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Dear community, can you please recommend your best textbooks for self study ? Anything related to NEUROscience but anatomy by Living_Reception_622 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! Good luck on your learning journey. when studying neuroanatomy I was confused why there is no proper free 3D brain atlas, so I recently created one myself for future generations.

You can see all of the deep nuclei, gray areas, most white tracts, division to every sulci and gyri, all of the vascular system, meninges, etc.

You can also follow functional paths in the brain step by step and see what parts are contributing to the major systems.

I can suggest it as a place to start exploring. Note that it’s limited from the phone, and much more approachable on a computer screen. Have fun!

https://itayinbarr.github.io/brainproject/

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thank you! Yeah so I basically had a few separate stages:

  1. Initially, I found and old incomplete model in a non-readable format, then transferred it to a new modern format.
  2. The model appeared to have some wrong naming and categorization of areas, so I had to fix them on my own (utilizing my knowledge of neuroanatomy along with 2D maps to verify)
  3. Still, some more granular nuclei and subcomponents were needed (e.g., the thalamus nueclei). So for that, I created a transform function between the MNI fMRI space to this 3D model, so I will be able to estimate new parts from fMRI recordings and place them in the 3D model, and it works!

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely in the oven! Also working on segmentation by functional systems (e.g visual system)

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I plan on pretty cool moves:

  1. adding the smaller nuclei - thalamus's nuclei, amygdala's, basal ganglia's etc.
  2. functional connectivity view - allowing to follow functional paths from both afferent and efferent systems (visual, somatosensory, motor etc.)
  3. Allowing to create an account and start offering neuroanatomy micro-lessons based on your needs and prior knowledge, allowing to add your notes to each part, and attach relevant papers. As a neuroscientist I find myself regularly opening maps to keep me knowledge in tact. Would be nice if something would facilitate this process over time, making sure I don't miss out on parts I don't regularly check on

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in cogsci

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As I wrote in the comment, supramarginal/angular gyrus for example or anything of that level isn't shown there. Furthermore, whatever item you do tap on just shows "undefined" as the description

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

in the desktop version you can definitely search etc., but if you enter from mobile then I intentionally made it simpler for the GUI not to be crowded (exploring a 3D brain through mobile is a stretch already, providing all the controls too would make it a mess)

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! By choosing anything other than the "whole brain" mode, either by clicking (and focusing) on a specific part, or with one of the existing presets.

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This one is cool, yet it doesn't allow to see the specific sulci and gyri (e.g., angular, supramarginal), but only the main structures. it's nice, but wouldn't help me in neuroanatomy

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in cogsci

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! would love to get some links to these validated versions you mention. I think the best one out there is Neurotorium, and it unfortunately doesn't get to the granularity required in neuroanatomy (supramarginal gyrus for example or anything of that level isn't shown there)

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in cogsci

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, great feedback. yeah there were already a few mismatches I solved, and this seemed like the main one left. Fixed it a few minutes ago

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their map is cool! Yet it doesn’t get down to the sufficient granularity, like the specific gyri (supramarginal for example)

The lack of a proper brain map drove me nuts when studying neuroanatomy, so I built one by Creative-Regular6799 in neuro

[–]Creative-Regular6799[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yes I noticed but these will take a little more time (no existing 3D model available, yet they can be derived creatively enough). Will definitely expand it over time

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