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Appendix B: samples of Requests for Opinions
Pages 136-138

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From page 136...
... Further, such a database could allow for the electronic storage and transmission of neuroscience data; thus, the database could function as a vehicle for basic and clinical neuroscience research collaboration and data sharing. The study committee recognizes the critical need for any eventual NNCD to be planned carefully with the highest priority assigned to the needs of the potential users in the neuroscience community.
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From page 137...
... Such discussions often include the possibility of establishing some kind of database for neuroscience, and a few neuroscientists have begun to develop small, prototype databases for their own areas of interest. In response to these interests, the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and the National Science Foundation have requested the Institute of Medicine/ National Academy of Sciences to form a study committee to examine the desirability, feasibility, and possible ways of establishing a National Neural Circuitry Database (NNCD)
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From page 138...
... It is envisioned that the database would, through two- and three-dimensional graphic displays, permit the users to rotate or slice images in order to access various types of information about brain structure and function. Further, such a database could allow for the electronic storage and transmission of neuroscience data; thus, it could function as a vehicle for research collaboration and data sharing.
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