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Blockx I, Verhoye M, Van Audekerke J, Bergwerf I, Kane JX, Delgado Y Palacios R, Veraart J, Jeurissen B, Raber K, Von Hörsten S, Ponsaerts P, Sijbers J, Leergaard TB, Van der Linden A.
Identification and characterization of Huntington related pathology: an in vivo DKI imaging study
Neuroimage, In press

Antonsen BT, Jiang Y, Veraart J, Qu H, Nguyen HP, Sijbers J, von Hörsten S, Johnson GA, Leergaard TB.
Altered diffusion tensor imaging measurements in aged transgenic Huntington disease rats
Brain Structure and Function, 2012, In press

Leergaard TB, Hilgetag CC, Sporns O.
Mapping the connectome: Multi-level analysis of brain connectivity
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 6:14. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2012.00014

White NS, Leergaard TB, D’Arceuil H, Bjaalie JG, Dale AM.
Probing tissue microstructure with Restriction Spectrum Imaging: Histological and theoretical validation.
Human Brain Mapping, 2012, In press

Zakiewicz IM, van Dongen YC, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG.
Workflow and atlas system for brain-wide mapping of axonal connectivity
in rat.
PLoS One. 2011;6(8):e22669

Veraart J, Leergaard TB, Antonsen BT, Van Hecke W, Blockx I, Jeurissen B, Jiang Y, Van der Linden A, Johnson GA, Verhoye M, Sijbers J.
Population-averaged diffusion tensor imaging atlas of the Sprague Dawley rat brain.
Neuroimage 2011, In press


Coello C, Hjornevik T, Courivaud F, Willoch F.
Anatomical standardization of small animal brain FDG-PET images using synthetic functional template: Experimental comparison with anatomical template.
J Neurosci Methods. 2011 Apr 28.

Kjonigsen LJ, Leergaard TB, Witter MP and Bjaalie JG .
Digital atlas of anatomical subdivisions and boundaries of the rat hippocampal region.
Front. Neuroinform. 2011; 5:2. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2011.00002

Odeh F, Leergaard TB, Boy J, Schmidt T, Riess O, Bjaalie JG
Atlas of transgenic Tet-Off Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and prion protein promoter activity in the mouse brain.
NeuroImage 2011; 54:2603-2611

Bolle E, Rissi M, Bjaalie JG, Buskenes JJ, Dorholt O, Røhne O, Skretting A, Stapnes S.
COMPET – high resolution and high sensitivity PET scanner with novel readout concept:
Setup and simulations. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A 2010; doi:10.1016/j.nima.2010.12.097
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Hjornevik T, Schoultz BW, Marton J, Gjerstad J, Drzezga A, Henriksen G, Willoch F.
Spinal long-term potentiation is associated with reduced opioid neurotransmission in the rat brain.
Clin Phys Func Imaging. 2010; 30(4):285-293

Schoultz BW, Hjornevik T, Willoch F, Marton J, Noda A, Murakami Y, Miyoshi S, Nishimura S, Arstad E, Drzezga A, Matsunari I, Henriksen G.
Evaluation of the kappa-opioid receptor-selective tracer [(11)C]GR103545 in awake rhesus macaques.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Jun;37(6):1174-80.

Leergaard TB, White NS, de Crespigny A, Bolstad I, D'Arceuil H, Bjaalie JG, Dale AM
Quantitative Histological Validation of Diffusion MRI Fiber Orientation Distributions in the Rat Brain.
PLoS ONE 2010; 5: e8595. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008595
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Marton J, Schoultz BW, Hjørnevik T, Drzezga A, Yousefi BH, Wester HJ, Willoch F, Henriksen G.
Synthesis and evaluation of a full-agonist orvinol for PET-imaging of opioid receptors: [11C]PEO.
J Med Chem. 2009 Sep 24;52(18):5586-9.
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Holmseth S, Scott HA, Real K, Lehre KP, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG, Danbolt NC
The concentrations and distributions of three C-terminal variants of the GLT1 (EAAT2; slc1a2)
glutamate transporter protein in rat brain tissue suggest differential regulation.
Neuroscience 2009; 162:1055-71
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Hjornevik T, Jacobsen LM, Qu H, Bjaalie JG, Gjerstad J, Willoch F
Metabolic plasticity in the supraspinal pain modulating circuitry after noxious stimulus-induced spinal cord LTP.
Pain 2008; 140:456-64. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2008.09.029
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Bjaalie JG
Understanding the Brain through Neuroinformatics.
Front Neurosci. 2008; 2:19-21.
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Bjaalie JG, Grillner S, Usui S
Neuroinformatics: databases, tools, and computational modeling for studying the nervous system.
Neural Netw. 2008; 21:1045-6. doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2008.08.003
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Bjaalie JG, Grillner S
Global neuroinformatics: the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility.
J Neurosci. 2007; 27:3613-5

