===================================== NEUROSCIENCES INTERNET RESOURCE GUIDE ===================================== December 1993, version 1.0 Compiled by Steve Bonario and Sheryl Cormicle School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan ------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the ASCII-text version of the Neurosciences Internet Resource Guide. A version of this Guide exists as a WWW document with hypertext links to many of the resources we have identified. See section 1.8, Formats and Access, below for more information. CONTENTS: Section 1.0 -- Introductory Material 1.1 THE CAVEAT (of course) 1.2 THE GUIDE: WHAT IS IT? 1.3 THE GUIDE: WHO IS IT FOR? 1.4 THE COMPILERS: WHO ARE WE? 1.5 ASSUMPTIONS 1.6 URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) 1.7 ORGANIZATION 1.8 FORMATS AND ACCESS 1.9 CREDITS Section 2.0 -- Indexes 2.1 ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF RESOURCES 2.2 KEYWORD INDEX FOR SUBJECT, FORMAT, & RESOURCE TYPE Section 3.0 -- Resources: Description, Evaluation & Internet Location (arranged alphabetically by resource title) ================================== SECTION 1 -- Introductory Material ================================== 1.1 THE CAVEAT (of course) The Neurosciences Internet Resource Guide, version 1.0, is a work in progress. We are pleased and proud to present the first fruits of our labor, but it is by no means a finished product. As anyone who surfs the Internet for more than a day or two can tell you, a Guide such as this has a very short shelflife. The items presented in this Guide are only a report from the frontier that is the Internet as it existed from September to December, 1993. By the time you read this, that frontier will have changed such that some of the resources in the Guide may have resettled elsewhere or disappeared altogether. We strived to make the Guide as accurate as possible, given the ever-changing nature of the Internet. 1.2 THE GUIDE: WHAT IS IT? This document, in its many formats, aims to be a guide to free, Internet accessible resources helpful to neuroscientists of all stripes. As biology, chemistry, medicine, engineering, and computer science all increasingly collaborate in the goal to understand the brain, and information technology revolutionizes how everyone communicates and processes information (the Decade of the Brain meets the Information Age), there is a need for mediation and organization. This guide is a tiny step toward meeting that need. We wanted simply to describe what exists. Even that goal is not fully realized. There are gaps and biases -- know that now. But we hope you're surprised by what you find here. Let us know what we missed . This is not a static document -- we expect it to change and you can help change it. 1.3 THE GUIDE: WHO IS IT FOR? As we skimmed the Net, we harvested resources based on their potential value to a neuroscientist--a researcher, educator and/or clinician. Certain disciplines within neuroscience are more involved in the Internet community than others and those variances betray themselves in what we found. If we can be accused of any intentional bias, it would be that we searched harder for underrepresented disciplines in the hope that our work might light some lamps and encourage development. In particular, we have not described all the resources related to neural networks. There is a wonderful FAQ produced out of the comp.ai.neural-nets usenet group which summarizes many of the best resources in neural networks: (file://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/neural-net-faq) There is also a hypertext version at: http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/neural/neural_FAQ.html Also, our coverage of medical neuroscience resources is cursory. Lee Hancock's Health Resources Guide is helpful in this area: file://ftp.sura.net/pub/nic/medical.resources.9-93) We encountered considerable vison and initiative in the neuroscience community concerning Internet use and potential. There is plenty of room to grow. We encourage you to get involved. 1.4 THE COMPILERS: WHO ARE WE? Sheryl Cormicle Steve Bonario sherylc@sils.umich.edu sbonario@umich.edu We are *not* neuroscientists. We are librarians in the grand tradition of discovering, evaluating, organizing and preserving the intellectual record, stretching that mission to embrace new technologies and formats, all the while remembering the people in the labs and at the keyboards with real needs. More specifically (and less poetically), we prepared this guide as part of our coursework in the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan. Go Blue. If circumstances allow (read "we're job hunting"), we intend to maintain this guide. 1.5 ASSUMPTIONS We assume you are not new to the Internet. If you are, we strongly recommend you read or refer to Ed Krol's book, "The Whole Internet: User's Guide and Catalog" (O'Reilly & Associates, 1992). Then take a look at our guide. We don't assume you are familiar with the World Wide Web (WWW) . . . ok, maybe we do . . . but if not, we recommend you check it out. We were (and still are) avid aficionados of NCSA's Mosaic, a web client. It makes life on the Internet frontier worth living. 1.6 URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) We have used a format for designating the "addresses" of the resources which may be unfamiliar to you. This format is the Uniform Resource Locator (URL). It is basically a standardized path name. It is used within a WWW document to create hypertext and hypermedia links to other files. Even if you are not using a web client, you can analyze it to extract the information you need to find resources using more traditional tools. The template is: resource type://host.domain[:port]/path/filename Resource types typically include: -file: a file on your local system, or a file on an anonymous ftp server -gopher: a file on a Gopher server -WAIS: a file on a WAIS server -http: a file on a World Wide Web server 1.7 ORGANIZATION Because people find information in many different ways, the Guide is organized to provide access to resources by several methods: an alphabetical listing of the resource names, a keyword index, and an index by resource type. These indexes follow the introductory material below. The entries are organized alphabetically by the title of the the resource. 1.8 FORMATS AND ACCESS The most dynamic and functional format of this guide is the web version: http://http.sils.umich.edu/Shared_HTTP_Files/nirg/nirg1.html (please note that this URL for the Guide will change when the Guide finds a permanent home. Check an updated version of Guide in the U of M Clearinghouse, or send us e-mail at nirg@umich.edu.) You can access this ASCII text version from the Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides as follows: anonymous FTP: host: una.hh.lib.umich.edu path: /inetdirsstacks file: neurosci:cormbonario gopher: via U. Minnesota list of gophers menu: North America/USA/Michigan/Clearinghouse.../ AllGuides WWW: gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/ neurosci:cormbonario 1.9 CREDITS There are a gaggle of folks we'd like to thank for helping us to compile and assemble this Guide, for giving us advice and otherwise assisting us. There are so many, in fact, that we are still in the process of pulling all of the names together. For the moment, though, we'd like to make sure to thank the following: Joe "I get 10%" Janes, Lou "I get 10%, too" Rosenfeld, our fellow students in ILS 606, Dr. Stan Watson, Warren Young, Ben Clopton, Patricia Morris, and Lee Liming. ===================== SECTION 2.0 -- INDEXES ===================== 2.1 Alphabetical Listing of Resources Adaptive Simulated Annealing Resources ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Digest American Journal of Physiology Applications of Connectionist Systems in Biomedicine Australia National University Bioinformatics Facility - Neuroscience Folder bionet.neuroscience bionet newsgroup participants Brain Scan -- Dementia Brain Scan -- Epilepsy Brain Scan -- MRI Brain Scan -- Normal Brain Scan -- Normal -- Reconstructed in 3D Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor (Astrocytoma) Brainbrowser Texts Brainstack Center for Neural Communication Technology Center for Theoretical & Applied Neuroscience (CTAN) comp.ai.neural-nets Connectionists CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head CTI Centre for Biology Gopher Eindhoven University of Techonology Electric Circuit Design Home Page - Neural Network Information Epilepsy List European Journal of Nuclear Medicine Experimental Brain Research Frog-Net Head Data: A 109-slice MRI data set of a human head Journal of Neurophysiology MR Brain data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed NEURO1-L, the Bitnet Neuroscience Information Exchange Forum Neuroanatomy Foundations Neuron-Digest Neuroprose Neurotour sci.bio sci.bio.technology sci.cognitive sci.engr.biomed sci.med sci.med.pharmacy sci.med.psychobiology sci.psychology Sheep's Brain Stereotaxic Atlases of Pigeon and Electric Fish University of California at San Diego Neurosciences Gopher VOXEL-MAN Atlases With more to come... 2.2 KEYWORD INDEX FOR SUBJECT, FORMAT, & RESOURCE TYPE Please note that this is only a preliminary index to a few of the resources. This index will continue to be updated until all of the resources in the Guide have been indexed. 