UBERON — Uber Anatomy Ontology
Overview
UBERON is a cross-species integrated anatomy ontology covering body parts, organs, tissues, and anatomical structures from multiple organisms. It is the standard for anatomical annotation in the OBO Foundry ecosystem and is particularly relevant to neuroscience for its detailed brain region coverage: UBERON provides species-neutral terms that bridge mouse brain atlas regions with human neuroimaging parcellations, enabling cross-species comparisons.
Brain Region Coverage
UBERON provides cross-species brain region terms, enabling comparison across species. It bridges multiple atlas systems including Allen Brain Atlas CCF regions, human MNI parcellations, and primate brain regions.
Key Brain Structure Examples
| UBERON ID | Structure |
|---|---|
| UBERON:0001384 | Primary motor cortex |
| UBERON:0002298 | Brodmann area (generic) |
| UBERON:0001876 | Amygdala |
| UBERON:0002421 | Hippocampal formation |
| UBERON:0000955 | Brain |
| UBERON:0001133 | Cerebral cortex |
Connections
- Part of: OBO Foundry
Resources
- https://uberon.org
- https://obofoundry.org/ontology/uberon.html
- https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/uberon (EBI Ontology Lookup Service)