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 Neuroinformatics The Human Brain Project

 
 
 

Vocabulary

Neuroinformatics - A field of study that combines neuroscience, informatics, and computational research. Neuroinfomaticians, are people who study the brain and nervous system using techniques that generate lots of data. They use computers and mathematical techniques to study and understand the data.

 

 


Resources and Links

The National Institute of Mental Health Office on Neuroinformatics is a Brains Rule! partner. Dr. Steven Koslow is the Director.

The Society for Neuroscience Database Gateway provides links to different types of databases. By clicking on the link below, the gateway page opens. Click on one of the different categories of databases listed and start to explore the exciting world of neuroinformatics!
http://big.sfn.org/NDG/site/

NIH Neuroinformatics and Human Brain Project Initiatives
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/oni

Checkout some of the neuroinformatics research grants currently funded
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/neuroinformatics/researchgrants.cfm

Synapse Web, 3D modeling of neurons in the brain
http://synapses.bu.edu

International Consortium for Brain Mapping
http://www.loni.ucla.edu/ICBM/index.html

The Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
http://www.loni.ucla.edu/SVG/animation/index.html

The Jan/Feb 2001 issue of the Journal of the American
Medical Informatics Association focused on Neuroinformatics
www.jamia.org

Integration of Multidisciplinary Sensory Data
Gordon Shepherd, Yale University

High Resolution Mouse Brain Atlas
Richard L. Sidman, Harvard Medical School

Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections
The University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University and The National
Museum of Health and Medicine

The Whole Brain Atlas
Harvard University

The Digital Anatomist Project
University of Washington

The Cerebellum Database

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