Leergaard TB, Zaslavzky I
Where in the brain are the genes expressed?
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics 2007; 1:9. doi:10.3389/neuro.11.009.2007.
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Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Topography of the complete corticopontine projection: From experiments to principal maps.
Frontiers in Neuroscience 2007; 1:211-223.
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Hjornevik T, Leergaard TB, Darine D, Moldestad O, Dale AM, Willoch F, Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional atlas system for mouse and rat brain imaging data.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2007; 1:4 doi: 10.3389/neuro.11.004.2007
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Nygaard JO, Bjaalie JG, Gaure S, Pettersen C, Avlesen H
Surface Modelling of Neuronal Populations and Brain Structures: Use of Implicitly Represented Geometries.
In: 'Geometrical Modeling, Numerical Simulation, and Optimization: Applied Mathematics at SINTEF' (eds. G Hasle, KA Lie, and E Quak). 2007; pp. 91 - 122. Springer Verlag

Bjaalie JG
(2007) The Neuroinformatics Portal of the International Neuroinformatics
Coordinating Facility. In: 'Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics ICCN 2007' (eds. Wang R, Shen E, and Gu F),
pp. 667-672. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8387-7_115

Bolstad I, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Branching of individual somatosensory cerebropontine axons in rat: evidence of divergence.
Brain Structure and Function 2007; 212:85-93

Moene IA, Subramaniam S, Darine D, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Towards a workbench for rodent brain image data: systems architecture and design.
Neuroinformatics 2007; 5: 35-58

Leergaard TB, Lillehaug S, De Schutter E, Bower JM, Bjaalie JG
Topographical organization of pathways from somatosensory cortex through the pontine nuclei to tactile regions of the rat cerebellar hemispheres.
Eur J Neurosci. 2006; 24: 2801-2812

Boy J, Leergaard TB, Schmidt T, Odeh F, Bichelmeier U, Nuber S, Holzmann C, Wree A, Prusiner SB, Bujard HB, Riess O, Bjaalie JG
Expression mapping of tetracycline-responsive protein promoter: digital atlasing as a basis for generating cell-specific disease-models.
NeuroImage 2006; 33: 449-462

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB, Pettersen C
Micro3D: computer program for three-dimensional reconstruction, visualization, and analysis of neuronal populations and brain regions.
Int J Neurosci. 2006; 116:515-40

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB
Three-dimensional computerized reconstruction from serial sections: cell populations, regions, and whole brain.
In: 'Neuroanatomical tract tracing: Molecules, neurons and systems', 3. edition (eds. L Zaborszky, FG Wouterlood, and JL Lanciego). 2006; pp. 530-565. Springer/Kluwer/Plenum

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB, Lillehaug S, Odeh F, Moene IA, Kjøde JO, Darine D
Database and tools for analysis of topographic organization and map transformations in major projection systems of the brain.
Neuroscience 2005; 136:681-696

Zaborszky L, Buhl DL, Pobalashingham S, Somogyi J, Bjaalie JG, Nadasdy Z
Three-dimensional chemoarcitecture of the basal forebrain: spatially specific clusters of cholinergic and calcium binding protein-containing neurons.
Neuroscience 2005; 135:697-714

Malmierca MS, Bjaalie JG, Mugnaini E
Theodor W. Blackstad (1925–2003): a pioneer in quantitative neuroanatomy
Neuroscience 2005; 136:601–606

Odeh F, Ackerley R, Bjaalie JG, Apps R
Pontine maps linking somatosensory and cerebellar cortices are in register with climbing fiber somatotopy.
J Neurosci. 2005; 25: 5680-5690
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Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB
Three-dimensional visualization and analysis of wiring patterns in the brain: experiments, tools, models, and databases.
In: 'Databasing the brain: From data to knowledge' (eds. SH Koslow and S Subramaniam). 2005; pp. 349-368. John Wiley & Sons

