University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications

Title

The Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics (PING) Data Repository

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Bioinformatics | Computational Biology | Computational Neuroscience | Databases and Information Systems | Genomics | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology

Abstract

The main objective of the multi-site Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics (PING) study was to create a large repository of standardized measurements of behavioral and imaging phenotypes accompanied by whole genome genotyping acquired from typically-developing children varying widely in age (3 to 20 years). This cross-sectional study produced sharable data from 1493 children, and these data have been described in several publications focusing on brain and cognitive development. Researchers may gain access to these data by applying for an account on the PING portal and filing a data use agreement. Here we describe the recruiting and screening of the children and give a brief overview of the assessments performed, the imaging methods applied, the genetic data produced, and the numbers of cases for whom different data types are available. We also cite sources of more detailed information about the methods and data. Finally we describe the procedures for accessing the data and for using the PING data exploration portal.

DOI of Published Version

10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.04.057

Source

Neuroimage. 2016 Jan 1;124(Pt B):1149-54. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.04.057. Epub 2015 May 1. Link to article on publisher's site

Comments

Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.

Related Resources

Link to Article in PubMed

Journal/Book/Conference Title

NeuroImage

PubMed ID

25937488

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS