Cam-CAN — Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience
Overview
Cam-CAN is a population-based cross-sectional lifespan study of approximately 700 healthy adults aged 18–87, designed to characterise how brain structure and function change across the adult lifespan at the individual level. Data collection was completed at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge between 2010 and 2015, and the dataset remains openly accessible for secondary research. It is unusual among open lifespan neuroimaging datasets in combining MRI and MEG in the same participants across a continuous adult age range.
Data
Each participant underwent structural MRI (T1, T2), resting-state fMRI, diffusion MRI, MEG (resting-state, passive sensory, and task), and a comprehensive cognitive battery covering memory, attention, language, and sensorimotor function. Data are released in BIDS format.
Access
The full dataset is freely accessible via the Cam-CAN website and mirrored on OpenNeuro. Registration on the Cam-CAN portal is required for direct download. The OpenNeuro mirror requires no login.
Connections
Resources
- https://www.cam-can.org
- https://openneuro.org/datasets/ds000221 (OpenNeuro mirror)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.09.018 (Taylor et al. 2017 — data descriptor)