognitive Atlas (RRID:SCR_002793) Copy   

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http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on May 11, 2016. Repository of brain-mapping data (surfaces and volumes; structural and functional data) derived from studies including fMRI and MRI from many laboratories, providing convenient access to a growing body of neuroimaging and related data. WebCaret is an online visualization tool for viewing SumsDB datasets. SumsDB includes: * data on cerebral cortex and cerebellar cortex * individual subject data and population data mapped to atlases * data from FreeSurfer and other brainmapping software besides Caret SumsDB provides multiple levels of data access and security: * Free (public) access (e.g., for data associated with published studies) * Data access restricted to collaborators in different laboratories * Owner-only access for work in progress Data can be downloaded from SumsDB as individual files or as bundles archived for offline visualization and analysis in Caret WebCaret provides online Caret-style visualization while circumventing software and data downloads. It is a server-side application running on a linux cluster at Washington University. WebCaret "scenes" facilitate rapid visualization of complex combinations of data Bi-directional links between online publications and WebCaret/SumsDB provide: * Links from figures in online journal article to corresponding scenes in WebCaret * Links from metadata in WebCaret directly to relevant online publications and figures

Proper citation: SumsDB (RRID:SCR_002759) Copy   

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http://www.neurogems.org/neosim/

Simulation software that includes a parallel discrete event simulation kernel for running models of spiking neurons on a cluster of workstations. Models are specified using NeuroML, and visualized using Java2D. Simulation components are distributed across a parallel machine or network and communicate using timestamped events. The successor NEOSIM2 project under the NeuroGems umbrella at Edinburgh University (http://www.neurogems.org) continues to distribute the software, http://www.neurogems.org/neosim2/ The NEOSIM project includes: * a parallel discrete event simulation kernel for running models of spiking neural networks on clusters of machines. * a modules kit for extending the behavior of neurons and connectivity patterns. * a user interface for building and running simulations. OS: Linux, MS-Windows

Proper citation: Neural Open Simulation (RRID:SCR_002916) Copy   

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http://brainmap.org/

A community database of published functional and structural neuroimaging experiments with both metadata descriptions of experimental design and activation locations in the form of stereotactic coordinates (x,y,z) in Talairach or MNI space. BrainMap provides not only data for meta-analyses and data mining, but also distributes software and concepts for quantitative integration of neuroimaging data. The goal of BrainMap is to develop software and tools to share neuroimaging results and enable meta-analysis of studies of human brain function and structure in healthy and diseased subjects. It is a tool to rapidly retrieve and understand studies in specific research domains, such as language, memory, attention, reasoning, emotion, and perception, and to perform meta-analyses of like studies. Brainmap contains the following software: # Sleuth: database searches and Talairach coordinate plotting (this application requires a username and password) # GingerALE: performs meta-analyses via the activation likelihood estimation (ALE) method; also converts coordinates between MNI and Talairach spaces using icbm2tal # Scribe: database entry of published functional neuroimaging papers with coordinate results

Proper citation: brainmap.org (RRID:SCR_003069) Copy   

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http://fantom.gsc.riken.jp/

International collaborative research project and database of annotated mammalian genome. Used to improve estimates of total number of genes and their alternative transcript isoforms in both human and mouse. Consortium to assign functional annotations to full length cDNAs that were collected during Mouse Encyclopedia Project at RIKEN.

Proper citation: Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome (RRID:SCR_000788) Copy   

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http://www.sfn.org/SiteObjects/published/0000BDF20016F63800FD712C30FA42DD/1304F8BE908CE526359306C138737F9F/file/NRF%20Contacts.pdf

This resource provides a list of federal program officials in the neurosciences. An informal compendium of names and contact information for nearly 300 research grant and scientific review administrators in 21 organizational units.

