The allen brain atlas: 5 years and beyond

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 821-828

  Jones, Allan R ^a   Overly, Caroline C ^a   Sunkin, Susan M ^a  

^a ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROBE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; WEB BROWSER;

ANIMALS; ATLASES AS TOPIC; BRAIN; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MICE;

EID: 70350228331     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2722     Document Type: Review

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