A new database, called neuromaps, unites more than forty existing brain maps to assist scientists find connections in between patterns throughout various brain areas, spatial scales, modalities, and brain functions.
Software tool unites multiple brain maps in one place.
Nobody imaging mode can capture everything thats going on inside the brain, considering that it is such an intricate organ. Numerous “brain maps” have actually emerged for many years, with each concentrating on various brain processes, from metabolism to cognitive function. These maps are indeed important, however using them in seclusion restricts the discoveries researchers can make from them.
Called neuromaps, the database will assist researchers find correlations between patterns across various brain regions, methods, spatial scales, and brain functions. In addition, the neuromaps database helps standardize the code throughout maps, to enhance reproducibility of outcomes.
Just some of the brain maps consisted of in neuromaps. Credit: The Neuro.
The group will release their outcomes today (October 6, 2022) in the journal Nature Methods and has made their information open gain access to on github.
No one imaging mode can catch everything thats going on inside the brain, since it is such an intricate organ. Multiple “brain maps” have actually emerged over the years, with each focusing on various brain processes, from metabolic process to cognitive function. Called neuromaps, the database will help scientists discover correlations in between patterns throughout different brain areas, modalities, spatial scales, and brain functions.
” Ultimately, we hope that neuromaps will include a spark to the analysis of human brain maps and increase ease of access of information and software application tools to people with diverse research study interests,” says Justine Hansen, the papers co-first author. “As the rate at which new brain maps are created in the field continues to grow, we hope that neuromaps will provide scientists with a set of standardized workflows for much better understanding what these information can tell us about the human brain.”
The workflow of neuromaps. Credit: The Neuro
Referral: “neuromaps: functional and structural analysis of brain maps” 6 October 2022, Nature Methods.DOI: 10.1038/ s41592-022-01625-w.
This study was funded with the aid of Fonds de Recherche du Quebec– Nature et Technologies (FRQNT), Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP), Hemlholtz International BigBrain Analytics and Learning Laboratory (HIBALL), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Research Chairs (CRC), National Institute of Health (NIH), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives (HBHL), and Brain Canada Future Leaders (BCF).