Proper citation: NRF Contacts (RRID:SCR_001473) Copy   

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http://hopkinsneuro.org/research/jhu_nimh/

The Johns Hopkins NIMH Center is comprised of an interdisciplinary research team who has pooled their talents to study the nature of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). Their aim is to translate discoveries of the pathophysiological mechanisms into novel therapeutics for HAND. Objectives * To integrate aspects of ongoing research in HAND and SIV encephalitis * Develop high-throughput and screening assays for identifying novel therapeutic compounds * Use proteomics and lipidomics approaches to indentifying surrogate markers of disease activity * Disseminate information and education about HAND through existing and new educational systems, including the JHU AIDS Education Training Center and the JHU Center for Global Clinical Education * Facilitate the entry of new investigators into Neuro-AIDS research, and to catalyze new areas of research, particularly where relevant for drug discovery or the development of validated surrogate markers

Proper citation: Johns Hopkins NIMH Research Center Novel Therapeutics of HIV-associated Cognitive Disorders (RRID:SCR_001891) Copy   

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http://gara.bio.uci.edu

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented on April 24, 2017. Database of images depicting the spatial distribution of 2-deoxyglucose uptake evoked in the glomerular layer of the rat olfactory bulb in response to a wide range of defined odorant stimuli. A number of different display and comparison tools are provided allowing patterns to be viewed from different perspectives, and descriptions of the methods and interpretations of these data are provided. Some of the more advanced tools require you to download software.

Proper citation: Glomerular Activity Response Archive (RRID:SCR_002089) Copy   

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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/voxbo

Software package for brain image manipulation and analysis, focusing on fMRI and lesion analysis. VoxBo can be used independently or in conjunction with other packages. It provides GLM-based statistical tools, an architecture for interoperability with other tools (they encourage users to incorporate SPM and FSL into their processing pipelines), an automation system, a system for parallel distributed computing, numerous stand-alone tools, decent wiki-based documentation, and lots more.

Proper citation: VoxBo (RRID:SCR_002166) Copy   

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https://trialweb.dcri.duke.edu/tads/index.html

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 16,2023. Multi-site clinical research study examining the short- and long-term effectiveness of an antidepressant medication and psychotherapy alone and in combination for treating depression in adolescents ages 12 to 17. For teens treated in TADS, the trial is designed to provide best-practice practical care for depression.

Proper citation: TADS - Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (RRID:SCR_000037) Copy   

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http://cbrain.mcgill.ca/loris

A modular and extensible web-based data management system that integrates all aspects of a multi-center study, from heterogeneous data acquisition to storage, processing and ultimately dissemination, within a streamlined platform. Through a standard web browser, users are able to perform a wide variety of tasks, such as data entry, 3D image visualization and data querying. LORIS also stores data independently from any image processing pipeline, such that data can be processed by external image analysis software tools. LORIS provides a secure web-based and database-driven infrastructure to automate the flow of clinical data for complex multi-site neuroimaging trials and studies providing researchers with the ability to easily store, link, and access significant quantities of both scalar (clinical, psychological, genomic) and multi-dimensional (imaging) data. LORIS can collect behavioral, neurological, and imaging data, including anatomical and functional 3D/4D MRI models, atlases and maps. LORIS also functions as a project monitoring and auditing platform to oversee data acquisition across multiple study sites. Confidentiality during multi-site data sharing is provided by the Subject Profile Management System, which can perform automatic removal of confidential personal information and multiple real-time quality control checks. Additionally, web interactions with the LORIS portal take place over an encrypted channel via SSL, ensuring data security. Additional features such as Double Data Entry and Statistics and Data Query GUI are included.

Proper citation: LORIS - Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging System (RRID:SCR_000590) Copy   

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https://resource.loni.usc.edu/resources/atlases/

Probabilistic reference system for human brain, including tools to establish this reference system for structural and functional anatomy on both macroscopic (in vivo) and microscopic (post mortem) levels. Project has expanded neuroinformatics tools for data sharing and created Conforming Site System that allows laboratories worldwide to contribute data to evolving atlas. Through implementation of ICBM data sharing policy space, they are fostering data exchange while still providing for scientific credit assignment and subject confidentiality.ICBM atlas collection consists of ICBM Template, tool developed to provide reference that includes both set of coordinates and associated anatomical labels; the ICBM 452 T1 atlas, average of T1-weighted MRIs of normal young adult brains, ICBM probabilistic atlases, and Cytoarchitectonic Atlas. ICBM Subject Database is web-based database infrastructure that simplifies image dataset collection, organization and dissemination. Authorized users may view representations of data and form collections of datasets that can be downloaded or fed directly into Pipeline environment for distributed processing and analysis.

