# Documentation: BrainSpan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain
**URL:** https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897
**Category:** Brainspan Atlas of the Developing Human Brain
**Created:** [January 10, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897 "2024-01-10T21:41:52Z")
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### Author:  [@Elysha-AIBS](https://community.brain-map.org/u/Elysha-AIBS)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897/1 "2024-01-10T21:41:52Z")
# Documentation for BrainSpan
| Document | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [Developmental Transcriptome](https://community.brain-map.org/t/brainspan-developmental-transcriptome/2891/1) | Overview of methods for transcriptome profiling |
| [Prenatal LMD Microarray](https://community.brain-map.org/t/brainspan-prenatal-lmd-microarray/2892/1) | Overview of methods for prenatal laser microdissection microarray analysis |
| [In Situ Hybridization](https://community.brain-map.org/t/brainspan-in-situ-hybridization-ish-data/2893/1) | Overview of methods for ISH studies |
| [Gene List](https://community.brain-map.org/uploads/short-url/rSluVZmd9llMBGBPJQxWUQZD21v.pdf) | Complete list of ISH genes and corresponding anatomical structure(s) with ISH data available |
| [Reference Atlases](https://community.brain-map.org/uploads/short-url/uxXMfmrijhd3s9nieJKUeMGBFjM.pdf) | Overview of methods for the reference atlases |
| [Developing Human Brain Imaging](https://community.brain-map.org/uploads/short-url/9CbsOX6ah2B9YTMaOTLNac7KRg.pdf) | Overview of methods for structural and connectional imaging data |
| [Ontology and Nomenclature](https://community.brain-map.org/uploads/short-url/d4JUJIgLAeAibuHRDMBAlfmL27t.pdf) | Rationale and sources for the ontology and anatomical nomenclature |
| [Donor and Sample Metadata](https://community.brain-map.org/uploads/short-url/6mu8eSzYUU6Ugup2uvt2Y73BrlN.pdf) | Metadata for donors and samples |
| [Acknowledgements](https://community.brain-map.org/uploads/short-url/316qqgGC0kxZ9IPFXkDg1jvGvDi.pdf) | The many people and organizations that have contributed to this project |
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### Author:  [@tylermo](https://community.brain-map.org/u/tylermo)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897/2 "2024-02-22T14:04:04Z")
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### Author:  [@leana.king](https://community.brain-map.org/u/leana.king)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897/3 "2024-02-23T20:10:42Z")
Hi, I’m looking for a pdf or txt file that documents the Donor and Sample metadata (Brain code’, ‘Allen Institute ID’, ‘Age’, ‘Region/Area’, ‘Hemisphere’, ‘RIN’, ‘Dissection score’, ‘External ID’, ‘Internal ID’, ‘Age’, ‘PMI’, ‘pH’, ‘Gender’, ‘Ethnicity’.). I’ve checked the downloads page ([https://www.brainspan.org/static/download.html](https://www.brainspan.org/static/download.html)), but am unable to find and it is not in any of the links above.
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks,
Leana
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### Author:  [@JNyhus](https://community.brain-map.org/u/JNyhus)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897/4 "2024-03-12T22:00:05Z")
[Reference\_Atlas.pdf](https://community.brain-map.org/uploads/short-url/6mu8eSzYUU6Ugup2uvt2Y73BrlN.pdf) (1.3 MB)
Hi Leana,
I have attached a PDF of the white paper.
Thanks for your interest,
Julie
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### Author:  [@victortoledo](https://community.brain-map.org/u/victortoledo)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897/5 "2024-04-09T17:48:20Z")
Hi everyone,
I was wondering why there is information about only 4 samples. when in fact we have a lot more in the RNAseq data.
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### Author:  [@jeremyinseattle](https://community.brain-map.org/u/jeremyinseattle)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897/6 "2024-04-10T14:55:05Z")
@victortoledo: The donor information in the sheet above refers to the donors in the Reference Atlas, three of which were also used in the Prenatal LMD Microarray Dataset. To find donor information (IDs, age, and sex) for the RNAseq data donors, [download the relevant RNA-seq data set here](https://www.brainspan.org/static/download.html), and then look at the “columns\_metadata.csv” file. This will give you information for each sample (donor info + brain region), so there are repeats per donor, but you should have what you need.
@leana.king: The download listed above has some of the information you are looking for, if you wanted it for the RNA-seq donors. [This post](https://community.brain-map.org/t/missing-metadata-for-brainspan-developmental-transcriptome/1668) has some additional information that might help.
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### Author:  [@alfatlyb](https://community.brain-map.org/u/alfatlyb)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.brain-map.org/t/documentation-brainspan-atlas-of-the-developing-human-brain/2897/7 "2025-12-09T16:17:56Z")
Hi, I am looking for any possibility to warp the tracts vtk files of 3, 8, and 15 yrs annotation to mni space. Unfortunately there is no T1 associated with them to normalize, any clue on this?
Thanks
Bassam