AUTHOR=Brown Ramsay A. , Swanson Larry W. 

TITLE=Golgi: Interactive Online Brain Mapping

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroinformatics/articles/10.3389/fninf.2015.00026

DOI=10.3389/fninf.2015.00026

ISSN=1662-5196

ABSTRACT=<p><italic>Golgi</italic> (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.usegolgi.com" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">http://www.usegolgi.com</ext-link>) is a prototype interactive brain map of the rat brain that helps researchers intuitively interact with neuroanatomy, connectomics, and cellular and chemical architecture. The flood of “-omic” data urges new ways to help researchers connect discrete findings to the larger context of the nervous system. Here we explore <italic>Golgi’s</italic> underlying reasoning and techniques and how our design decisions balance the constraints of building both a scientifically useful and usable tool. We demonstrate how <italic>Golgi</italic> can enhance connectomic literature searches with a case study investigating a thalamocortical circuit involving the Nucleus Accumbens and we explore <italic>Golgi’s</italic> potential and future directions for growth in systems neuroscience and connectomics.</p>