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. 2016 Dec 30;18(1):70. doi: 10.3390/ijms18010070

Table 1.

Examples of available online brain atlases.

Specie Atlas Name Comments Link Selected References
Human The Human Brain Atlas at Michigan State University MRI from one specimen + myelin and cell bodies staining https://msu.edu/~brains/brains/human/index.html Tool developed by Sudheimer, K.D.; Winn, B.M.; Kerndt, G.M.; Shoaps, J.M.; Davis, K.K.; Fobbs Jr., A.J.; Johnson; J.I.
Allen Brain Atlas MRI, in situ hybridization, microarray http://human.brain-map.org/ [272,275,276]
Scalable Brain Atlas Brain atlas templates for different species https://scalablebrainatlas.incf.org/main/index.php [277]
Atlas of the Human Brain Macroscopic and microscopic levels http://www.thehumanbrain.info/ [293]
Human Connectome Project MRI-based imaging modalities to measure brain architecture, function and connectivity http://www.humanconnectomeproject.org/ [278,279,280,281]
BigBrain Cell bodies’ staining https://bigbrain.loris.ca/main.php [282]
Jubrain Probabilistic maps based on post mortem brains https://www.jubrain.fz-juelich.de/apps/cytoviewer/cytoviewer-main.php [283]
The Whole Brain Atlas Contains atlas from different cerebrovascular diseases http://www.med.harvard.edu/aanlib/home.html [284]
Human Brainnetome Atlas Structural and connectivity features http://atlas.brainnetome.org/ [285]
Brain Development Atlases (Imperial College London) Different atlas datasets are available (adult, pediatric and neonatal) http://brain-development.org/brain-atlases/ [286,287,288]
FSL Atlas Library of analysis tools for FMRI, MRI and DTI brain imaging data http://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/ [289]
Rodents Allen Brain Atlas Includes developing brain, spinal cord and connectivity brain atlas http://mouse.brain-map.org/ [271,276]
Mouse Atlas Project Contains also a neonatal brain atlas http://map.loni.usc.edu/ [290]
The Mouse Brain Library Includes developing mouse brain atlas http://www.mbl.org/ Tool developed by Williams, R.W. and colleagues
Others Zebrafish Brain Atlas Includes information about the neuroanatomy of the developing zebrafish brain http://zebrafishbrain.org/ [291]
Blueprint Atlas (Rhesus macaque) Gene expression data, neuroanatomical data http://www.blueprintnhpatlas.org/ [274]
Virtual Fly Brain (Drosophila melanogaster) Neural anatomy and imaging data http://www.virtualflybrain.org/ [292]