Allen Brain Atlas vs OpenNeuro

neuroscience

neuroscience

reference atlas, in situ hybridization, microarray, RNA sequencing, connectivity, cell types, imaging

MRI, fMRI, EEG, MEG, iEEG, PET, behavioral data

open

open

Documentation, web resources, and API references are available online.

Published datasets are available on demand over the internet.

No access fee is listed for public documentation and API access.

Free of charge for published datasets.

Reuse terms should be checked against Allen Institute citation and data policies for the specific atlas or download.

Public Domain for published data and metadata.

Allen Brain Atlas documentation and API model, The documentation index links atlas-specific guides and the API model documents dataset fields and associations.

BIDS specification and dataset README files, OpenNeuro dataset pages surface README and description.json content, while BIDS defines the required folder, file, and metadata conventions.