Allen Brain Atlas
The Allen Mouse Brain Atlas is a project within the Allen Institute for Brain Science which seeks to combine genomics with neuroanatomy by creating gene expression maps for the mouse brain. It was initiated in September 2003 with a $100 million donation from Paul G. Allen. The atlas went public in September 2006.[1] Not all known genes have been mapped at this point but approximately 20,000 protein-coding mRNAs have been. Data were generated using automated high-throughput procedures for in situ hybridization and data acquisition, and are publicly accessible online.[2]
On May 24, 2010, the Allen Human Brain Atlas was launched, a publicly available online atlas charting genes at work throughout the human brain. The data provided represent the most extensive and detailed body of information about gene activity in the human brain to date.
[edit] See also
- List of neuroscience databases
- EMAGE, the e-Mouse Atlas of Gene Expression
[edit] References
- ^ Mehta, Aalok (26 September 2006). "First-Ever Brain 'Atlas' Completed". National Geographic News. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060926-brain-atlas.html.
- ^ Lein, Ed S.; et al. (2007). "Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain". Nature 445 (7124): 168–176. doi:10.1038/nature05453. PMID 17151600.
[edit] External links
- Allen Brain Atlas
- Virginia Gewin (2005). "A Golden Age of Brain Exploration". PLoS Biology 3 (1): e24. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030024. PMC 544547. PMID 15660159. http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030024.
- "New Brain Atlas Unveils 3-D Gene Map", ABC News article, 2006-09-26.
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