Illustrative research workflow
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Explore Pvalb-positive cells in the thalamus
Which VPM cells with measured Pvalb should move forward to a spatial analysis?
Scientific context
VPM, 18 TH Glut, and measured Pvalb yield 4,652 matching cells in the captured public release.
The cell-only close view makes the selected local population easy to inspect; the first image retains anatomical mesh context.
A careful workflow
- Set Display limit to 100,000 through the Explorer UI.
- Apply the recorded source filters and review displayed versus matching counts.
- Inspect provenance before export or downstream interpretation.
Live Explorer walkthrough
What the current app shows
These are browser captures of the public Allen MERFISH release in NeuroViz. Open this captured cohort in Explorer.
Figure 1Apply VPM, 18 TH Glut, and measured Pvalb at 100,000. 4,652 matching cells define the candidate cohort.
VPM, 18 TH Glut, and measured Pvalb form a hypothesis cohort. Click to enlarge.
Figure 2Turn off the brain mesh and focus a selected cell, then zoom out. The spatial image makes the selected local cell distribution legible.
With the brain mesh off, the focused cell-only view makes the selected local cohort legible. Click to enlarge.
Figure 3Inspect a representative record. Section and atlas assignment are visible.
The inspector retains source section and atlas assignment. Click to enlarge.
Scope
These captures describe the public release and support cohort definition and record review; quantitative validation remains a downstream analysis step.
Useful deliverable
A VPM cohort definition with spatial context and source metadata.
Current capability and extensions
Explorer supports selection, inspection, and export for the follow-up dataset.
Meaningful pilot success criteria
The next analysis can specify its spatial test and denominator.