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Allen Brain Atlas API
The Allen Institute for Brain Science offers programmatic access of its published data through an application
programming interface (API).
Data made available includes:
High resolution images for gene expression, connectivity, and histology experiments, as well as annotated
atlas images
3-D expression summaries registered to a reference space for the Mouse Brain and Developing Mouse Brain
Primary microarray results for the Human Brain and Non-Human Primate
RNA sequencing results for the Developing Human Brain
MRI and DTI files for Human Brain
The API consists of the following resources:
RESTful model access
Image download service
3-D expression summary download service
Differential expression search services
NeuroBlast correlative searches
Image-to-image synchronization service
Structure graph download service
API Home
Documentation.
Example Applications
Web page detailing applications and source code available for download that demonstrate the API.
Class Hierarchy
Tool for viewing the Allen Brain Atlas data model, including entities from molecular biology,
anatomic atlases, laboratory artifacts, experiments, and annotations.
2012 Allen Brain Atlas Hackathon
Web page detailing the 2012 Allen Brain Atlas Hackathon, including speakers, attendees, and event materials.