BrainMaps

BrainMaps
Content
DescriptionInteractive zoomable high-resolution digital brain atlas
Data types
captured
Neuroanatomy, Histology
Organismsincludes: Man, monkey, cat, mouse, opossum, goldfish, platypus, dog, owl, chicken, rat, and more
Access
Websitehttp://brainmaps.org/
Miscellaneous
LicenseAll image dataset is copyrighted to their respective owners, if none indicated, to the UC Regents Davis campus.[1]
Nissl stained, Chlorocebus aethiops brain at BrainMaps.org.
a: choosing from some hundreds of coronal sections.
b: certain coronal section shown.
c: zooming up of insular cortex region.
d: further zooming up of insular cortex. Nissl stained neurons are visible. This slice can be accessed through this link. [1]

BrainMaps is an NIH-funded interactive zoomable high-resolution digital brain atlas and virtual microscope that is based on more than 140 million megapixels (140 terabytes) of scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate brains and that is integrated with a high-speed database for querying and retrieving data about brain structure and function over the internet.

Currently featured are complete brain atlas datasets for 16 species; a few of which are: Macaca mulatta, Chlorocebus aethiops, Felis silvestris catus, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, and Tyto alba.

The project's principal investigator was UC Davis neuroscientist Ted Jones from 2005 through 2011, after which the role was taken by W. Martin Usrey.

  1. ^ Terms of Use, BrainMaps.org Access date: 2014-02-11