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Databases for neuroscience

Databases for neuroscience must handle large volumes of image and graphical data as well as domain knowledge. Several software development efforts are addressing these issues in an attempt to aid the acquisition, analysis and exchange of complex data sets.

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Wertheim, S., Sidman, R. Databases for neuroscience. Nature 354, 88–89 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/354088a0

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