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AllenBrain Search Structures

Search for brain structures/regions in the Allen Brain Atlas ontology by acronym or name. Returns structure hierarchy, atlas coordinates, and color coding. Example: 'CA1' returns hippocampal Field CA1 across multiple atlases.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 6307msCortexa

Status

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Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 6307ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "acronym": {
      "description": "Structure acronym for exact match. Examples: 'CA1', 'VISp', 'TH', 'HIP', 'CTX'.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "Structure name for partial match (alternative to acronym). Example: 'hippocampus', 'cerebellum'.",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "num_rows": {
      "default": 50,
      "description": "Max results to return. Default: 50.",
      "type": "integer"
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default AllenBrain Search Structures call

public-safeinput

{
  "num_rows": 1
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_AllenBrain_search_structures
Tool name: AllenBrain_search_structures
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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