Berg BG, Almaas TJ, Bjaalie JG, Mustaparta H
Projections of male specific receptor neurons in the antennal lobe of the Oriental tobacco budworm moth, Helicoverpa assulta. A unique glomerular organisation among related species.
J Comp Neurol. 2005; 486:209-20

Leergaard TB, Alloway KD, Pham TA, Bolstad I, Hoffer Z, Pettersen C, Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional topography of corticopontine projections from rat sensorimotor cortex: Comparisons with corticostriatal projections reveal diverse integrative organization.
J Comp Neurol. 2004; 478: 306-322

Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG, Devor A, Wald L, Dale A
In vivo tracing of major rat brain pathways using manganese enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and three-dimensional digital atlasing.
NeuroImage 2003; 20: 1591-1600
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Bergersen L, Ruiz A, Bjaalie JG, Kullmann DM, Gundersen V
GABA and GABAA receptors at hippocampal mossy fibre synapses.
Eur J Neurosci. 2003; 18: 931-41

Eckersly P, Egan GF, Amari S-I, Beltrame F, Bennett R, Bjaalie JG, Dalkara T, De Schutter E, Goddard NH, Gonzalez C, Grillner S, Herz A, Hoffmann K-P, Jaaskelainen IP, Koslow SH, Lee S-Y, Matthiessen L, Miller PL, Silva FMD, Novak M, Ravindranath V, Ritz R, Ruotsalainen U, Sebestra V, Subramaniam S, Toga AW, Usui S, Pelt JV, Verschure P, Willshaw D, Wrobel A, Yiyuan T
Neuroscience data and tools sharing. A legal and policy framework for Neuroinformatics.
Neuroinformatics 2003; 1:149-166
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Diaz C, Glover JC, Puelles L, Bjaalie JG
The relationship between hodological and cytoarchitectonic organization in the vestibular complex of the 11-day chicken embryo.
J Comp Neurol. 2003; 457:87-105

Leergaard TB
Clustered and laminar topographic patterns in rat cerebro-pontine pathways
Anat Embryol. 2003; 206:149-162
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Amari S-I, Beltrame F, Bjaalie JG, Dalkara T, De Schutter E, Egan GF, Goddard NH, Gonzalez C, Grillner S, Herz A, Hoffmann K-P, Jaaskelainen I, Koslow SH, Lee S-Y, Matthiessen L, Miller PL, Silva FMD, Novak M, Ravindranath V, Ritz R, Ruotsalainen U, Sebestra V, Subramaniam S, Tang Y, Toga AW, Usui S, Pelt JV, Verschure P, Willshaw D, Wrobel A
Neuroinformatics: The Integration of Shared Databases and Tools Towards Integrative Neuroscience.
J Integrative Neurosci. 2002; 1:117-128
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Lillehaug S, Øyan D, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Comparison of semi-automatic and automatic data acquisition methods for studying three-dimensional distributions of large neuronal populations and axonal plexuses.
Network 2002; 13:343–56
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Bjaalie JG
Localization in the brain: new solutions emerging.
Nature Rev Neurosci. 2002; 3:322-5
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Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Architecture of sensory map transformations: axonal tracing in combination with 3-D reconstruction, geometric modeling, and quantitative analyses.
In: Computational Neuroanatomy: Principles and Methods (ed. G Ascoli). 2002; pp.199-217. Humana Press, Totowa NJ

Bjaalie JG
Advances in computational neuroanatomy.
Anat Embryol. 2001; 204:253-4 (Special issue: Computational neuroanatomy -- Tools for single neuron, system, and brain region analysis, ed. J.G. Bjaalie)
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Brevik A, Leergaard TB, Svanevik M, Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional computerised atlas of the rat brain stem precerebellar system: approaches for mapping, visualisation, and comparison of spatial distribution data.
Anat Embryol. 2001; 204:319-32 (Special issue: Computational neuroanatomy -- Tools for single neuron, system, and brain region analysis, ed. J.G. Bjaalie)
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Didier A, Carlton A, Bjaalie JG, Vincent J-D, Ottersen OP, Storm-Mathisen J, Lledo P-M
A dendrodendritic reciprocal synapse provides a new recurrent excitatory connection in the olfactory bulb.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001; 98:6441-6
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De Schutter E, Bjaalie JG
Coding in the granular layer of the cerebellum.
Prog Brain Res. 2001; 130:279-96