3D Brain Scan -- Normal -- Reconstructed in 3D CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head Head data: A 109 slice MRI data set of a human head MR Brain Data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed VOXEL-MAN Atlases ADAPTIVE SIMULATED ANNEALING (ASA) Adaptive Simulated Annealing Resources ADDRESSES Australia National University Bioinformatics Facility - Neuroscience Folder bionet newsgroup participants University of California at San Diego Neurosciences Gopher AMPHIBIANS Frog-Net AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Digest ATLAS BrainBrowser Texts Neuroanatomy Foundations Stereotaxic Atlases of Pigeon and Electric Fish VOXEL-MAN Atlases BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Applications of Connectionist Systems in Biomedicine Center for Neural Communication Technology sci.engr.biomed BRAIN Brain Scan -- Dementia Brain Scan -- Epilepsy Brain Scan -- MRI Brain Scan -- Normal Brain Scan -- Normal -- Reconstructed in 3D Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor (Astrocytoma) BrainBrowser Texts Brainstack MR Brain Data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed Neuroanatomy Foundations Neurotour Sheep's Brain VOXEL-MAN Atlases COGNITION Cogneuro sci.cognitive COMPUTATIONAL NEUROENGINEERING Center for Neural Communication Technology Eindhoven University of Techonology Electric Circuit Design Home Page - Neural Network Information Neuron-Digest DATA SETS CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head Head data: A 109 slice MRI data set of a human head MR Brain Data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed DIRECTORIES bionet newsgroup participants University of California at San Diego Neurosciences Gopher DISEASES ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Digest Brain Scan -- Dementia Brain Scan -- Epilepsy Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor (Astrocytoma) Epilepsy List EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE Brainstack CTI Centre for Biology Gopher Neuroanatomy Foundations Neurotour Sheep's Brain ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Digest Neuron-Digest EPILEPSY Brain Scan -- Epilepsy Epilepsy List EVENTS bionet.neuroscience comp.ai.neural-nets Neuron Digest sci.bio University of California at San Diego Neurosciences Gopher FAQ bionet.neuroscience bionet newsgroup participants comp.ai.neural-nets Eindhoven University of Techonology Electric Circuit Design Home Page - Neural Network Information Neuroprose Stereotaxic Atlases of Pigeon and Electric Fish FTP SITES Adaptive Simulated Annealing Resources Center for Neural Communication Technology Neuroprose GOPHERS Australia National University Bioinformatics Facility - Neuroscience Folder CTI Centre for Biology Gopher University of California at San Diego Neurosciences Gopher HIGHER EDUCATION Australia National University Bioinformatics Facility - Neuroscience Folder University of California at San Diego Neurosciences Gopher HUMAN HEAD CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head Head data: A 109 slice MRI data set of a human head MR Brain Data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed HYPERCARD Brainstack CTI Centre for Biology Gopher Neuroanatomy Foundations Neurotour Sheep's Brain IMAGES Brain Scan -- Dementia Brain Scan -- Epilepsy Brain Scan -- MRI Brain Scan -- Normal Brain Scan -- Normal -- Reconstructed in 3D Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor (Astrocytoma) Stereotaxic Atlases of Pigeon and Electric Fish JOURNALS American Journal of Physiology European Journal of Nuclear Medicine Experimental Brain Research Journal of Neurophysiology LISTSERVS ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Digest Cellular Neural Networks Cogneuro Connectionists Epilepsy List Frog-Net Neuro1-L, the Bitnet Neuroscience Information Exchange Forum Neuron-Digest MAC or MACINTOSH SOFTWARE Brainstack CTI Centre for Biology Gopher Neurotour Sheep's Brain MRI Brain Scan -- MRI CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head Head data: A 109 slice MRI data set of a human head MR Brain Data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed NEURAL NETWORKS Adaptive Simulated Annealing Resources Applications of Connectionist Systems in Biomedicine Cellular Neural Networks comp.ai.neural-nets Connectionists Eindhoven University of Techonology Electric Circuit Design Home Page - Neural Network Information Neuron-Digest Neuroprose NEUROANATOMY bionet.neuroscience Brain Scan -- Dementia Brain Scan -- Epilepsy Brain Scan -- MRI Brain Scan -- Normal Brain Scan -- Normal -- Reconstructed in 3D Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor (Astrocytoma) BrainBrowser Texts Brainstack CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head Head Data: A 109-slice MRI data set of a human head MR Brain data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed Neuroanatomy Foundations Neurotour Sheep's Brain Stereotaxic Atlases of Pigeon and Electric Fish VOXEL-MAN Atlases NEUROBIOLOGY Brainstack Experimental Brain Research Neurotour sci.bio sci.bio.technology Sheep's Brain NEUROENGINEERING Cellular Neural Networks Center for Neural Communication Technology Neuron-Digest sci.engr.biomed NEUROPHARMACOLOGY sci.med.pharmacy NEUROPHYSIOLOGY American Journal of Physiology Journal of Neurophysiology NEUROPSYCHIATRY sci.med.psychobiology sci.psychology NEWS/NEWSGROUPS bionet.neuroscience comp.ai.neural-nets Neuro1-L, the Bitnet Neuroscience Information Exchange Forum sci.bio sci.bio.technology sci.engr.biomed sci.med sci.med.pharmacy sci.med.psychobiology sci.psychology NUCLEAR MEDICINE European Journal of Nuclear Medicine PHOTOGRAPHS Neuroanatomy Foundations Sheep's Brain SAGITTAL Brain Scan -- MRI BrainBrowser Texts Stereotaxic Atlases of Pigeon and Electric Fish SKULL VOXEL-MAN Atlases SOFTWARE Brainstack CTI Centre for Biology Gopher Neuroanatomy Foundations Neurotour Sheep's Brain VOXEL-MAN Atlases TABLE OF CONTENTS American Journal of Physiology European Journal of Nuclear Medicine Experimental Brain Research Journal of Neurophysiology TAPE AVAILABLE CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head Head data: A 109 slice MRI data set of a human head MR Brain Data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed TEXTUAL DOCUMENTS Applications of Connectionist Systems in Biomedicine BrainBrowser Texts THREE DIMENSIONAL Brain Scan -- Normal -- Reconstructed in 3D CT Cadaver Head data - A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head Head data: A 109 slice MRI data set of a human head MR Brain Data - A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed VOXEL-MAN Atlases UNIX FILE VOXEL-MAN Atlases USENET GROUPS bionet.neuroscience comp.ai.neural-nets sci.bio sci.bio.technology sci.cognitive sci.engr.biomed sci.med sci.med.pharmacy sci.med.psychobiology sci.psychology WAIS INDEXED bionet.neuroscience Neuroprose WEB HOME PAGES Center for Theoretical & Applied Neuroscience (CTAN) Eindhoven University of Techonology Electric Circuit Design Home Page - Neural Network Information ======================== SECTION 3.0 -- Resources ======================== ------------------------------------------------------------- Adaptive Simulated Annealing Resources ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: ftp site URL: file://ftp.caltech.edu/pub/ingber Login Instructions: login: anonymous password: e-mail address Description: From the update: The latest Adaptive Simulated Annealing (ASA) code and some related (p)reprints in compressed PostScript format can be retrieved here. If you do not have ftp access, get information on the FTPmail service by: mail ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com, and send only the word "help" in the body of the message. If any of the above are not possible, and if your mailer can handle large files (please test this first), the code or papers you require can be sent as uuencoded compressed files via electronic mail. If you have gzip, resulting in smaller files, please state this. Searchable Index: n/a Manager: Prof. Lester Ingber Lester Ingber Research P.O. Box 857 McLean, VA 22101 ingber@alumni.caltech.edu 1-800-L-INGBER Fax: [10ATT]0-700-L-INGBER To get on or off the ASA email list, just send an email to asa-request@alumni.caltech.edu with your request. Sorry, I cannot assume the task of mailing out hardcopies of code or papers. My volunteer time assisting people with their queries on my codes and papers must be limited to electronic mail correspondence. FAQ: file://ftp.caltech.edu/pub/ingber/asa_update file://ftp.caltech.edu/pub/ingber/INDEX Evaluation: If you need an introduction to ASA and/or the code, this is a good jump off point. ------------------------------------------------------------- ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Digest ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: listserv Subscriptions: To subscribe, to unsubscribe, to contribute notes, etc. to ALS Digest, please send e-mail to: bro@huey.met.fsu.edu (Bob Broedel) Postings: All interested people may "broadcast" messages to ALS Digest subscribers by sending to: als@huey.met.fsu.edu Moderator: Bob Broedel bro@huey.met.fsu.edu Description: From the masthead: This e-mail list has been set up to serve the world-wide ALS community. That is, ALS patients, ALS researchers, ALS support/discussion groups, ALS clinics, etc. Others are welcome (and invited) to join. Currently there are 130+ subscribers. Archive/Gateway: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: Lots of news, information resources, and support get passed along here. ------------------------------------------------------------- American Journal of Physiology ------------------------------------------------------------- ISSN: 0002-9513 Resource Type: journal Table of Contents: gopher://oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu:3300/11/ publications/jn Articles (abstracts): not available Articles (full-text): not available Subscription Info: not available Online Version: not available ------------------------------------------------------------- Applications of Connectionist Systems in Biomedicine ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: textual document(s) Date: 9/92 File Format: ascii URL: gopher://info.lanic.utexas.edu/00/la/Brazil/ftp/mirror/ Medicine/neuromed.doc Author: Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD Center for Biomedical Informatics State University of Campinas P.O. Box 6005 Campinas, Sao Paulo, 13081-970, Brazil Tel. +55 192 39-7130 Fax. +55 192 39-4717 Tlx. +55 19 1150 uec br Description: Published in: K.C. Lun, Degoulet, P. & Piemme, T. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Medical Informatics. Geneva, Switzerland, September 1992. