The Brede database: a small database for functional neuroimaging

Data The database is inspired by the hierarchical structure of BrainMap [1] with scientific articles (“bib” structures) on the highest level containing one or more experiments (“exp” structure”, corresponding to a contrast in general linear model analyses), these in turn comprising one or more locations (“loc” structures). The information on the “bib” level (author, title, ...) is setup automatically from PubMed while the rest of the information is entered manually in a Matlab graphical user interface. On the “loc” level this includes the 3D stereotactic coordinates in either Talairach or MNI space, the brain area (functional, anatomical or cytoarchitectonic area) and magnitude values such as Z-score and P-value. On the “exp” level information such as modality, scanner and behavioral domain are recorded with “external components” (such as “face recognition” or “kinetic boundaries”) organized in a directed graph and marked up with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) where possible.