NI Platforms in Japan

Each platform has been developed to organize neuroinformatics databases, by which research results can be shared with the public.

	Visiome Platform      http://visiome.neuroinf.jp/ Visiome Platform (VP) integrates research papers, experimental data, mathematical models and tools, and other information associated with research on vision (i.e. the retina, psychophysics, and higher-level visual functions) and makes this data publicly available.
	Brain Machine Interface Platform      http://bmi.neuroinf.jp/ Brain Machine Interface Platform (BMI PF) accumulates BMI (Brain Machine Interfaces)-related experimental data, mathematical models, and tools generated in neuroscience, computational theory, and robotics.
	Invertebrate Brain Platform      http://invbrain.neuroinf.jp/ Invertebrate Brain Platform (IVB PF) integrates experimental data, mathematical models, and research tools relevant to the study of invertebrate brains, neurons, and behavior.
	Integrative Brain Research      http://www.togo-nou.nips.ac.jp/ Integrative Brain Research (IBR) Project is a grant group of neuroscientists funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and include about 300 PIs. The group consists of 5 subgroups (“Integrative Brain Research”, “System study on higher brain functions”, “Elucidation of neural network function in the brain”, “Molecular Brain Science”, “Research on Patho-mechanisms of Brain Disorders”) with different disciplines. Facilitation of multidisciplinary collaboration is one of the major purposes of the grant group and to encourage such inter-disciplinary interaction, the “Database Committee” of the grant group is actively working on establishing “network” of neuroscientists.
	Cerebellar Development Transcriptome Database      http://www.cdtdb.brain.riken.jp/ The Cerebellar Development Transcriptome Database (CDT-DB) provides spatio-temporal gene expression profile information on the postnatal development of mouse cerebellum. It seeks to reproduce the genetic blueprint of cerebellar development.
	Cerebellar Platform      http://cerebellum.neuroinf.jp/ Cerebellar Platform is a digital research archives for the cerebellar research. Available resources include mini-reviews of contemporary cerebellar research, list of papers and mathematical models for cerebellar operation.
	Neuro-Imaging Platform      http://nimg.neuroinf.jp/ This platform collects information about neuroimaging research and provides them to researchers all over the world. You can access bibliographic information of text book and peer reviewed journal papers. For practical purposes, programs to present the stimuli, analysis software, and raw data in neuroimaging experiments with various methods such as functional MRI (fMRI), MEG, and NIRS are also included.
	Dynamic Brain Platform      http://dynamicbrain.neuroinf.jp/ This site promotes studies on the dynamic principles of brain functions through unifying experimental and computational approaches in cellular, local circuit, global network and behavioral levels. Our goal is to capture the autonomy and the creativity in living organisms which enlightens the complexity of nature and society.