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1992, p. 418-425. This paper discusses the potential applications and benefits of connectionist systems in Biology and Medicine and reviews the field in its latest developments. File size: n/a Searchable index: n/a Evaluation: A nice intro to bridging the gap between neural network modelling and application in the laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------- Australia National University Bioinformatics Facility - Neuroscience Folder ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: gopher URL: gopher://life.anu.edu.au/1/neuroscience Login Instructions: n/a Description: This gopher provides extensive information about the neuroscience programs at Australia National University, including descriptions of research projects, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of faculty. There are also some links to archived listservs and newsgroups. Plans for the future include a WWW version, image databases for persons in biological or machine vision, and perhaps an electronic journal. Searchable Index: n/a Manager: Dr Ted Maddess Visual Sciences Group Research School of Biological Sciences Australian National University GPO Box 475 nsconv@life.anu.edu.au phone: 61-6-249-4099 FAQ: gopher://life.anu.edu.au/00/neuroscience/ ArchiveStructure Evaluation: Lots of good information about current research. Can't wait for the image database! The other segments of the ANU Bioinformatics Facility are also well worth checking out. ------------------------------------------------------------- bionet.neuroscience ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: 4/91 to present Description: From the FAQ: The system is intended to promote communication between professionals in the biological sciences. All postings to the newsgroups should be made in that spirit. While the general public may "listen in" to the discussions, these newsgroups are intended primarily for communications between researchers. There are other forums on USENET such as sci.bio for the asking and answering of biological questions from lay persons. Bionet.neuroscience is one of the many bionet usenet newsgroups. It welcomes input from all disciplines of neuroscience. Postings can be received via a listserv instead of usenet, but in time this access method will be phased out. See the FAQ if this option is necessary. Contact biosci-help@net.bio.net for further help. Archive: The BIOSCI node at net.bio.net maintains the entire collection of BIOSCI/bionet messages. They are available via: WAIS (biosci.src), Gopher (net.bio.net port 70), and anonymous ftp from net.bio.net [134.172.2.69]. Searchable Index: wais://net.bio.net:210/biosci FAQ: gopher://net.bio.net/00/doc/biosci.FAQ Evaluation: A very active group--lots of queries and a cooperative atmosphere. One of the best forums for a wide neuroscience audience. ------------------------------------------------------------- bionet newsgroup participants ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: directory Update Frequency: daily URL: wais://net.bio.net:210/biologists-addresses Contents/Features: From the FAQ: As of May 1993, BIOSCI at net.bio.net began running a BIOSCI user address directory which can be accessed through WAIS or waismail. The database serves as a directory that enables biologists, who are currently using (or even just reading) the BIOSCI newsgroups, to look up e-mail addresses and other information about our users. The raw unindexed data is available for FTP from net.bio.net and is atomized sufficiently to allow import into your local RDBMS should you so desire. Send the message "help" to waismail@net.bio.net for instructions on using waismail. Leave the Subject: line in your message blank. The directory contains information about name, job title, e-mail address, phone number, fax number, address, and research interests. Searchable?: yes FAQ: gopher://net.bio.net/00/doc/biosci.FAQ How to Get Listed: 1) consult the FAQ 2) a form and instructions are posted periodically to each bionet usenet group 3) use a gopher to fill out a form: gopher://merlot.gdb.org/11/biol-search/Biosci or gopher://gopher.csc.fi/11/tiede/BioBox/faq Evaluation: If you know that the person you are looking for participates in the bionet newsgroup, this is a great, quick way to look them up. Also useful for facilitating follow up to usenet articles which do not necessary belong in a public forum or are too complex to deal with electronically. Searching for research interest keywords could also assemble a quick list of expert contacts. But remember that the info is self-reported and may be out of date. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Scan -- Dementia ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Image Image Type: JPEG URL: gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/I9/images/ petimages/brain_dementia_FDG Description: From Austin Hospital Gopher: Scan; Brain scan - Dementia Location; UCLA Scanner; CTI 931 Radiopharmaceutical; 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose This scan shows maked hypometabolism in the parietal region with good preservation of the motor strip. There is also slight frontal hypometabolism seen . File Size: 24K Hardware/Software Requirements: JPEG file viewing software Originating Source: UCLA FAQ: none Evaluation: Useful for incorporation into compound documents of text and images. Resolution is fairly good, but this resource contains only a JPEG image, which may not be suitable for research purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Scan -- Epilepsy ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Image Image Type: JPEG URL: gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/I9/images/ petimages/brain_epilepsy_FDG Description: From Austin Hospital Gopher: Scan; Brain scan - Epilepsy Location; UCLA Scanner; CTI 931 Radiopharmaceutical; 18F FDG This is an interictal study (ie. between siezures). The right temporal lobe is hypometabolic. In fact the whole right hemisphere is slightly hypometabolic. File Size: 52K Hardware/Software Requirements: JPEG file viewing software Originating Source: UCLA FAQ: none Evaluation: Useful for incorporation into compound documents of text and images. Resolution is fairly good, but this resource contains only a JPEG image, which may not be suitable for research purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Scan -- MRI ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Image Image Type: JPEG URL: gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/I9/images/ petimages/brain_MRI_scan Description: From Austin Hospital Gopher: This Brain MRI Scan study shows the sagittal slices of an M.R.I study which can be accessed and displayed by the "ECAT" P.E.T scanner software. Once image files are converted to a compatible format they can be manipulated and processed using the standard "ECAT" software. Overlaying of P.E.T and M.R.I images and reslicing of the M.R.I into different planes are two of the useful options available. File Size:183K Hardware/Software Requirements: JPEG file viewing software Originating Source: Unknown FAQ: none Evaluation: Useful for incorporation into compound documents of text and images. The options discussed (reslicing MRI and overlaying MRI and PET images) may prove interesting. Resolution is fairly good, but this resource contains only a JPEG image, which may not be suitable for research purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Scan -- Normal ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Image Image Type: JPEG URL: gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/I9/images/ petimages/brain_normal_FDG Description: From Austin Hospital Gopher: Scan; Normal brain -FDG Location; Hammersmith Scanner; Siemens/CTI 953B Radiopharmaceutical; 18F fluorodeoxyglucose This is a scan showing the utilization of fluorine-18 labelled glucose by the brain. The intensity at each point reflects the energy being used by that part of the brain while the scan was taken. You can see greater intensity in the outer (or cortical) areas and the deep central structures. This is the greymatter of the brain. The white matter of the brain requires only 1/4 of the energy of the grey matter. The large wedge shaped region in the posterior is called the visual cortex, and is responsible for all of our visual processing. Approximately 25% of the human brain is dedicated to this function. Even though the subject's eyes were closed during the scan the visual areas are still seen to be using a lot of glucose. The deep central structures are responsible for co-ordinating movement, and are involved in cognitive, higher functions. Many structures in the brain are joined through this area as well. File Size: 89K Hardware/Software Requirements: JPEG file viewing software Originating Source: Hammersmith FAQ: none Evaluation: Useful for incorporation into compound documents of text and images. Resolution is fairly good, but this resource contains only a JPEG image, which may not be suitable for research purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Scan -- Normal -- Reconstructed in 3D ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Image Image Type: JPEG URL: gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/I9/images/ petimages/brain_3D_recon Description: From Austin Hospital Gopher: Scan; Normal brainscan reconstructed in 3D. Location; UCLA Scanner; CTI 931 Radiopharmaceutical;18F-FDG This is a normal FDG brain study which has been reconstructed using volume rendering to create a 3- dimensional display. The individual projections can be linked into a cine display to give the impression of a rotating solid brain. File Size: 127K Hardware/Software Requirements: JPEG file viewing software Originating Source: UCLA FAQ: none Evaluation: Useful for incorporation into compound documents of text and images. The options discussed (for creating a rotating solid brain) may prove interesting. Resolution is fairly good, but this resource contains only a JPEG image, which may not be suitable for research purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Image Image Type: JPEG URL: gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/I9/images/ petimages/brain_tumour2_FDG Description: From Austin Hospital Gopher: Scan; Brain - Recurrent Tumour Location: UCLA Scanner; CTI 931 Radiopharmaceutical; 18F-FDG There is a hypermetabolic area just lateral to the thalamus on the left side which represents a metabolically active tumour. File Size: 53K Hardware/Software Requirements: JPEG file viewing software Originating Source: UCLA FAQ: none Evaluation: Useful for incorporation into compound documents of text and images. Resolution is fairly good, but this resource contains only a JPEG image, which may not be suitable for research purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brain Scan -- Recurrent Tumor (Astrocytoma) ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Image Image Type: JPEG URL: gopher://gopher.austin.unimelb.edu.au/I9/images/ petimages/brain_tumour1_FDG Description: From Austin Hospital Gopher: Scan; Brain - Recurrent Tumour (Astrocytoma) Location; UCLA Scanner; CTI 931 Radiopharmaceutical; 18F-FDG There is an obvious cold area in the parieto-occipital region on the right side,where the astrocytoma has been treated. This is probably necrotic tissue. However there is increased metabolic activity on the anterior border of the tumour, probably representing recurrence. Other brain structures on the right side show the effects of radiotherapy ie. decreased metabolism. File Size: 42K Hardware/Software Requirements: JPEG file viewing software Originating Source: UCLA FAQ: none Evaluation: Useful for incorporation into compound documents of text and images. Resolution is fairly good, but this resource contains only a JPEG image, which may not be suitable for research purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------- BrainBrowser Texts ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: text document(s) Date: 1989 File Format: ascii URL: file://obex.scripps.edu/pub/shared_data/BrainBrowser Author: BrainBrowser was created by Floyd Bloom, Warren Young, and Yuag Kim. This ftp collection of BrainBrowser documents is maintained by Warren Young (young@scripps.edu) Description: BrainBrowser is a commercially available, digitized version of Paxinos and Watson's rat brain atlas. It runs on the Macintosh using Hypercard. The software itself is not available here, but texts produced by the software are. They include a file of over 300 literature references (Reference Reports), "flashcards" from the educational module of BrainBrowser (Learner_Reports), circuitry data (Circuit_Reports), textual descriptions of structures and coordinates in horizontal and saggital slices (Horizontal_Reports and Saggital_Reports), and full descriptions of places in the brain including the entire circuitry chaining (Place_Reports). All of these files are indexed and searchable using the WAIS sources listed below. File Size: varies Searchable Index: wais://obex.scripps.edu/BrainBrowserReferences wais://obex.scripps.edu/BrainBrowserLearner wais://obex.scripps.edu/BrainBrowserCircuits wais://obex.scripps.edu/BrainBrowserHorizontal wais://obex.scripps.edu/BrainBrowserSagittal wais://obex.scripps.edu/BrainBrowserPlaces Evaluation: This is a little known but potentially useful store of information. One drawback is its date. It has not been updated since 1989. ------------------------------------------------------------- Brainstack ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Software Date/Version: unknown URL: file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/mac- medical/hypercard/brainstack.cpt.hqx Description: Describes different lobes of the brain and specialized regions visually by clicking and highlighting areas. Includes frontal lobe (Broca's area, motor cortex, smell) occipital lobe (primary visual, secondary visual) parietal lobe (primary sensory) temporal lobe (Wernicke's area hearing). Has textual descriptions with hypertext glossary. Several unfinished features promised in the next release. File Size: 101K in archive Hardware/Software Requirements: Macintosh computer Hypercard player BinHex compatible decompression software Extraction software Author: For questions concerning the content of this resource, contact: John Mack 15 Pine Tree Road Huntington Station New York 11746 (516) 385-1294 compuserve: 70411,377 Robert Slotnick NYIT Microcomputer Lab 1855 Broadway New York, NY 10023 (212) 399-0790 Evaluation: The content is pretty basic -- middle school to bio101 level. ------------------------------------------------------------- Cellular Neural Networks ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Listserv Subscriptions: mb@tce.ing.uniroma1.it (151.100.8.30) Postings: cells@tce.ing.uniroma1.it (151.100.8.30) Moderator: Marco Balsi mb@tce.ing.uniroma1.it (151.100.8.30) Description: From the announcement: We are now announcing the start of a new mailing list dedicated to Cellular Neural Networks. It will give the opportunity of discussing current research, exchanging news, submitting questions. Due to memory shortage, we are currently not able to offer an archive service, and hope that some other group will be able to volunteer for the establishment of this means of fast distribution of recent reports and papers. The list will not be moderated, at least as long as the necessity does not arise. Cellular Neural Networks (CNN) are continuous-time dynamical systems, consisting of a grid of processing elements (neurons, or cells) connected only to neighbors within a given (typically small) distance. It is therefore a class of recurrent neural networks, whose particular topology is most suited for integrated circuit realization. In fact, while in typical realizations of other neural systems most of silicon area is taken by connections, in this case connection area is neglectible, so that processor density can be much larger. Archive/Gateway: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: This list was first announced in late November 1993 and is just getting started. The sponsors will be hosting the next IEEE International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications (CNNA-94), which will be held in Rome, December 18-21, 1994. ------------------------------------------------------------- Center for Neural Communication Technology ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: ftp site URL: file://hertz.khri.med.umich.edu/pub Description: Currently, there is not much here (code for MU, a research proposal, and a schematic in postscript format), but there are plans to develop this site as the communication arm of a proposed Center for Neural Comunication Technology at the University of Michigan. Ideas for the future include an electrode catalog; design rules; electronic schematics; data sets, including MU data sets, sampled analog sets, field- potential data, format standards and confocal data sets; various software packages; and a reference database, including citations, conferences, and preprints. Searchable Index: n/a Manager: Planning is being headed by: Ben Clopton Assoc. Prof Otorhinolaryngology Univ. of Michigan Medical School Adj. Assoc. Prof.of Psychology University of Michigan benc@u.washington.edu FAQ: n/a Evaluation: This could be a valuable resource if plans work out. ------------------------------------------------------------- Center for Theoretical & Applied Neuroscience (CTAN) ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: web home page URL: http://www.yale.edu/HTML/YaleCTAN-Info.html Description: From Ted Carnevale: Our specific idea here at CTAN is to post the following kinds of data: > code for biologically realistic simulations of neurons (using NEURON or GENESIS) > code that models the biophysics of membrane and cytoplasm (in NMODL for NEURON, tabchannel for GENESIS) > detailed tables of accurate quantitative morphometric data of the sort generated by B. Claiborne (U Texas San Antonio) > other code for simulations (e.g. in C, Pascal) for pickup via ftp by anyone who wants to recreate our published simulations or who wishes to create new models for other purposes. Other types of data might find their way into our ftp repository, as we generate them. Descriptive text will be provided that specifies the empirical basis for these data, points to relevant literature etc. Author: For more information contact Ted Carnevale:carnevale-ted@CTAN.YALE.EDU Evaluation: Though there is nothing to evaluate at the moment, the CTAN home page is worth keeping an eye on as CTAN makes resources available. ------------------------------------------------------------- Cogneuro ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Listserv Subscriptions:see below Postings: see below Moderator: Kimball Collins Description: "For more details about the Cognitive Neuroscience Mailing List, including how to subscribe, how to get archives, and posting guidelines, please send email to me at: cogneuro-request@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov with "cogneuro: send info" in the subject line, and I will reply manually with the latest information." From the announcement: The Cognitive Neuroscience Mailing List is a way to discuss phenomena at the interface of cognitive science (broadly construed) and biology. The discussion is scientific, multidisciplinary, and academic. Topics include: - behavioral aspects of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology; - biological aspects of particular sets of behaviors; - the neuropsychology of ecology, ethology, genetics, ontogeny, endocrinology, info. science, and pharmacology; - new imaging, simulation, and measurement techniques; - books, papers, research directions, and new results; - curricula, graduate programs, jobs, zeitgeist, and funding. "Behavior" above is an attempt at a theory-independent, catch-all term for cognition, emotion, volition, and meaningful action in humans and other animals, normal and abnormal, including subjective reports. Primary emphasis tends to be on science (measurable phenomena) more than philosophy, and on the field itself more than its implications. Archive/Gateway: file://ego.psych.mcgill.ca/pub/cogneuro Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: We have not personally monitored this listserv. ------------------------------------------------------------- comp.ai.neural-nets ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: unknown Description: From the FAQ: The newsgroup comp.ai.neural-nets is intended as a forum for people who want to use or explore the capabilities of Artificial Neural Networks or Neural-Network- like structures. Postings may take the form of requests, questions, answers, summaries, announcements, reports, or discussions [more explicit guidelines for these categories are available in the FAQ.] In addition, several regular postings show up here including Paul Bakker's list of conferences and Neuron Digest. Archive: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: file://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/ neural-net-faq Evaluation: Great FAQ! A terrific resource for neural network information on the Internet. ------------------------------------------------------------- Connectionists ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Listserv Subscriptions: Connectionists-Request@cs.cmu.edu Postings: Connectionists@cs.cmu.edu Moderator: Dave Touretzky David Redish