Leergaard TB, Alloway KD, Mutic JJ, Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional topography of corticopontine projections from rat barrel cortex: correlations with corticostriatal organization.
J Neurosci. 2000; 20:8474-8484
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Leergaard T, Lyngstad KA, Thompson JH, Taeymans S, Vos B, De Schutter E, Bower JM, Bjaalie JG
Rat somatosensory cerebro-ponto-cerebellar pathways: spatial relationships in the SI somatotopic map are preserved in a three-dimensional clustered pontine map.
J Comp Neurol. 2000; 422:246-266

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB
Functions of the pontine nuclei in cerebro-cerebellar communication.
Trends Neurosci. 2000; 23:152

Hallem JS, Thompson JH, Hawkes R, Bjaalie JG, Bower JM
Spatial correspondence between tactile projection patterns and the distribution of the antigenic Purkinje cell marker anti-zebrin I in the cerebellar hemispheres of the rat.
Neuroscience. 1999; 93:1083-1094

Bajo VM, Merchán MA, Malmierca MS, Nodal FR, Bjaalie JG
The topographic organization of the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in cat.
J Comp Neurol. 1999; 407:349-366

Vassbø K, Nicotra G, Wiberg M, Bjaalie JG
Monkey somatosensory cerebro-cerebellar pathways: Uneven densities of corticopontine neurons in different body representations of areas 3b, 1, and 2.
J Comp Neurol. 1999; 406:109-128

Malmierca MM, Leergaard TB, VM Bajo, Bjaalie JG, Merchán MA
Anatomic evidence of a 3-D mosaic pattern of tonotopic organization in the ventral complex of the lateral lemniscus in cat.
J Neurosci. 1998; 18:10603-18
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Berg BG, Almaas TJ, Bjaalie JG, Mustaparta H
The macroglomular complex of the antennal lobe in the tobacco budworm moth Heliothis virescens: specified subdivision in four compartments according to information about biologically significant compounds.
J Comp Physiol. A 1998; 183:669-682

Gundersen V, Chaudhry FA, Bjaalie JG, Fonnum F, Ottersen OP, Storm-Mathisen J
Synaptic vesicular localization and exocytosis of L-aspartate in excitatory nerve terminals: a quantitative immunogold analysis in rat hippocampus.
J Neurosci. 1998; 18:6059-6070
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Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Anatomic substrates for cerebellar computational units and cerebellar magnification factors.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 1997; 20:246-247

Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Cat pontocerebellar network: Numerical capacity and axonal collateral branching of neurones in the pontine nuclei projecting to individual parafloccular folia.
Neurosci Res. 1997; 27:199-210

Bjaalie JG, Sudbø J, Brodal P
Corticopontine terminal fibres form small scale clusters and large scale lamellae in the cat.
Neuroreport. 1997; 8:1651-1655

Merchán MA, Malmierca MS, Bajo VM, Bjaalie JG
The nuclei of the lateral lemniscus: Old views and new perspectives.
In: Acoustic signal processing in the central auditory system (ed. J Syka). 1997; pp. 211-226. Plenum Press, New York

Brodal P, Bjaalie JG
Salient anatomic features of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway.
Progress in Brain Research. 1997; 114:227-249

Bjaalie JG, Dæhlen M, Stensby TV
Surface modelling of biomedical data.
In: Numerical methods and software tools in industrial mathematics (eds. A Tveito and M Dæhlen). 1997, pp. 9-26. Birkhauser Publishing Cooperation, Boston

Leergaard TB, Lakke EAJF, Bjaalie JG
Topographical Organization in the Early Postnatal Corticopontine Projection. A Carbocyanine Dye and 3-D Computer Reconstruction Study in the Rat.
J Comp Neurol. 1995; 361:77-94

Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Semi-automatic data aquisition for quantitative neuroanatomy. MicroTrace -- computer programme for recording of the spatial distribution of neuronal populations.
Neurosci Res. 1995; 22:231-243

Malmierca, M.S., Rees, A., Le Beau, F.E.N. and Bjaalie, J.G.
Laminar organization of frequency-defined local axons within and between the inferior colliculi of the guinea pig.
J Comp Neurol. 1995; 357:124-144

Nikundiwe AM, Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Lamellar organization of pontocerebellar neuronal populations. A multi-tracer and 3-D computer reconstruction study in the cat.
Eur J Neurosci. 1994; 6:173-186

