SPARC — bridging the body and the brain
The SPARC Portal is an open neuroscience and systems physiology platform containing multi-species data, knowledge, computational modeling and spatial mapping. Share your data and models to drive development of treatments that change lives.
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Resources & Datasets
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Scaffold Mapping Tools
A collection of tools to enable mapping SPARC data to organ scaffolds. Delivered through a scaffold mapping tool release of MAP Client.
Featured Datasets
Pig vagus nerve TH (tyrosine hydroxylase) and ChAT (choline acetyltransferase) positive fibers
Previously published as Duke_GrillPelot_OD025340_PigVagusNerve_TH_ChAT. The dataset provides immunohistological images of cross-sections of pig vagus nerves, identifying ChAT+ and TH+ fibers.
News & Upcoming Events
NANS 2025
January 30, 2025 - February 1, 2025
Orlando, FL
The North American Neuromodulation Society will be in Orlando, FL this year.
SPARC community members map pain-sensing nerves in rat Heart
SPARC community members at UCF have mapped pain-sensing nerves in the rat heart for the first time, paving the way for heart disease research.
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