October 10, 2022 -- Scientists in Canada have brought together more than 40 existing brain maps to help researchers find correlations between patterns across different brain regions, spatial scales, modalities, and brain functions.
The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill University said the database, neuromaps, provides a standardized space to view each brain map in comparison with one another and assesses the statistical significance of these comparisons. Doing so will help researchers distinguish a meaningful correlation from a random pattern (Nature Methods, October 6, 2022). The database will also help standardize the code across maps to improve the reproducibility of results.
The researchers added they hope the neuromaps will increase data accessibility and software tools to people with diverse research interests as well as standardized workflows.
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