Brodal P, Bjaalie JG
Organization of the pontine nuclei.
Neuroscience Res. 1992; 13:83-118

Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional computer reconstructions in neuroanatomy: basic principles and methods for quantitative analysis.
In: Quantitative methods in neuroanatomy (ed. MG Stewart). 1992; pp. 249-293. John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester

Bjaalie JG, Diggle PJ, Nikundiwe A, Karagülle T, Brodal P
Spatial segregation between populations of ponto-cerebellar neurons. Statistical analysis of multivariate spatial interactions.
Anat Rec. 1991; 231:510-523 (Special Issue: Quantitative approaches to neuroscience research)

Brodal P, Bjaalie JG, Aas JE
Organization of connections from the cingulate gyrus to the cerebellum in the cat.
Anat Embryol. 1991; 184:245-254

Bjaalie JG, Diggle PJ, Blackstad TW, Nikundiwe A, Brodal P
Three-dimensional neural architectonics.
J Anat. 1990; 170:219-221

Bjaalie JG
The visual corticopontine system. Quantitative experimental neuroanatomical investigations in the cat.
University of Oslo, Thesis. 1990

Bjaalie JG, Diggle P
Statistical analysis of corticopontine neuron distribution in visual areas 17, 18, and 19, of the cat.
J Comp Neurol. 1990; 295:15-32

Øverby SE, Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Uneven densities of corticopontine neurons in the somatosensory cortex. A quantitative experimental study in the cat.
Exp Brain Res. 1989; 77:653-665

Blackstad TW, Bjaalie JG
Computer-assisted 3-D reconstructions in neuroscience.
European Neuroscience Association, Workshop Syllabus. 1989; Pp. 111. University of Oslo, Oslo

Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Visual pathways to the cerebellum: Segregation in the pontine nuclei of terminal fields from different visual cortical areas in the cat.
Neuroscience. 1989; 29:95-107

Bjaalie JG
The corticopontine projection from area 20 and surrounding areas in the cat: Terminal fields and distribution of cells of origin as compared to other visual cortical areas.
Neuroscience. 1989; 29:81-93

Blackstad TW, Bjaalie JG
Computer programs for neuroanatomy: Three-dimensional reconstruction and analysis of populations of cortical neurons and other bodies with a laminar distribution.
Comput Biol Med. 1988; 18:321-340

Brodal P, Bjaalie JG
Quantitative studies of pontine projections from visual cortical areas in the cat.
In: Cerebellum and neuronal plasticity (eds. M Glickstein, C Yeo and J Stein). 1987; pp. 41-62. Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York

Bjaalie JG
Distribution of corticopontine neurons in visual areas of the middle suprasylvian sulcus: Quantitative studies in the cat.
Neuroscience, 1986; 18:1013-1033

Bjaalie JG
Distribution in areas 18 and 19 of neurons projecting to the pontine nuclei: A quantitative study in the cat with retrograde transport of HRP-WGA.
Exp Brain Res. 1985; 57:585-597

Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Distribution in area 17 of neurons projecting to the pontine nuclei: A quantitative study in the cat with retrograde transport of HRP-WGA.
J Comp Neurol. 1983; 221:289-303

Brodal P, Dietrichs E, Bjaalie JG, Nordby T, Walberg F
Is lectin coupled horseradish peroxidase taken up and transported by undamaged as well as by damaged fibers in the central nervous system?
Brain Res. 1983; 278:1-9

Dietrichs E, Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Do ponto-cerebellar fibers send collaterals to the cerebellar nuclei?
Brain Res. 1983; 259:127-131


RECENT ABSTRACTS

Zakiewicz IM, van Dongen YC, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie, JG
Digital atlas of neuronal connections of the rat brain primary somatosensory cortex.
Soc Neurosci Abstr 2010; 370.17

Odeh F, Schmidt T, Boy J, Moene IA, Riess O, Bjaalie JG and Leergaard TB
Interactive mouse brain atlas of tetracycline-responsive calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II- and prion protein promoter expression.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2009.08.012

Kjonigsen LJ, Leergaard TB, Moene IA, Witter MP and Bjaalie JG
Interactive atlas of the rat hippocampus integrating high-resolution histological images and boundary definitions.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2009.08.013

