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Major Step Taken Towards an Open and Shared Digital Brain Atlasing Framework
International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) researchers have developed a standard toolset that allows different types of neuroscience data to be compared in the form of a digital mouse brain.
The digital atlasing framework consists of Waxholm Space and a Web-based Digital Atlasing Infrastructure (DAI), which work together to allow for the integration of data from genetic, anatomical, and functional imaging studies.
"By enabling researchers to link genetic studies with large-scale brain structure and behavior, we will catalyze both basic and medical neuroscience research--precisely the reason INCF was founded in the first place," says INCF executive director Sean Hill.
The Allen Mouse Brain Atlas, the Edinburgh Mouse Atlas Project, and an effort from the University of California, San Diego, all of which are online mouse brain resources, are now integrated and working together within the INCF DAI, where they will facilitate future research and increase the value of previously acquired data.
From International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility
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