''OpenNeuro'' (formerly known as OpenfMRI) is an
open-science neuroinformatics
Neuroinformatics is the field that combines informatics and neuroscience. Neuroinformatics is related with neuroscience data and information processing by artificial neural networks. There are three main directions where neuroinformatics has to be ...
database storing datasets from human brain imaging research studies.
The database is available online.
Neuroimaging researchers, having performed an neuroimaging studies, may upload their data to the site.
Third-party researchers may download the data and use it, e.g., for re-analysis.
OpenNeuro is run by the research group around
Russell Poldrack
Russell "Russ" Alan Poldrack (born 1967) is an American psychologist and neuroscientist. He is a professor of psychology at Stanford University, associate director oStanford Data Science member of the Stanford Neuroscience Institute and director o ...
, and they described the system in the scientific article ''Toward open sharing of task-based fMRI data: the OpenfMRI project'' from 2013,
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and later in ''OpenfMRI: Open sharing of task fMRI data'' from 2015.
History
OpenfMRI was predated by two other online
neuroimaging
Neuroimaging is the use of quantitative (computational) techniques to study the structure and function of the central nervous system, developed as an objective way of scientifically studying the healthy human brain in a non-invasive manner. Incre ...
databases: ''
fMRI Data Center'' (
fMRIDC) and the ''1000 Functional Connectomes Project'' (FCP), available via the
Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse
The Neuroimaging Tools and Resources CollaboratoryNITRC is a neuroimaging informatics knowledge environment for MR, PET/SPECT, CT, EEG/MEG, optical imaging, clinical neuroinformatics, imaging genomics, and computational neuroscience tools and reso ...
Image Repository.
The fMRIDC collected the same type of data as OpenfMRI, but distributes it via physical media. It no longer accepts data submissions.
FCP collected data from resting-state fMRI studies.
In February 2018 OpenfMRI was officially renamed as OpenNeuro to reflect broader range of accepted data and switched to a new data submission and management platform.
See also
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Metascience
Metascience (also known as meta-research) is the use of scientific methodology to study science itself. Metascience seeks to increase the quality of scientific research while reducing inefficiency. It is also known as "''research on research''" ...
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