Zakiewicz IM, van Dongen YC, Moene IA, Leergaard TB and Bjaalie JG
Towards an interactive digital atlas system for exploring anatomical connectivity patterns in the entire rat brain.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2009.08.014

Bull Melsom C, Leergaard TB, Darine D, Dale AM and Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional visualization of rat corticofugal axonal trajectories using manganese enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and digital atlasing.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2009.08.027

Papp E and Bjaalie JG
Automatic detection of labelling patterns in microscopic sections: methods and workflows.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2009.08.031

Haselgrove C, Larsson A, Bjaalie JG, Breeze J, Buccigrossi R, Kennedy D, Preuss N and Ritz R
Data Sharing Between NITRC and the INCF Software Center.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: 2nd INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2009.08.075

Hjornevik T, Darine D, Qu H, Willoch F, Leergaard TB and Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional atlas system for mouse and rat brain data.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2008.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2008.01.052

Zakiewicz IM, van Dongen YC, Kjode JO, Leergaard TB and Bjaalie JG
Digital atlas system for exploring axonal connections throughout the rat brain.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2008.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2008.01.053

Kjonigsen L, Leergaard T, Kjode J, Witter M and Bjaalie J
Interactive histological atlas system for anatomical parcellation of the rat hippocampus proper, fasciola and associated parahippocampal cortex.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2008.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2008.01.055

Kjode J, Darine D., Leergaard T and Bjaalie J
Database application for management of microscopic images.
Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2008.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2008.01.056

White N, Leergaard TB, de Crespigny A, Dale AM
Restriction Spectrum Imaging (RSI): A New Method for Resolving Complex Tissue Microstructures in Diffusion MRI.
In Proceedings of the 17th annual meeting of the ISMRM (Honolulu)

Ritz R, Kotaleski JH, Strandberg P, Larsson A, Lillberg Y, Chatzopoulou E, Holm P, Naeslund M, Wang H and Bjaalie JG
A new software center for the neuroinformatics community.
BMC Neuroscience 2008, 9(Suppl 1):P89. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-9-S1-P89

Ritz R, Strandberg P, Larsson A, Lillberg Y, Chatzopoulou E, Holm P, Naeslund M, Wang H Bjaalie JG
The INCF software center.
FENS Abstr., vol.4, 161.4,/ /

Hjørnevik T, Darine DA, Qu H, Willoch F, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Three dimensional atlas system for mouse and rat brain imaging data.
INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics; 2008. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2008.01.052

Kjøde JO, Darine DA, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Database application for managementof microscopic images.
INCF Congress of Neuroinformatics; 2008. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2008.01.056

White N, Leergaard TB, Bolstad I, Bjaalie JG, D’Arceuil HD, de Crespigny A, Dale AM
Quantitative histological validation of fiber orientation distributions based on high-angular resolution diffusion imaging.
Proceedings of the 16th annual meeting of the ISMRM (Toronto), 2008

Hjornevik T, Pettersen C, Darine D, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG, Willoch F
3-D digital rodent brain atlas.
Brain´07 and BrainPET´07 Abstr. 2007, PP10-2U.

van Dongen YC, Leergaard TB, Kjode JO, Bjaalie JG
Towards a digital atlas system for tracing axonal connectivity in the entire rat brain.
5th Nordic Neuroinformatics Workshop Abstr. 2007.

Hjornevik T, Leergaard TB, Qu H, Darine D, Willoch F, Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional atlas system for mouse and rat brain imaging data.
5th Nordic Neuroinformatics Workshop Abstr. 2007

Bjaalie JG, Kjøde JO, Hjørnevik T, Leergaard TB, Darine D, Pettersen C, Moene IA
Rodent Brain Navigator: database and atlas system for microscopy and imaging data
INCF Abstract Series, 2006, 2
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Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB, Moene IA
Neuroinformatics database for visualization and analysis of anatomical data from the rat brain
Soc Neurosci Abstr 2005; 687.17
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Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Integrative properties of the pontine nuclei: exploring the architecture of pathways from somatosensory cortex to the cerebellum with use of a database application
Soc Neurosci Abstr 2005, 179.16
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Ackerley R, Odeh F, Bjaalie JG, Apps R
Ponto-cerebellar projections and their congruence to climbing fibre zones in the rat.
FENS Abstr. vol 2, A129.1, 2004

