Windows on the brain: The emerging role of atlases and databases in neuroscience

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 574-579

  Van Essen, David C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; DATA BASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SPECIES COMPARISON;

EID: 0036803021     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00361-6     Document Type: Review

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