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BrainMaps
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<p>BrainMaps is an <a href="/facts/NIH/G3Eytfcc">NIH</a>-funded interactive zoomable high-resolution digital <a href="/facts/Brain_atlas/net5JN2S">brain atlas</a> and <a href="/facts/Virtual_microscopy/JL7jS5jd">virtual microscope</a> that is based on more than 140 million megapixels (140 terabytes) of scanned images of serial sections of both primate and non-primate <a href="/facts/Brain/EKla9NkJ">brains</a> and that is integrated with a high-speed <a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">database</a> for querying and retrieving data about brain structure and function over the internet. </p><p>Currently featured are complete brain atlas datasets for 16 species; a few of which are: <i><a href="/facts/Macaca_mulatta/TkffMX9v">Macaca mulatta</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Chlorocebus_aethiops/aPxT0Sxw">Chlorocebus aethiops</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Felis_silvestris_catus/82d0y6D5">Felis silvestris catus</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Mus_musculus/A1fj6LQ2">Mus musculus</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Rattus_norvegicus/6KzSs2qg">Rattus norvegicus</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Tyto_alba/aB6kjGRX">Tyto alba</a></i>. </p><p>The project's <a href="/facts/Principal_investigator/GXE6ILvW">principal investigator</a> was <a href="/facts/UC_Davis/LTCyhaP5">UC Davis</a> neuroscientist <a href="/facts/Ted_Jones_(neuroscientist)/Fu1j6Dy9">Ted Jones</a> from 2005 through 2011, after which the role was taken by W. Martin Usrey. </p>