The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of the Allen Brain Observatory.
This is standardized survey of cellular-level activity in the mouse visual system. The goal is to empower scientists to “investigate how circuits in the behaving mouse brain coordinate to drive activity and perception, and lays a crucial foundation for understanding perception, cognition and ultimately consciousness.”
The Allen Institute is known for its comprehensive brain atlases, with deep, high-quality data sets revealing where genes are expressed and how cells and connections are arranged in the mouse and human brain, according to Allan Jones, Ph.D., CEO of the Allen Institute.