Description: From a message received when we tried to subscribe: Connectionists is a restricted mailing list primarily intended for discussion of technical issues relating to neural computation, and dissemination of information directly relevant to researchers in the field. It is NOT a public digest like AIList or the NEURON digest; membership is restricted to students and faculty members who are actively involved in connectionist research. If you would kindly send a list of your papers or other activities in this area, we will be glad to add you to the list. Please include your full name. Archive/Gateway: for 1/93-present: gopher://icsia.icsi.berkeley.edu/ORO-11278-/ icsi/ai/connectionists Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: From what we've seen, this list is active and their restrictions on participation keep it focussed. ------------------------------------------------------------- CT Cadaver Head data: A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: data set Date: n/a URL: file://omicron.cs.unc.edu/pub/softlab/CHVRTD/volII Description: From announcement at softlab ftp site: A 113-slice MRI data set of a CT study of a cadaver head. Slices are stored consecutively as a 256 x 256 array with dimensions of z-113 y-256 x-256 in z-y-x order. Format is 16-bit integers -- two consecutive bytes make up one binary integer. We (Softlabs) do not object to your further distributing these datasets, but we request that full acknowledgement of the source of the data accompany such distribution. If you are going to send a dataset to someone, please also send the accompanying information file. [An installation manual is available in the same folder.] For customers interested in purchasing the datasets on tape, both Volume I and Volume II can be purchased for $50.00 each, or $90.00 as a set. The distribution is available in two different formats. The files on the tape will be written from a DEC VAX computer using the UNIX file copy command 'dd' or the UNIX 'tar' command. Total block size is 8192 bytes written at 1600 bpi on either a standard 1/2" magnetic tape or a cartridge tape. Please specify your preference when ordering and note that 'dd' is not available with the cartridge tape. Installation instructions accompany the distribution. File Size: 14,811,136 bytes total file size Hardware/Software Requirements: Software to view these images is not provided with the datasets. When we inquired as to suitable viewing software, we recieved the following reply from Graham Gash: The data we distribute is 3D volume data in raw form. The purpose of our distributing these data sets was to provide a standard suite of data for testing and comparison of various volume visualization methods. Users of these data sets must convert them into whatever format is required by the software they intend to run. Most serious image processing packages provide some capability for making such conversions. The datasets were written on a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX computer. Each file contains only pixels, stored in row major order with 2-byte integers per pixel. To use the images on machines that have normal byte order (DECs use reverse byte order), you should swap alternate bytes, for example using the 'dd' command in UNIX. The important thing for those interested in these data sets to realize is that there is a dearth of auxiliary data about them. In particular, practically the only such data available are the dimensions of the images. In addition, we distribute two packages for image processing, with a somewhat medical slant. The older one, written in C, is called /usr/image/. It consists of a small library of file I/O functions, and about 100 application programs built on that library. The other package, called /usr/Image/, consists of 6 C++ libraries called DIAL, that perform I/O and a lot more, a few new C++ programs and the original set of programs, which work with the C++ libraries through a "compatibility library". We will eventually convert the C programs to C++. Both of these packages are downloadable via ftp, but they are presently licensed. In the future (probably within 6 months), the C++ libraries (possibly also the programs) will be freely distributable (a la the GNU software). Originating Source: Data taken on the General Electric CT Scanner and provided courtesy of North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Made available by Softlabs. Natalie E. Sipes SoftLab Coordinator email: softlab@cs.unc.edu telephone: 919-962-1960 SoftLab Software Systems Laboratory CB# 3175, 361 Sitterson Hall University of North Carolina Department of Computer Science Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3175 Graham Gash, Ph.D. Medical Image Processing Manager gash@cs.unc.edu or gash@cv.ruu.nl Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 962-1725 FAX: (919) 962-1799 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3175 Evaluation: We have not looked at this dataset personally. E-mail inquiries were handled very expediently, however. ------------------------------------------------------------- CTI Centre for Biology Gopher ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: gopher URL: gopher://gopher.csc.liv.ac.uk/11/ctibiol Login Instructions: n/a Description: This gopher catalogs educational software for biology including hypercard stacks, videodiscs, and other multimedia formats. Each entry contains a short description and information about obtaining the software. Both commercial and free packages are included. The decriptions contain no evaluative or price information. The entries have not been updated since 1991, but there are plans to have an updated version by Christmas, 1993, possibly with online forms to register new software. Searchable Index: n/a Manager: CTI Centre for Biology Donnan Labs University of Liverpool ctibiol@liverpool.ac.uk P.O. Box 147 Liverpool L69 3BX, UK phone: 051-794 5118 fax: 051-794 3588 or 051-794 4401 FAQ: gopher://gopher.csc.liv.ac.uk/11/ctibiol/readme Evaluation: Although the information is dated and has a British bias (after all it is funded by the UK government), this might be a useful first look for educational software. There are several entries of interest for the neurosciences. It has the potential to become a valuable resource if the planned improvements come about. Log in so that they can justify their work! ------------------------------------------------------------- Eindhoven University of Techonology Electric Circuit Design Home Page - Neural Network Information ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: web home page URL: http://www.eeb.ele.tue.nl/neural/neural.html Description: The sponsors of this resource are interested in the electronic implementation of neural networks using analog hardware. This page provides general information about neural networks as well as more specialized subjects on the electronic implementation. It now contains some general information on neurons, a link to Neuroprose, several reports by members and graduate students of their group on both algorithms and analog electronic implementations, and a hypertext version of the comp.ai.neural-nets FAQ. Manager: Send any suggestions on information which could also be made public on this page to: Heini Withagen www@eeb.ele.tue.nl. Evaluation: It's been fun to watch this resource evolve over the last two months. The FAQ greatly expands it's scope. Nice organization. ------------------------------------------------------------- Epilepsy List ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: listserv Subscriptions: listserv@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca Postings: epilepsy-list@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca Moderator: Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.CA Description: This mailing list is intended for discussions about epilepsy and seizure disorders. Archive/Gateway: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: We have not personally monitored this list. ------------------------------------------------------------- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine ------------------------------------------------------------- ISSN: 0340-6997 Resource Type: journal Feature URL Table of Contents: gopher://next.csc.cuhk.hk/11/cinfo/uli/ sj/259 Articles (abstracts): not available Articles (full-text): not available Subscription Info: not available Online Version: not available Other Notes: List of issues presented as a gopher menu organized chronologically by year, month, volume and issue number. Each gopher menu item corresponds to a file containing that issue's table of contents. The table of contents are part of a two-year experiment by publisher Springer-Verlag. Contents are in an ASCII format and tagged to BRS Medline conventions for downloading into personal bibliographic software. From Springer-Verlag: "The aim of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine is to provide a forum for the exchange of clinical and scientific information for the nuclear medicine community. The European Journal of Nuclear Medicine will be of primary interest to doctors practising in the field of nuclear medicine, but original works relating to clinical nuclear medicine in physics, dosimetry, radiation biology, computer science, radiopharmacy and radiochemistry are also welcome. The European Journal of Nuclear Medicine also publishes in-depth reviews of topical subjects. Case reports are published only if they are of outstanding interest. All manuscripts should be formulated so that the average reader can at least grasp the general principles of the subject matter." ------------------------------------------------------------- Experimental Brain Research ------------------------------------------------------------- ISSN: 0014-4819 Resource Type: journal Table of Contents: gopher://morris.lib.udel.edu/11/Xperarea/ springer/ebr Articles (abstracts): not available Articles (full-text): not available Subscription Info: Online Version: not available Other Notes: List of issues presented as a gopher menu organized chronologically by year, month, volume and issue number. Each gopher menu item corresponds to a file containing that issue's table of contents. The table of contents are part of a two-year experiment by publisher Springer-Verlag. Contents are in an ASCII format and tagged to BRS Medline conventions for