NeuroMorpho.Org: A Central Resource for Neuronal Morphologies

Editor's Note: Toolboxes are intended to briefly highlight a new method or a resource of general use in neuroscience or to critically analyze existing approaches or methods. For more information, see www.jneurosci.org/misc/itoa.shtml.

NeuroMorpho.Org is part of the “Neuroscience Information Framework,” a neuroinformatics consortium led by Cornell University, endorsed by the Society for Neuroscience, and sponsored by the Blueprint Initiative of the National Institutes of Health under National Institute of Drug Abuse Contract HHSN271200577531C. Additional support was provided by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke–National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)–National Science Foundation Grant R01 NS39600 and NIMH Grant R01 MH64417, both under the Human Brain Project. We are indebted to the MITRE Corporation for permission to use their technology in developing this project, and in particular to Dr. Ken Smith, Jeffrey Hoyt, and Gail Hamilton for their expert advice and collaboration. The described data and tools were generously shared by many different investigators, credited at http://neuromorpho.org.