MetaBrain Brain Expression#

Summary#

MetaBrain is a large-scale meta-analysis of brain expression data across multiple brain regions and cohorts. The resource aggregates RNA-seq data from multiple independent studies to enable robust eQTL discovery across brain regions relevant to neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Dataset Information#

  • Cohorts: Multiple cohorts (see MetaBrain.nl)
  • Brain regions: Cerebellum, Cortex, Basal ganglia, Spinal cord, Hippocampus
  • Data type: Bulk RNA-seq
  • Samples: ~2,000+ samples per region (region-specific)

Omics Data#

Gene expression matrices#

Expression matrices (TMM-normalized counts) available from MetaBrain.nl.

QTL Analysis#

QTL analysis for this dataset is documented in ../../qtl/eQTL/MetaBrain_brain_expression_qtl.md.

Flagship paper analyses: