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Model Protocols
Submitter LNI Account
Version Version 5 (2007/05/31)
Namespace urn:bml/brainml.org:internal/Protocols/5
Comments Modified catalog_interaction schema and controlled vocabulary terms.
View Structure   Vocabulary   (with IDs)

This is a tabular description of the controlled vocabulary values allowed for entries to fields in the data model. Also available in XML format.


Domains of Applicability

Vocabulary Terms

  • resource type
        data resource (neuroscience data or findings)
             database (data sets)
               Indexed research data, focusing on individual characteristics of particular instances.
             atlas (spatially-organized data)
               A spatially-indexed collection of images and possibly related metadata.
             knowledge base (findings/knowledge derived from data)
               Searchable reference focusing on findings / knowledge derived from data (scientific sense) -or- focusing on properties of standard types and categories rather than particular instances (computer science sense).
                 clinical knowledge base (diagnosis/treatment)
                   Knowledge base of clinical data.
        bibliographic resource (library/publisher or literature access)
          Library, collection, or access point for scientific literature.
        software resource (software for acquisition, analysis, display or modeling)
          A piece of software for handling neuroscience research data. May be an application, tool, plug-in, or other type of package.
             data acquisition software
               Software related to acquisition.
             data processing/analysis/archiving software
               Software for analyzing or otherwise processing data, or storing or archiving it, including format conversion.
                 software for time-series analysis (nonimage)
                   Software for time series data processing.
                 software for spatial/image analysis
                   Software for image data processing.
                 software for sequence analysis
                   Software for sequence analysis.
                 software for pathway analysis
                   Software for pathway analysis.
             visualization software
               Software for visualizing data.
                 3D/4D visualization
                   Software for 3D/4D visualization.
             modeling/simulation software
               Software for modeling or simulating a system's functioning.
        research supplies (access to materials)
          Materials or equipment for carrying out neuroscience research, or vendor of.
             instrumentation
               Instruments or devices.
             organism
               Organisms for use in research.
             cell line/tissue
               Cell line or tissue products.
             reagent/chemical
               Chemical or biological substances.
        portal (access to people, places, or sites)
          A resource pointing to or characterizing other sources of information, such as a web portal or a home page.
             lab or department
             organization or institution
             wide-area portal (links to external neuroscience web sites)


  • coverage
        definitive / gold standard
          Resource is the definitive source for data of the type it contains.
        significant
          Resource has a significant collection of data in its domain.
        promising
          Resource's contents are growing.

  • data type
        molecular/genetic
             sequence
                 genetic/DNA/RNA
                 protein
             structure
             concentration/flux/activity
                 pH
             expression
             molecular interaction
                 reaction kinetic/thermodynamics
        neurobiological
             ultrastructure
             structure/architecture
                 connectivity/circuitry
                 map
                 section
                 vasculature
                 dynamic metrics
             function
                 electrophysiological activity/signaling
                     action potentials
                     synaptic potentials
                     field potential
                     EEG [electroencephalogram]
                 functional-imaged activity
        body structure
        behavior/performance
             cognition/learning/memory
             mechanical/motor activity
                 position/location
                 velocity/acceleration
                 force/tension/torque
                 pressure
                     ocular
                     intracranial/CSF [cerebrospinal fluid]
             affect/emotion
             autonomic/systemic metrics
                 cardiac/cardiovascular
                 respiration
                 GSR/skin resistance
                 temperature
             sensory perception
                 audition
                 olfaction
                 somatic sensation
                 vision
                 pain/nociception
        literature
             abstract
             citation
             commentary
             full text
        metadata
             ontology
             terminology
        model specification
        analysis tools
        simulation tools
        materials


  • organism
        human
        invertebrate
             annelid
                 leech
             arthropod
                 crustacean
                     crab
                     lobster
                 insect
                     cockroach
                     cricket
                     fly
                         Drosophila m.
                     honeybee [Apis m.]
             mollusc
                 gastropod
                     Aplysia c.
                 squid
             nematode
                 C. elegans
        nonhuman vertebrate
             avian
                 chicken
             fish
                 zebrafish
             mammal
                 cat
                 primate (nonhuman)
                     baboon
                     monkey
                         macaque [Macaca sp.]
                         capuchin [Cebus sp.]
                         squirrel monkey [Saimiri sp.]
                         owl monkey [Aotus sp.]
                         marmoset [Callithrix sp.]
                 rabbit
                 rodent
                     mouse
                         c57bl/6j
                         dba/2j
                         cross
                     rat
                 sheep

  • technique
        chemical
             CD
             micro/calorimetry
             gel/electrophoresis
             HPLC/chromatography [high-pressure liquid chromatography]
             mass spectroscopy
             microdialysis
             NMR [nuclear magnetic resonance]
             radioassay
             Xray crystallography
        computed tomography/imaging
             CAT [computer axial tomography]
             MRI [magnetic resonance imaging]
                 structural
                 functional
                 spectrographic
             PET [positron emission tomography]
             SPECT [single photon emission computed tomography]
        electrode-based
             extracellular
                 single electrode
                 multiple electrode
             intracellular/whole-cell/clamp
                 voltage-clamp
                 patch
             amperometric
                 pH
                 ion sensitive (non-H ion)
             macroelectrode
                 cuff/suction
                 field/surface
                     EEG [electroencephalography]
        electron microscopy [EM]
             SEM [scanning electron microscopy]
             TEM [transmission electron microscopy]
             STEM [scanning transmission electron microscopy]
        genomics/proteomics
             expression chip/microarray
             in situ hybridization
             sequence
        histology
             staining
                 golgi
                 immunocytochemistry
                 immunohistochemistry
                 myelin
                 nissl
             radiolabeling
        light microscopy/optical imaging
             bright field
             dark field
             intrinsic
             fluorescence/chemiluminescence/phosphorescence
                 multi-photon
                 confocal
                 FRET [fluorescence resonance energy transfer]
             Nomarski/DIC [differential interference contrast]
             phase
             polarization
             spectroscopy
             TIRM [total internal reflection microscopy]
        MEG [magnetoencephalography]
        mechanical sensors
             sound pressure level detectors
        physiological monitors
             EKG [electrocardiograph]
             polygraph/poysomnograph
             spirometer/respirometer
             thermal monitors
        reports/narratives
             clinical reports
             subject reports
        videography and photography
        analytic tools
        modeling/simulation tools
        signal processing tools
        visualization tools






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