Computational neuroanatomy and co-expression of genes in the adult mouse brain, analysis tools for the Allen Brain Atlas

Quantitative Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Grange, Pascal ^a   Hawrylycz, Michael ^b   Mitra, Partha P ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Mouse Brain; Allen Brain; Allen Brain Atlas; Expression Energy; Voxel Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880765742     PISSN: 20954689     EISSN: 20954697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40484-013-0011-5     Document Type: Review

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