Bjaalie JG, Moene IA, Lillehaug S, Leergaard TB, Kjode JO, Hajnoczi S, Oyan D, Odeh F, Gaure S, Nygaard JO, Pettersen C
Coordinate-based databases for neuronal distribution data. Stage 1: Database of connections from cortical areas via brainstem pontine nuclei to the cerebellum in rat.
FENS Abstr. vol 2, A129.2, 2004

Leergaard TB, Alloway KD, Pham TA, Bolstad I, Hoffer Z, Pettersen C, Bjaalie JG
Comparison of corticopontine and corticostriatal projections from sensorimotor cortex. Anatomic evidence of stronger within-modality integration in cerebellar as compared to basal ganglia circuits.
FENS Abstr. vol 2, A129.7, 2004
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Lillehaug S, Leergaard TB, De Schutter E, Bower JM, Bjaalie JG
Ponto-cerebellar projections to electrophysiologically defined patches in the granule cell layer of rat CrusIIa.
FENS Abstr. vol 2, A129.8, 2004

Strokkenes G, Bjaalie JG
The 'overlap problem'in neuroanatomy: quantitative approaches to the study of three-dimensional distribution patterns.
FENS Abstr. vol 2, A026.2, 2004

Bjaalie JG
Databasing of three-dimensional brain systems architecture.
Proc Australian Neurosci Soc.2002; 13: Symposium 5-2.

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB
Three-dimensional digital atlasing of brain systems topography: method and environment for studying brain circuitry re-organization in response to external and genetic manipulations.
FENS Abstr. vol 1, A219.3, 2002

Jorgensen K, Almaas TJ, Bjaalie JG, Mustaparta H
Taste in heliothis moths: I. Physiological characteristics of antennal taste receptor neurones and the projection pattern in the suboesophageal ganglion.
FENS Abstr. vol 1, A185.3, 2002

Kvello P, Almaas TJ, Mustaparta H, Bjaalie JG
Taste in heliothis moths: II. Morphology of the contact chemosensilla on the proboscis and the projection patterns of the associated receptor neurones in the primary taste centre of the cns.
FENS Abstr. vol 1, A185.4, 2002

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB, Rokkum LR, Hjelle O, Avlesen H, Almaas TJ, Pettersen C
Sharing of tools for three-dimensional geometric modeling of neuronal populations and brain regions via high performance application server.

Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2001; 27: 816.3.
Brodal PA, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Cerebellar mossy fiber projections: principles of organization studied by multiple retrograde tracers.
Soc Neurosci Abstr 2001; 27, 516.11.

Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional digital atlas of projections from cerebral cortex to pontine nuclei in rat.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2001; 27: 295.1.

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB, Mutic JJ, Alloway KD
Three dimensional mapping of the rat SI whisker barrel field onto the pontine nuclei.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 2000; 26, 742.4.

Brevik A, Leergaard TB, Hallem JS, Bjaalie JG
Computerised 3-D model of rat cerebellum and precerebellar brainstem nuclei.
Eur J Neurosci. 12 supp 2000; 11:64.27.

Carleton A, Didier A, Bjaalie JG, Vincent J-D, Ottersen OP, Storm-Mathisen J, Lledo P-M
A dendrodendritic reciprocal synapse provides a new recurrent excitatory connection in the olfactory bulb.
Soc Neurosci Abstr 2000; 26, 340-7.

Eycken A, Bjaalie JG, Volny-Luraghi A, De Schutter E
Electrophysiological study of the rat pontine nuclei.
Eur J Neurosci. 12 supp. 2000; 11:189.09.

Leergaard TB, Alloway KD, Mutic JJ, Bjaalie JG
Rat somatosensory pathways to the cerebellum: orderly and partly overlapping projections from individual SI whisker barrels onto the pontine nuclei.
Eur J Neurosci. 12 supp. 2000; 11:64.26.

Svanevik M, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Neuroinformatics database for visualisation of three-dimensional cerebro-cerebellar tracing data.
Eur J Neurosci. 12 supp. 2000; 11:64.25.

Buhl D, Bjaalie JG, Nadasdy Z, Somogyi J, Zaborszky L
Computational anatomical analysis of the basal forebrain in rodents and primates.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1999; 25, 76.8.

Koslow S, Bjaalie JG, van Pelt J, Grillner S, Verschure P
Global efforts in neuroinformatics.
Thirty-Second Annual Winter Conference on Brain Research, Snowmass Village at Aspen, abstract book. 1999; p. 36-37.

