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http://www.brain-map.org

Seattle based independent, nonprofit medical research organization dedicated to accelerating the understanding of how human brain works. Provides free data and tools to researchers and educators and variety of unique online public resources for exploring the nervous system. Integrates gene expression data and neuroanatomy, along with data search and viewing tools, these resources are openly accessible via the Allen Brain Atlas data portal. Provides Allen Mouse Brain, Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas, Allen Human Brain Atlas,Allen Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas, Allen Cell Type Database, The Ivy Glioblastoma Atlas Project (Ivy GAP), The BrainSpan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain.

Proper citation: Allen Institute for Brain Science (RRID:SCR_006491) Copy   

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https://alleninstitute.org/

Non profit bioscience research organization in Seattle, Washington dedicated to accelerating research globally and sharing that data within the science community. Allen Institute for Brain Science, Allen Institute for Cell Science, Allen Institute for Immunology, and The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group are four divisions of this Institute with commitment to open science model within its research institutes.

Proper citation: Allen Institute (RRID:SCR_005435) Copy   

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http://brainspan.org/

Atlas of developing human brain for studying transcriptional mechanisms involved in human brain development. Consists of RNA sequencing and exon microarray data profiling up to sixteen cortical and subcortical structures across full course of human brain development, high resolution neuroanatomical transcriptional profiles of about 300 distinct structures spanning entire brain for four midgestional prenatal specimens, in situ hybridization image data covering selected genes and brain regions in developing and adult human brain, reference atlas in full color with high resolution anatomic reference atlases of prenatal (two stages) and adult human brain along with supporting histology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) data.

Proper citation: Allen Human Brain Atlas: BrainSpan (Atlas of the Developing Brain) (RRID:SCR_008083) Copy   

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http://mouse.brain-map.org/static/atlas

Allen Mouse Brain Atlas includes full color, high resolution anatomic reference atlas accompanied by systematic, hierarchically organized taxonomy of mouse brain structures. Enables interactive online exploration of atlas and to provide deeper level of 3D annotation for informatics analysis and viewing in Brain Explorer 3D viewer.

Proper citation: Allen Mouse Brain Reference Atlas (RRID:SCR_002978) Copy   

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https://atlas.brain-map.org/

3D reference atlas to use with online datasets or as standalone resources. Can be used to analyze, visualize, and integrate multimodal and multiscale datasets in 3D. Intensity and shape population average template brain serves as basis of reference space and coordinate system. Average was constructed at 10 um voxel resolution by interpolating high resolution serial two photon tomography images from young adult C57BL/6J mice. Using multimodal reference data, entire brain was directly parcellated in 3D, labeling every voxel with brain structure from Allen Mouse Reference Atlas Ontology. In the 2017 release, the parcellation spanned 43 isocortical areas and their layers, 329 subcortical gray matter structures, 81 fiber tracts, and 8 ventricular structures.

Proper citation: Allen Mouse Brain Common Coordinate Framework (RRID:SCR_020999) Copy   

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https://biccn.org/data

Searchable table of datasets. Data generated from projects through BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network. Datasets can be filtered by species, research investigator, grant number or experimental technique. Includes links to data directories at data archives and links to protocols.

Proper citation: BICCN Cell Registry (RRID:SCR_017267) Copy   

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https://www.portal.brain-bican.org/

Provides molecular and anatomical foundational framework for study of brain function and disorders.Comprehensive Center on Human and Non-Human Primate Brain Cell Atlases with goal to build reference brain cell atlases that will be used throughout research community.

Proper citation: BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network (RRID:SCR_022794) Copy   

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https://knowledge.brain-map.org/

Comprehensive multi-species platform for neuroscience teams to understand brain cells and anatomy. Brain Knowledge Platform includes catalog of relevant data and projects, as well as visualization tools for understanding brain cell types.

Proper citation: Brain Knowledge Platform (RRID:SCR_027180) Copy   

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https://azimuth.hubmapconsortium.org/

Web application that uses annotated reference dataset to automate processing, analysis, and interpretation of new single cell RNA-seq experiment. Azimuth leverages reference based mapping, pipeline that inputs counts matrix of gene expression in single cells, and performs normalization, visualization, cell annotation, and differential expression. All results can be explored within the app, and easily downloaded for additional downstream analysis.

Proper citation: Azimuth (RRID:SCR_021084) Copy   

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http://neuromorpho.org/index.jsp

Centrally curated inventory of digitally reconstructed neurons associated with peer-reviewed publications that contains some of the most complete axonal arborizations digitally available in the community. Each neuron is represented by a unique identifier, general information (metadata), the original and standardized ASCII files of the digital morphological reconstruction, and a set of morphometric features. It contains contributions from over 100 laboratories worldwide and is continuously updated as new morphological reconstructions are collected, published, and shared. Users may browse by species, brain region, cell type or lab name. Users can also download morphological reconstructions for research and analysis. Deposition and distribution of reconstruction files ultimately prevents data loss. Centralized curation and annotation aims at minimizing the effort required by data owners while ensuring a unified format. It also provides a one-stop entry point for all available reconstructions, thus maximizing data visibility and impact.

