NeuroMorpho.Org Releases Nearly 10,000 New Neuron Reconstructions and Neurolucida leads the way
With the release of its new version on November 28, NeuroMorpho.org adds 9,987 new images to its archive, bringing its impressive collection of digitally reconstructed neurons to 80,012.
Scientists used MBF Bioscience’s software, Neurolucida and Neurolucida 360, to reconstruct the majority of these cells. In fact, 64 times more neurons were reconstructed with MBF Bioscience software than those imaged by our closest commercial competitor – that’s 42,121 reconstructions compared to 656. This metric demonstrates that Neurolucida and Neurolucida 360 are truly the gold standards for neuron reconstruction.
Featuring contributions from hundreds of laboratories from around the globe, NeuroMorpho.Org is the world’s leading database of publicly accessible 3D neuronal reconstructions and associated metadata. From the dragonfly to the humpback whale, researchers have access to accurate and verified data from an array of different organisms. Arranged by animal species, brain region, cell type, or contributing laboratory, each file contains specific details about the cell’s morphology such as age, developmental stage, soma volume, and number of branches – all of which are searchable.
Recently, NeuroMorpho.Org hit the 8 million download mark, with researchers in 166 different countries accessing this valuable resource, and more than one thousand published articles referencing its data