downloading into personal bibliographic software. From Springer-Verlag: "Experimental Brain Research accepts original contributions on many aspects of experimental research of the central and peripheral nervous system in the fields of morphology, physiology, behaviour, neurochemistry, develolpmental neurobiology, and experimental pathology relevant to general problems of cereberal function." ------------------------------------------------------------- Frog-Net ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Listserv Subscriptions: liaw@rana.usc.edu Postings: frog-net@rana.usc.edu Moderator: Jim Liaw Center for Neural Engineering Univ. of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2520 (213) 740-6991 liaw@rana.usc.edu Description: From the announcement: This mailing list is set up to facilitate the communication and interaction among researchers interested in the behavior and the underlying neural mechanisms in amphibians. Archive/Gateway: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: We have not monitored this listserv personally. ------------------------------------------------------------- Head data: A 109 slice MRI data set of a human head ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: data set Date: n/a URL: file://omicron.cs.unc.edu/pub/softlab/CHVRTD/volI Description: From announcement at softlab ftp site: A 109-slice MRI data set of a human head. Complete slices are stored consecutively as a 256 x 256 array. Pixels consist of 2 consecutive bytes making one binary integer. We (Softlabs) do not object to your further distributing these datasets, but we request that full acknowledgement of the source of the data accompany such distribution. If you are going to send a dataset to someone, please also send the accompanying information file. [An installation manual is available in the same folder.] For customers interested in purchasing the datasets on tape, both Volume I and Volume II can be purchased for $50.00 each, or $90.00 as a set. The distribution is available in two different formats. The files on the tape will be written from a DEC VAX computer using the UNIX file copy command 'dd' or the UNIX 'tar' command. Total block size is 8192 bytes written at 1600 bpi on either a standard 1/2" magnetic tape or a cartridge tape. Please specify your preference when ordering and note that 'dd' is not available with the cartridge tape. Installation instructions accompany the distribution. File Size: n/a Hardware/Software Requirements: Software to view these images is not provided with the datasets. When we inquired as to suitable viewing software, we received the following reply from Graham Gash: The data we distribute is 3D volume data in raw form. The purpose of our distributing these data sets was to provide a standard suite of data for testing and comparison of various volume visualization methods. Users of these data sets must convert them into whatever format is required by the software they intend to run. Most serious image processing packages provide some capability for making such conversions. The datasets were written on a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX computer. Each file contains only pixels, stored in row major order with 2-byte integers per pixel. To use the images on machines that have normal byte order (DECs use reverse byte order), you should swap alternate bytes, for example using the 'dd' command in UNIX. The important thing for those interested in these data sets to realize is that there is a dearth of auxiliary data about them. In particular, practically the only such data available are the dimensions of the images. In addition, we distribute two packages for image processing, with a somewhat medical slant. The older one, written in C, is called /usr/image/. It consists of a small library of file I/O functions, and about 100 application programs built on that library. The other package, called /usr/Image/, consists of 6 C++ libraries called DIAL, that perform I/O and a lot more, a few new C++ programs and the original set of programs, which work with the C++ libraries through a "compatibility library". We will eventually convert the C programs to C++. Both of these packages are downloadable via ftp, but they are presently licensed. In the future (probably within 6 months), the C++ libraries (possibly also the programs) will be freely distributable (a la the GNU software). Originating Source: Data taken on the Siemens Magnetom and provided courtesy of Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, NJ. Made available by Softlabs. Natalie E. Sipes SoftLab Coordinator email: softlab@cs.unc.edu telephone: 919-962-1960 SoftLab Software Systems Laboratory CB# 3175, 361 Sitterson Hall University of North Carolina Department of Computer Science Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3175 Graham Gash, Ph.D. Medical Image Processing Manager gash@cs.unc.edu or gash@cv.ruu.nl Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 962-1725 FAX: (919) 962-1799 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3175 Evaluation: We have not looked at this dataset personally. E-mail inquiries were handled very expediently, however. ------------------------------------------------------------- Journal of Neurophysiology ------------------------------------------------------------- ISSN: 0022-3077 Resource Type: journal Table of Contents: gopher://oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu:3300/11/ publication/jn Articles (abstracts): not available Articles (full-text): not available Subscription Info: not available Online Version: not available ------------------------------------------------------------- MR Brain data: 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed to reveal brain ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: data set Date: n/a URL: file://omicron.cs.unc.edu/pub/softlab/CHVRTD/volII Description: From announcement at softlab ftp site: A 109-slice MRI data set of a head with skull partially removed to reveal brain. 256 x 256 array, with dimensions of Z=109 Y=256 X=256 in z-y-x order. Format is 16-bit integers -- two consecutive bytes make up one binary integer. We (Softlabs) do not object to your further distributing these datasets, but we request that full acknowledgement of the source of the data accompany such distribution. If you are going to send a dataset to someone, please also send the accompanying information file. [An installation manual is available in the same folder.] For customers interested in purchasing the datasets on tape, both Volume I and Volume II can be purchased for $50.00 each, or $90.00 as a set. The distribution is available in two different formats. The files on the tape will be written from a DEC VAX computer using the UNIX file copy command 'dd' or the UNIX 'tar' command. Total block size is 8192 bytes written at 1600 bpi on either a standard 1/2" magnetic tape or a cartridge tape. Please specify your preference when ordering and note that 'dd' is not available with the cartridge tape. Installation instructions accompany the distribution. File Size: 14,286,848 bytes total file size. Hardware/Software Requirements: Software to view these images is not provided with the datasets. When we inquired as to suitable viewing software, we received the following reply from Graham Gash: The data we distribute is 3D volume data in raw form. The purpose of our distributing these data sets was to provide a standard suite of data for testing and comparison of various volume visualization methods. Users of these data sets must convert them into whatever format is required by the software they intend to run. Most serious image processing packages provide some capability for making such conversions. The datasets were written on a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX computer. Each file contains only pixels, stored in row major order with 2-byte integers per pixel. To use the images on machines that have normal byte order (DECs use reverse byte order), you should swap alternate bytes, for example using the 'dd' command in UNIX. The important thing for those interested in these data sets to realize is that there is a dearth of auxiliary data about them. In particular, practically the only such data available are the dimensions of the images. In addition, we distribute two packages for image processing, with a somewhat medical slant. The older one, written in C, is called /usr/image/. It consists of a small library of file I/O functions, and about 100 application programs built on that library. The other package, called /usr/Image/, consists of 6 C++ libraries called DIAL, that perform I/O and a lot more, a few new C++ programs and the original set of programs, which work with the C++ libraries through a "compatibility library". We will eventually convert the C programs to C++. Both of these packages are downloadable via ftp, but they are presently licensed. In the future (probably within 6 months), the C++ libraries (possibly also the programs) will be freely distributable (a la the GNU software). Originating Source: Data taken on the Siemens Magnetom and provided courtesy of Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, NJ. Data edited (skull removed) by Dr. Julian Rosenman, North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Made available by Softlabs. Natalie E. Sipes SoftLab Coordinator email: softlab@cs.unc.edu telephone: 919-962-1960 SoftLab Software Systems Laboratory CB# 3175, 361 Sitterson Hall University of North Carolina Department of Computer Science Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3175 Graham Gash, Ph.D. Medical Image Processing Manager gash@cs.unc.edu or gash@cv.ruu.nl Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 962-1725 FAX: (919) 962-1799 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3175 Evaluation: We have not looked at this dataset personally. E-mail inquiries were handled very expediently, however. ------------------------------------------------------------- NEURO1-L, the Bitnet Neuroscience Information Exchange Forum ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: listserv Date: 11/1/90 to present Subscriptions: LISTSERV@UICVM.UIC.EDU (for internet users) LISTSERV@UICVM (for bitnet users) Postings: NEURO1-L@UICVM.UIC>EDU (for internet users) NEURO1-L@UICVM (for bitnet users) Moderator: E.J. Neafsey, Ph.D. NEURO1-L list manager #m01ejn@luccpua on