Leergaard TB, Lyngstad KA, Thompson JH, Taeymans S, Vos B, Bower JM, Bjaalie JG
The rat somatosensory cerebro-ponto-cerebellar system: spatial relationships in the cerebral cortical map are preserved in a 3-D clustered pontine map.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1999; 25, 566.2.

Bjaalie JG
Three-dimensional functional architecture of the pontine nuclei.
Eur J Neurosci. 10, Suppl. 1998; 10, 84.01.

Bjaalie JG, Leergaard TB, Vassbø K, Hallem JS, Andersen EO
Computer program for 3-D reconstruction of neuronal populations and brain regions.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1998; 24, 423.23.

Gundersen V, Chaudhry FA, Bjaalie JG, Fonnum F, Ottersen OP, Storm-Mathisen J
L-aspartate-like immunoreactivity is localized in synaptic vesicles and depleted by exocytosis from excitatory nerve terminals in rat hippocampus.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1998; 24, 717.1.

Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
From cortical 2-d to brain stem 3-d maps: organisation of corticopontine projections in developing and adult rats.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1998; 24, 262.9.

Leergaard TB, Brodal P, Bjaalie JG
Clusters and lamellae in the pontine nuclei: Implications for cerebro-cerebellar information transfer.
Cerebellar Modules, Symposium, Rotterdam, abstract book. 1998; P9.

Almaas TJ, Berg B, Mustaparta H, Bjaalie JG
Topographic organization of the macroglomerular complex in different heliothine moth as revealed by 3D computer graphics.
International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste XII, San Diego, abstract book. 1997; p. 82.

Almaas TJ, Berg B, Mustaparta H, Bjaalie JG
Topographic organization of the macroglomerular complex in different heliothine moth as revealed by 3D computer graphics.
5th European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, Cagliari - Italy. 1997.

Bajo VM, Merchán MA, Malmierca MS, Bjaalie JG, Nodal F
The topographical projection from the dorsal nucleus of the lateral lemniscus to the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus in the cat.
The Annual MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. 1997.

Bjaalie JG. Brodal P
Convergence and divergence in the ponto-cerebellar system: The projection to the cat paraflocculus.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1997; 23, 15.8.

Brodal P, Sudbø J, Leergaard TB, Bjaalie JG
Corticopontine terminal fibres form small scale clusters and large scale lamellae in the cat.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1997; 23, 712.9.

Malmierca MS, Merchán MA, Bajo VM, Bjaalie JG
The ventral nucleus of the lateral lemniscus in the cat is tonotopically organized.
The Annual MidWinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida. 1997.

Thompson, JH, Hallem JS, Gundappa-Sulur G, Hawkes R, Bjaalie JG, Bower JM
Spatial correspondence between tactile projection patterns and the distribution of anti-zebrin II in the cerebellar folium crus IIa of the rat.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1997; 23, 15.11.

Lyngstad KA, Thompson JH, Bower JM, Bjaalie JG
Somatosensory pathways to the cerebellum: Spatial organization of electrophysiologically identified corticopontine terminal fibers in the rat.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1996; 22, 203.9.

Merchán MA, Bajo VM, Malmierca MS, Bjaalie JG
The laminar organization of the nuclei of the lateral lemniscus (NLL): A tracer and computer reconstruction study in the cat.
Acoustic Signal Processing in the Central Auditory System, Symposium, Praha. 1996.

Vassbø K, Nicotra G, Wiberg M, Bjaalie JG
Somatosensory input to the monkey cerebellum: De-emphasis of distal extremities demonstrated in computerized 3-D maps.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1996, 22, 203.10.

Almaas TJ, Amundgaard AK, Berg B, Mustaparta H, Bjaalie JG
Functional subdivisions of the macroglomerular complex in different heliothine moth species.
Meeting of the International Society for Neuroethology, Cambridge, abstract book: 1995; p. 9.

Bjaalie JG, Brodal P
Cat pontocerebellar system: Convergence and divergence in the pathway to the paraflocculus.
Eur J Neurosci, Suppl. 8. 1995; 18.10.

Thompson JH, Lyngstad KA, Bjaalie JG, Bower JM
Perioral regions of somatosensory cortex project to corresponding cerebellar regions through spatially restricted domains within the pontine nuclei.
Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1995; 21, 467.12.
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