NDI Data Commons · Open access
Neuroscience datasets, discoverable.
The data infrastructure for FAIR neuroscience publishing — every dataset carries a DOI, openMINDS and NDI metadata, and ontology-grade species, region, and probe filters. Public access, no login.
Trusted by leading research institutions
FAIR by default
Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.
Every dataset on NDI Commons is FAIR by construction — not because we added a compliance layer, but because the data model was built that way.
Findable
A DOI and openMINDS and NDI metadata on every published dataset. Indexed where researchers already search.
Accessible
Public datasets download over plain HTTP or through the NDI MATLAB or Python API. No login required.
Interoperable
Real ontology IDs for species, region, strain, and sex — not free-text. Read straight into NDI-MATLAB or NDI-Python without conversion.
NCBITaxonUBERONPATOWBStrain
Reusable
CC-BY 4.0 on every release. Full provenance from raw session to cohort.
Every dataset cites cleanly
A DOI, a landing page, a citation. Same as a journal.
When you publish, you get a DOI under the NDI Cloud prefix 10.63884, a permanent landing page, and a BibTeX block ready to drop into the methods section. Researchers cite the dataset. The dataset stays where the citation points.
→ doi.org/10.63884/ndic.2025.jyxfer8m
Published
Vasopressin and oxytocin excite BNST neurons through cell type-specific receptor expression
Dabrowska Lab · Rosalind Franklin University
DOI
10.63884/ndic.2025.jyxfer8m
Species
R. norvegicus · BNST
Sessions
14,644 · 4.0 GB
License
CC-BY 4.0
Francesconi, W. et al. (2025). Vasopressin and oxytocin excite BNST neurons through cell type-specific expression of oxytocin receptors [Data set]. NDI Cloud. doi:10.63884/ndic.2025.jyxfer8m
Who uses it
Open to anyone. No login required.
Browse, search, cite, and download without creating an account. Labs who publish get download counts and citation links back in their Data Browser.
For readers
Search and download
Search by species, region, probe, or year. Download direct, or browse from a laptop with the NDI MATLAB or Python API.
For reviewers
Cite in papers
BibTeX and RIS on every landing page. DOIs resolve immediately.
For labs
Findable on the web
Your data lives on and can be used in new ways as datasets are downloaded or your documents are discovered in cross-data searches.
One data model
Three tools. One graph.
The Commons is what the public sees. Behind it: a private workspace for your lab’s working data, and an AI assistant that answers from your papers and your datasets — not the open web.
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NDI Data Commons
Public search across every published NDI dataset. DOI landing pages, openMINDS metadata, NIH DMSP ready.
Go to Data Commons 02
LabChat
An AI assistant that answers from your lab's papers, protocols, and datasets. Every answer cites its sources.
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NDI Data Browser
The private workspace for your lab. Upload sessions from MATLAB or Python, track sync status, publish with a DOI.
See the full architecture → How NDI works
Publish once. Get cited.
Upload your sessions, fill in the metadata, click publish. Your dataset gets a DOI, a landing page, and a place in the Commons — from the same workspace your lab already uses.