title: NeuroVault.org: A repository for sharing unthresholded statistical maps, parcellations, and atlases of the human brain.
abstract: NeuroVault.org is dedicated to storing outputs of analyses in the form of statistical maps, parcellations and atlases, a unique strategy that contrasts with most neuroimaging repositories that store raw acquisition data or stereotaxic coordinates. Such maps are indispensable for performing meta-analyses, validating novel methodology, and deciding on precise outlines for regions of interest (ROIs). NeuroVault is open to maps derived from both healthy and clinical populations, as well as from various imaging modalities (sMRI, fMRI, EEG, MEG, PET, etc.). The repository uses modern web technologies such as interactive web-based visualization, cognitive decoding, and comparison with other maps to provide researchers with efficient, intuitive tools to improve the understanding of their results. Each dataset and map is assigned a permanent Universal Resource Locator (URL), and all of the data is accessible through a REST Application Programming Interface (API). Additionally, the repository supports the NIDM-Results standard and has the ability to parse outputs from popular FSL and SPM software packages to automatically extract relevant metadata. This ease of use, modern web-integration, and pioneering functionality holds promise to improve the workflow for making inferences about and sharing whole-brain statistical maps.
authors: Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Max Planck Research Group for Neuroanatomy and Connectivity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: krzysztof.gorgolewski@gmail.com.
authors: Krzysztof J
authors: KJ
authors: Gorgolewski
authors: INRIA Parietal, Neurospin bat 145, CEA, Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France.
authors: Gael
authors: G
authors: Varoquaux
authors: InfoCortex UG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors: Gabriel
authors: G
authors: Rivera
authors: INRIA Parietal, Neurospin bat 145, CEA, Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France.
authors: Yannick
authors: Y
authors: Schwartz
authors: Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Program in Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors: Vanessa V
authors: VV
authors: Sochat
authors: McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA.
authors: Satrajit S
authors: SS
authors: Ghosh
authors: Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
authors: Camille
authors: C
authors: Maumet
authors: Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
authors: Thomas E
authors: TE
authors: Nichols
authors: Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California at Berkeley, CA, USA.
authors: Jean-Baptiste
authors: JB
authors: Poline
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA.
authors: Tal
authors: T
authors: Yarkoni
authors: Max Planck Research Group for Neuroanatomy and Connectivity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
authors: Daniel S
authors: DS
authors: Margulies
authors: Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors: Russell A
authors: RA
authors: Poldrack
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging