Data integration through brain atlasing: Human Brain Project tools and strategies

Publication date: Available online 5 March 2018 Source:European Psychiatry Author(s): Ingvild E. Bjerke, Martin Øvsthus, Eszter A. Papp, Sharon C. Yates, Ludovico Silvestri, Julien Fiorilli, Cyriel M.A. Pennartz, Francesco S. Pavone, Maja A. Puchades, Trygve B. Leergaard, Jan G. Bjaalie The Human Brain Project (HBP), an EU Flagship Initiative, is currently building an infrastructure that will allow integration of large amounts of heterogeneous neuroscience data. The ultimate goal of the project is to develop a unified multi-level understanding of the brain and its diseases, and beyond this to emulate the computational capabilities of the brain. Reference atlases of the brain are one of the key components in this infrastructure. Based on a new generation of three-dimensional (3D) reference atlases, new solutions for analyzing and integrating brain data are being developed. HBP will build services for spatial query and analysis of brain data comparable to current online services for geospatial data. The services will provide interactive access to a wide range of data types that have information about anatomical location tied to them. The 3D volumetric nature of the brain, however, introduces a new level of complexity that requires a range of tools for making use of and interacting with the atlases. With such new tools, neuroscience research groups will be able to connect their data to atlas space, share their data through online data systems, and search and find o...

Source: European Psychiatry - March 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research