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The Zagreb Collection of human brains: a unique, versatile, but underexploited resource for the neuroscience community
Author(s) -
Judaš Miloš,
Šimić Goran,
Petanjek Zdravko,
JovanovMilošević Nataša,
Pletikos Mihovil,
Vasung Lana,
Vukšić Mario,
Kostović Ivica
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.05993.x
Subject(s) - subplate , neuroscience , resource (disambiguation) , synaptogenesis , collection development , biology , data collection , cortex (anatomy) , library science , computer science , sociology , computer network , social science
The Zagreb Collection of developing and adult human brains was founded in 1974 by Ivica Kostović and consists of 1,278 developing and adult human brains, including 610 fetal, 317 children, and 359 adult brains. It is one of the largest collections of developing human brains. The collection serves as a key resource for many focused research projects and has led to several seminal contributions on mammalian cortical development, such as the discovery of the transient fetal subplate zone and of early bilaminar synaptogenesis in the embryonic and fetal human cerebral cortex, and the first description of growing afferent pathways in the human fetal telencephalon. The Zagreb Collection also serves as a core resource for ever‐growing networks of international collaboration and represents the starting point for many young investigators who now pursue independent research careers at leading international institutions. The Zagreb Collection, however, remains underexploited owing to a lack of adequate funding in Croatia. Funding could establish an online catalog of the collection and modern virtual microscopy scanning methods to make the collection internationally more accessible.