Proper citation: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (RRID:SCR_000445) Copy   

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http://www.patternlabforproteomics.org/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented July 5, 2018. Gene Ontology Explorer (GOEx) combines data from protein fold changes with GO over-representation statistics to help draw conclusions in proteomic experiments. It is tightly integrated within the PatternLab for Proteomics project and, thus, lies within a complete computational environment that provides parsers and pattern recognition tools designed for spectral counting. GOEx offers three independent methods to query data: an interactive directed acyclic graph, a specialist mode where key words can be searched, and an automatic search. A recent hack included in GOEx is to load the sparse matrix index file directly into GOEx, instead of going through the report generation using the AC/T-fold methods. This makes it easy for GOEx to analyze any list of proteins as long as the list follows the index file format (described in manuscript) . Please note that if using this alternative strategy, there will be no protein fold information. Platform: Windows compatible

Proper citation: GOEx - Gene Ontology Explorer (RRID:SCR_005779) Copy   

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http://brainvis.wustl.edu/wiki/index.php/Caret:About

Software package to visualize and analyze structural and functional characteristics of cerebral and cerebellar cortex in humans, nonhuman primates, and rodents. Runs on Apple (Mac OSX), Linux, and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Proper citation: Computerized Anatomical Reconstruction and Editing Toolkit (RRID:SCR_006260) Copy   

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http://nipy.org

Community site to make brain imaging research easier that aims to build software that is clearly written, clearly explained, a good fit for the underlying ideas, and a natural home for collaboration.

Proper citation: Neuroimaging in Python (RRID:SCR_013141) Copy   

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

A portal to educational resources.

Proper citation: NIMH Educational Resources (RRID:SCR_004045) 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://yogo.msu.montana.edu/

A set of software tools created to rapidly build scientific data-management applications. These applications will enhance the process of data annotation, analysis, and web publication. The system provides a set of easy-to-use software tools for data sharing by the scientific community. It enables researchers to build their own custom-designed data management systems. The problem of scientific data management rests on several challenges. These include flexible data storage, a way to share the stored data, tools to curate the data, and history of the data to show provenance. The Yogo Framework gives you the ability to build scientific data management applications that address all of these challenges. The Yogo software is being developed as part of the NeuroSys project. All tools created as part of the Yogo Data Management Framework are open source and released under an OSI approved license.

Proper citation: Yogo Data Management System (RRID:SCR_004239) Copy   

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https://www.med.unc.edu/pgc/

Consortium conducting meta-analyses of genome-wide genetic data for psychiatric disease. Focused on autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa (AN), Tourette syndrome (TS), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Used to investigate common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped on commercial arrays, structural variation (copy number variation) and uncommon or rare genetic variation. To participate you are asked to upload data from your study to central computer used by this consortium. Genetic Cluster Computer serves as data warehouse and analytical platform for this study . When data from your study have been incorporated, account will be provided on central server and access to all GWAS genotypes, phenotypes, and meta-analytic results relevant to deposited data and participation aims. NHGRI GWAS Catalog contains updated information about all GWAS in biomedicine, and is usually excellent starting point to find comprehensive list of studies. Files can be obtained by any PGC member for any disease to which they contributed data. These files can also be obtained by application to NIMH Genetics Repository. Individual-level genotype and phenotype data requires application, material transfer agreement, and informed consent consideration. Some datasets are also in controlled-access dbGaP and Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium repositories. PGC members can also receive back cleaned and imputed data and results for samples they contributed to PGC analyses.

Proper citation: Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (RRID:SCR_004495) Copy   

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