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Exercises for Chap. 15

Task 15.1

What is the neuron software? Get an overview on the Internet.

Task 15.2

What is the OpenWorm project? Get an overview on the Internet.

Task 15.3

Find a link to the human connectome, which is all the neural connections in the human

brain. What can you learn about neuroanatomy from this?

Task 15.4

Optical illusions arise from contrast enhancement and other neural mechanisms such as

size constancy in the brain. Find a suitable reference to this on the Internet.

Task 15.5

The Necker cube (Necker’s cube) gives a clue to the subjective present. Find a suitable

reference to this on the Internet.

Task 15.6

One way to understand diseases of the nervous system is the OMIM database. What does the acro­

nym stand for? What can you say about the data on alcoholism or schizophrenia in the database?

Useful Tools and Web Links

Allen Institute

https://alleninstitute.org

Allen Institute for Brain Science

https://www.braininitiative.org/alliance/

allen-­institute-­for-­brain-­science/

European Human Brain Project (HBP)

https://www.humanbrainproject.eu

Brain Mapping by Integrated Neurotechnologies

for Disease Studies (Brain/MINDS) in Japan

https://brainminds.jp/en/

String database

https://string-­db.org

OMIM

https://www.omim.org

Connectome project

https://www.openconnectomeproject.org

Sausage Atlas

https://www.wormatlas.org/

WormWiring

https://wormwiring.org/

Virtual Insect Brain Lab

https://www.neurofly.de/

Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas

https://mouse.brain-­map.org/static/atlas

Brain Activity Atlas

https://www.brainactivityatlas.org/

Temporal lobe

https://www.temporal-­lobe.com/

background/connectome

Neuroactivity detection

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

pubmed/23537512

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