Profile page for David Van Essen

David Van Essen

Full name

David Van Essen

Affiliation

Washington University School of Medicine

Address

Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
660 S. Euclid Ave.
63110-1093
St. Louis
United States

Email

vanessen(at)brainvis.wustl.edu

Home page

http://brainvis.wustl.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Research Areas

  • General neuroinformatics
  • Digital atlasing
  • Neuroimaging

Research focus

Our laboratory develops and uses computerized brain mapping techniques to study the structure, function, and development of cerebral cortex in humans and nonhuman primates.

Research description

Our laboratory studies the structure and function of mammalian cerebral cortex using novel methods of computerized brain mapping. We have developed an integrated suite of software tools for surface-based analyses of cerebral cortex. We have also developed surface-based atlases for studies of primate (human and macaque monkey) and rodent (rat and mouse) cerebral and cerebellar cortex that are accessible via the SumsDB database (http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums) and online visualization software. These atlases provide a substrate for a growing compendium of published experimental data that can be easily accessed and searched.

Quote

Just as bioinformatics has profoundly impacted molecular biology and related fields, neuroinformatics has the potential for a transformative impact on neuroscience research.
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