Windows on the brain: the emerging role of atlases and databases in neuroscience
Current Opinion in NeurobiologyPublished 1 October 2002
David C. Van Essen
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Brain atlases and associated databases have great potential as gateways for navigating, accessing, and visualizing a wide range of neuroscientific data, combined with improvements in visualization capabilities and internet access.
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Brain atlases and associated databases have great potential as gateways for navigating, accessing, and visualizing a wide range of neuroscientific data. Recent progress towards realizing this potential includes the establishment of probabilistic atlases, surface-based atlases and associated databases, combined with improvements in visualization capabilities and internet access.
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