Bitnet Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy Loyola University Chicago Medical Center 2160 S. First Ave. Maywood, IL 60153 (708) 216-3355 Description: From announcement: "This (unmoderated) forum has several functions. One is to improve everyday communication and interchange between neuroscientists. For example, when a question arises such as "Where can I get an antibody to nerve growth factor" or something like that, simply sending that message to NEURO1-L will, hopefully, address an audience of hundreds or even thousands of neuroscientists, at least a few of whom will be able to send you a reply. I also hope that the forum will promote ongoing discussions of various, more substantial, current issues in Neuroscience: Should some type of National Neural Circuitry Database be established and maintained? What is going on in the field of neuronal transplants? Does the cerebral cortex operate primarily in a hierarchical, sequential manner or in a distributed, parallel fashion? Of course, many other issues also could be discussed. Lastly, I hope that NEURO1-L provides a stimulus for "doing neuroscience" in a more interactive, global way. I am sure my own individual experience of being "overwhelmed" with information is shared by many; perhaps if there is a common forum where open discussion takes place on a regular basis, the "big picture" will become easier to discern, leading to better, more productive neuroscience. Since I hope NEURO1-L becomes a large list, please don't send junk mail because it will clutter up many mailboxes and takes time to read and throw away." Archive/Gateway: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: This list is slow. We have received approximately one posting per week for the last month. It seems other avenues of communication are getting more traffic. Content has been solicitations to review articles for Behavioral and Brain Sciences, conference announcements, and an occasional query. ------------------------------------------------------------- Neuroanatomy Foundations ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Software Date/Version: 1987 URL: file://orion.oac.uci.edu/med-ed/mac/clinical-science/ neuro-foundation-1.stak.sea.hqx file://orion.oac.uci.edu/med-ed/mac/clinical-science/ neuro-foundation-2.stak.sea.hqx Description: Neuroanatomy Foundations is a hypercard, introductory atlas to the human brain. By pointing and clicking on pictures and labels, the reader can explore the cerebral hemispheres, the limbic system and subcortical structures, the cerebellum and brainstem, or the major cerebral fiber tracts. There are also text fields connected to labels with more complete information and an index. The images are digitized, black and white photographs from Structure of the Human Brain: A Photographic Atlas by Stephen J. DeArmond, Maeline M. Fusco and Maynard M. Dewey (New York: Oxford University Press, 1976) and The Human Brain: A Photographic Guide by Nedzad Gluhbegovic and Terence H. Williams (Philadelphia: Harper & Row, 1980). File Size: 900 K (both volumes) Hardware/Software Requirements: Macintosh computer Hypercard player BinHex compatible decompression software Note: Be sure to get both volumes or you will miss out on half the show! After the files are decompressed they are self-extracting. Author: J. Michael Williams, PhD Department of Mental Health Sciences Hahnemann University Broad & Vine Philadelphia, PA 19102 Evaluation: This stack is packed with information! It is relatively easy to navigate with a little common sense and perusal of the intro material. The images don't do justice to the originals, but the tradeoff is a program of reasonable size which is easily transportable and usable on most Macs. Parts of the design are not quite polished, but the volume and quality of the information make up for it. Appropriate for high school and college level. ------------------------------------------------------------- Neuron-Digest ------------------------------------------------------------- 3/1/89 to present Resource Type: Listserv Subscriptions: neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu. Postings: neuron-request@psych.upenn.edu. Moderator: Peter Marvit Description: From the announcement: Neuron-Digest is a list (in moderated, digest form) dealing with all aspects of neural networks (and any type of network or neuromorphic system), especially: Natural Systems, Software Simulations, Neurobiology, Hardware, Neuroscience, Artifical Systems, Neural Networks, Optical, Algorithms, Cellular Automatons. Any contribution in these areas is accepted. Any of the following types of items are reasonable: Abstracts, Reviews, Lab Descriptions, Research Overviews, Work Planned or in Progress, Half-Baked Ideas, Conference Announcements, Conference Reports, Bibliographies, History Connectionism, Puzzles and Unsolved Problems, Anecdotes, Jokes, and Poems, Queries and Requests, Address Changes. Archive/Gateway: file://psych.upenn.edu/pub/Neuron-Digest That directory contains back issues with the names vol-nn-no-mm (e.g., vol-3-no-02). Neuron-Digest is also posted to the usenet newsgroup comp.ai.neural- networks. Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: This list is active and well moderated. Lots of conference announcements, calls for papers, book announcements. Fair amount of scholarly queries and a collaborative atmosphere. What a wealth of information gets passed along here! ------------------------------------------------------------- Neuroprose ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: ftp site URL: file://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/neuroprose Login Instructions: login: anonymous password: e-mail address Description: From the README: This directory contains technical reports as a public service to the connectionist and neural network scientific community. Researchers may place electronic versions of their preprints in this directory, announce availability, and other interested researchers can rapidly retrieve and print the postscripts. This saves copying, postage and handling, by having the interested reader supply the paper. We strongly discourage the merger into the repository of existing bodies of work or the use of this medium as a vanity press for papers which are not of publication quality. There are currently well over 300 papers available here. Consult the FAQ for contributor's guidelines. Searchable Index: wais://wais.cic.net/neuroprose.src This index contains only 137 documents and does not seem to have been updated since 1992. It also indexes only the index page (as opposed to the full text of the articles). Manager: Jordan Pollack Asistant Professor pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu 614-292-4890 (then * to fax) Laboratory for AI Research 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 FAQ: file://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/neuroprose/README Evaluation: Good example of what a research community can do in the name of collaboration. Since the WAIS index is pretty much useless, it's best to occasionally print off the index file and look for new additions or monitor appropriate listservs and usenet groups for announcements of newly available papers. ------------------------------------------------------------- Neurotour ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Software Date/Version: unknown URL: file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/ mac-medical/hypercard/neurotour.cpt.hqx Description: Neurotour begins to cover the basics of neuroanatomy from the macro to the micro level. It starts with a silhouette of a human head, defines 3 sections of brain, zooms in to a diagram of the brain and defines lobes and areas, zooms in to the neuron level and identifies cell parts (some textual description), zooms again to an illustration of the synaptic region, zooms again to transmitter vesicles . . . and stops abruptly. We have not located a finished version to date. File Size: 361K in archive Hardware/Software Requirements: Macintosh computer Hypercard player BinHex compatible decompression software Extraction software Author: The stack was written by Jim Ludtke. We have no other contact information. Evaluation: Unfinished. What he has is very appealing graphically and his approach is an interesting one, but is simply not very usable in its present form. Middle school to bio101 level. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.bio ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: Description: This is the general discussion area for biology in the sci hierarchy. The volume is high and the topics wide- ranging. There are many queries for information. Archive: Postings since 12/91: gopher://ftp.bio.indiana.edu/11/Network-news/sci.bio Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: Neuroscientists who have a biological focus may find monitoring of this group useful for more general concerns. There are more specialized groups which don't have as much "lay" traffic. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.bio.technology ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: unknown Description: This is a subgroup of sci.bio which deals with technology issues related to any field in biology. Archive: gopher://ftp.bio.indiana.edu/11/Network-News/ sci.bio/technology Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: The volume is small--mostly technical questions and pleas for help. Answers are rarely posted, so it is hard to know if it is effective to field your question to this group. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.cognitive ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: 6/92 to present Description: From the charter: Cognitive science is an inter-disciplinary investigation of cognition, involving cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science, human-computer interaction, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, linguistics, neuroscience, cognitive anthropology and other disciplines. The 'mind's new science' has been around since the mid-50's, and has entered an institutional phase with textbooks, journals, centres of research and teaching etc. However, due to its inter- disciplinary and international character, channels of communication devoted specifically to cognitive science are still needed, and the group sci.cognitive is intended to serve this end. The group should serve as an open forum for discussion of all aspects of cognitive science: empirical work, cognitive modelling, theory, methodology, foundational, historical and social issues etc. The group should also facilitate the exchange of information on teaching programmes, conferences, jobs etc. The main language of the group is English, but postings in other languages are also encouraged. Archive: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: The volume here is medium (avoiding the perils of non-scientist groups). Content seems to overlap somewhat with bionet.neuroscience. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.engr.biomed ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: 2/92 to present Description: The purpose of the group is to facilitate discussions and the exchange of information pertaining to the field of Biomedical Engineering. Biomedical Engineering being (but not limited to): design and manufacture of artificial limbs and organs; scientific research involving medicine/the body and artificial materials; mature discussions on ethical matters; computer programs/hardware related to Biomed Engineering, data collection, and electronic muscle stimulation; modeling/simulation of Biomed systems; and schools/courses involved with Biomedical Engineering. Archive: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: We have not monitored this group personally. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.med ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: unknown Description: This is the catch-all group for medical issues in the sci hierarchy. Participation is varied from laypersons to clinicians to researchers. Archive: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: This group is high volume--lots of folks seeking diagnoses and advice, but also plenty of clinicians communicating professional and research concerns. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.med.pharmacy ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: 8/93 to present Description: From the charter: [The purpose of sci.med.pharmacy is] to provide pharmacists with a forum for the discussion of issues related to the teaching and practice of the profession. It is expected that sci.med.pharmacy would attract contributions from all the major disciplines including pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry as well as areas with more direct professional implications such as pharmacy practice and legislation. It is proposed that cross posting should occur between the news group and the Pharmacy Mail Exchange List. It is expected that all the postings to the list will be transfered to the news group. Archive: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: We have not personally monitored this group. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.med.psychobiology ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: 12/93 to present Description: From Charter: sci.med.psychobiology will be an unmoderated common forum for discussions and announcements among those interested in such scientific aspects of psychiatry as: psychobiology, psychopharmacology, inheritance of psychiatric illness, behavioral genetics, psychoneurobiology, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, psychoneuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology, psychosomatics, somatization disorder, psychiatric education and training, research support and funding, research training. Archive: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: This is brand spanking new! So new that it hasn't shown up on our server yet. Check it out. ------------------------------------------------------------- sci.psychology ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: usenet group Date: unknown Description: This group is the catch-all for psychology in the sci hierarchy. Lots of lay and professional contributions on a wide range of psychological subjects. Archive: n/a Searchable Index: n/a FAQ: n/a Evaluation: Another high volume group. This one is less research oriented and heavier on theory and "talk". These folks carry a thread longer than most! ------------------------------------------------------------- Sheep's Brain ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Software Date/Version: unknown URL: file://ra.nrl.navy.mil/MacSciTech/biology/descriptive/ sheepsbrain.cpt.hqx Description: Sheep's Brain is a SuperCard stack of labelled B&W photos of sheep brain and various cross sections. It has a self test/quiz feature. A hypertext index of labels will pop you to the appropriate photo, otherwise you are limited to browsing it sequentially. Pictures are used with permission from The Sheep Brain: a Basic Guide by Richard K. Cooley and C. H. Vanderwolf, published by A.J. Kirby Co. Written with Dr. Ross Dingman and Dr. Daniel Moriarity at University of San Diego. A Thor Production. Portions copyrighted by Silicon Beach Software (a subsidiary of Aldus Corporation). File Size:1 M in archive 1.8 M uncompressed (includes a run-time version of SuperCard) Hardware/Software Requirements: Macintosh computer BinHex compatible decompression software Extraction software Author: The author, Thor Avidsen, writes in the README file: This is a project I developed which is currently in use at the University of San Diego. Feel free to use it and distribute it any way you like. If you have any questions or bug reports, drop me a line at Thor@usdcsv.acusd.edu Evaluation: This would be a good introduction to a dissection lab. It is complete and well designed. The quiz and the index make it flexible. Some of the photos are not as sharp as they could be. ------------------------------------------------------------- Stereotaxic Atlases of Pigeon and Electric Fish ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: image Date: n/a URL: file://obex.scripps.edu/pub/shared_data/Karten Description: These Canvas files are Harvey Karten's attempts to convert traditional paper based stereotaxic atlases into digital format. There are 3 sets of plates from Karten and Hodos Stereotaxic Atlas of the Pigeon and 1 set of plates from the Maler atlas of Apteronotus, a weakly electric fish. (There is also a tempting folder entitled "Squirrel" which won't open.) The sets are meant to be viewed as layers in Canvas, a graphics program. File Size: Pigeon Anterior: 58 files, each 46-89K Pigeon Posterior: 19 files, each 56-88K Pigeon Saggital: 11 files, each 52-119K Electric Fish: 3 files, each 307-327K Hardware/Software Requirements: Canvas 3.0 or higher Originating Source: Harvey J. Karten kartenh@sdsc.edu 619-534-4938 Dept. of Neurosciences UCSD La Jolla, CA 92093-0608 FAQ: file://obex.scripps.edu/pub/shared_data/Karten/ Read_Me_first.txt file://obex.scripps.edu/README Evaluation: We don't have access to Canvas, so we were unable to take a look. ------------------------------------------------------------- University of California at San Diego Neurosciences Gopher ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: gopher URL: gopher://helmholtz.sdsc.edu Description: This gopher server has been set up by the UCSD Neurosciences graduate programme using computing facilities of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute. It contains information about the graduate and undergraduate offerings in neuroscience at UCSD, lists of faculty with research interests and publications, and postings concerning lectures on neuroscience topics in the San Diego area. Searchable Index: n/a Manager: Questions, comments, and gripes about the information available here can be sent to: . FAQ: n/a Evaluation: Although the lectures are primarily of local interest, the faculty and institutional information can be of general interest. ------------------------------------------------------------- VOXEL-MAN Atlases ------------------------------------------------------------- Resource Type: Software Date/Version: 1993 (ongoing) URL: n/a Description: From a posting to MEDINF: As some of you may know we (K.H. Hohne et al.) are working on a true 3D interactive atlas of the human body(VOXEL-MAN). The present versions of VOXEL-MAN/brain and VOXEL-MAN/skull may now be usefully applied. People interested in getting the programs or information about them may contact me. References: K. H. Hohne, M.Bomans, M.Riemer, R.Schubert, U.Tiede, and W.Lierse, "A 3D anatomical atlas based on a volume model," IEEE Comput. Graphics Appl., vol.12, no.4, pp.72--78, 1992. K.H. Hohne, A.Pommert, M.Riemer, T.Schiemann, R.Schubert, U.Tiede, and W.Lierse, "Eine modellbasierte Multimediatechnik zur Erzeugung von dreidimensionalen medizinischen Atlanten,'' it-Informationstechnik, vol.35, no.3, pp.26--30, 1993. R.Schubert, K.H. Hohne, A.Pommert, M.Riemer, T.Schiemann, and U.Tiede, "Spatial knowledge representation for visualization of human anatomy and function,'' in Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Proc. IPMI '93 (H.H. Barrett, A.F. Gmitro, eds.), pp.168--181, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1993. U.Tiede, M.Bomans, K.H. Hohne, A.Pommert, M.Riemer, T.Schiemann, R.Schubert, and W.Lierse, "A computerized three- dimensional atlas of the human skull and brain,'' Am. J. Neuroradiology, vol.14, pp.551--559, 1993. D. A. Charletta "A computerized three-dimensional atlas of the human skull and brain(Commentary)'' Am. J. Neuroradiology, vol.14, pp.560--561,1993. File Size: 400 MB Hardware/Software Requirements: VOXEL-MAN/Atlases run under a MOTIF user-interface presently on the following UNIX-Workstations: -DECstation 5000/xxx (preferably /240) -DEC 3000 AXP("alpha") -SUN Sparcstation -Silicon Graphics Iris The following minimum configuration is required: - color display(8bit frame buffer is sufficient, 24 bit is better) - >=96 Mbytes of main memory - >=400Mbytes of disk storage - installation medium e. g. DEC TLZ04 tape, etc - X11 window system Compatibility with other workstations like Hewlett- Packard 7xx(portation progress) and IBM RS/6000 is planned for the future. Author: Karl Heinz Hoehne Inst. of Math. and Computer Science in Medicine University Hospital Eppendorf Martinistrasse 52 20246 Hamburg Phone(business):(040)4717-3698 Fax:(040)4717-4882 Tel.(home):(04101)25464 Evaluation: We have not looked at this resource personally (we don't have 400 MB just laying around) See the list of references in the description for reviews. This is obviously a big ticket item to put on your department wish list.