A self-study tutorial using the Allen Brain Explorer and Brain Atlas to teach concepts of mammalian

The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE), Fall 2009, 8(1):A21-A25 ARTICLE A Self-Study Tutorial using the Allen Brain Explorer and Brain Atlas to Teach Concepts of Mammalian Neuroanatomy and Brain Function Bruce G. Jenks Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Neuroscience, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands The Allen Brain Atlas is a repository of neuroanatomical PowerPoint and the Brain Explorer are opened on the data concerning the mouse brain. The core of the computer and the students switch from one program to the database is a Nissl-stained reference atlas of the brain other as they go, in a step-wise fashion, through the accompanied by in situ hybridization data for essentially various exercises. There are two main groups of the entire mouse genome. This database is freely exercises, titled “The Basics” and “Explorations”, with both available at the Allen Institute for Brain Science website, as groups accessed from a PowerPoint “Start Menu” by is an innovative tool to explore the database, the Brain clicking on dynamic links to the appropriate exercises. Explorer. This tool is downloaded and installed on your Most exercises have a number of dynamic links to own computer. I have developed a self-study tutorial, PowerPoint slides where background information for the “Explorations with the Allen Brain Explorer”, which uses the exercises is given or the ...