Proper citation: NeuroMorpho.Org (RRID:SCR_002145) Copy   

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https://dandiarchive.org

Free, cloud-based platform for publishing, sharing, and processing standardized neurophysiology data, primarily using the Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) format. Supported by the BRAIN Initiative, it enables researchers to collaborate, reuse datasets, and adhere to FAIR data principles.

Proper citation: Distributed Archives for Neurophysiology Data Integration (RRID:SCR_017571) Copy   

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https://viewer.cytosplore.org/

Web based interactive visual analysis system for exploration of single cell data published in Allen Cell Types Database and for number of single cell data resources of Brain Initiative Single Cell Network. Allows interactive exploration of hierarchies of cell types, visualization of transcriptome wide gene expression in combination with metadata of individual cells, performing differential analyses and statistics between manual selections of cells, or between pre-defined clusters throughout cellular hierarchy and more.

Proper citation: Cytosplore Viewer (RRID:SCR_018330) Copy   

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https://chanzuckerberg.com/science/programs-resources/single-cell-biology/cellxgene/

Software tool as interactive explorer for single cell transcriptomics datasets. Used to explore and visualize high dimensional single cell datasets in interactive way. Can visualize gene expression at level of entire dataset or particular subset of cells to help identify cell types, which can in turn help identify diseases. Enables plotting gene expression level against another gene to compare how these different genes are expressed across dataset. Open source cell visualization tool integrates with tools like SciPy and Jupyter.

Proper citation: cellxgene (RRID:SCR_021059) 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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https://bbp.epfl.ch/nexus/cell-atlas/

Describes number, types, and positions of cells in all areas of mouse brain. Provides densities and positions of all excitatory, inhibitory and neuromodulatory neurons, as well as astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and microglia in each of brain regions defined in Allen Mouse Brain Atlas. Users can download cell numbers for statistical analysis, cell positions and types for modeling and visualizing brain areas. Underlying workflow uses imaging data from Allen Institute Common Coordinate Framework to generate cell positions and assign their type using API for data access.

Proper citation: Blue Brain Cell Atlas (RRID:SCR_019266) Copy   

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http://kimlab.io/brain-map/atlas/

Website to visualize and share anatomical labels. Franklin and Paxinos (FP) based anatomical labels in Allen Common Coordinate Framework (CCF). Cell type specific transgenic mice and MRI atlas were used to adjust and further segment labels. New segmentations were created in dorsal striatum using cortico-striatal connectivity data. Anatomical labels were digitized based on Allen ontology, and web-interface was created for easy visualization. These labels provide resource to isolate and identify mouse brain anatomical structures. Open source data sharing will facilitate further refinement of anatomical labels and integration of data interpretation within single anatomical platform.

Proper citation: Enhanced and Unified Anatomical Labeling for Common Mouse Brain Atlas (RRID:SCR_019267) Copy   

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https://github.com/mjin1812/SMART

Software tool that extends WholeBrain framework in R for segmenting and registering experimental images to Allen Mouse Common Coordinate Framework (CCF). Streamlines processing of large volumetric LSFM datasets and solves issues with non-uniform morphing across anterior-posterior axis with interactive “choice game.” Accounts for duplicate cell counts in adjacent z images and presents new ways to easily parse apart and interactively visualize final mapped datasets.

Proper citation: Semi-Manual Alignment to Reference Templates (RRID:SCR_019265) Copy   

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

Histological brain section series aligner to volumetric atlases. Software tool for user guided affine registration (anchoring) of 2D experimental image data, typically high resolution microscopic images, to 3D atlas reference space, facilitating data integration through standardized coordinate systems. Part of the QUINT workflow.

Proper citation: QuickNII (RRID:SCR_016854) Copy   

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http://www.brainimagelibrary.org

Public, NIH-funded repository and analysis ecosystem for brain microscopy data, designed to store, share, and process massive volumetric datasets. It enables researchers to access whole-brain images, neuron morphologies, and spatial data without needing to download, fostering collaborative discovery. Used to deposit, analyze, mine, share and interact with large brain image datasets.

Proper citation: Brain Image Library (RRID:SCR_017272) Copy   

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https://singlecell.broadinstitute.org/single_cell

Portal specializes in visualizing and disseminating single cell data. Allows you to use natural language and faceted search to discover other scientists’ research and share your own findings. Each study includes information on cell types, singular or multiple gene expression, and spatial transcriptomics. Interactive visualizations allow to explore cell clusters and search for related genes.

Proper citation: Single Cell Portal (RRID:SCR_014816) Copy   

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