Map, Atlas, and Database Projects
- Brain Activity Map Project 2013 NIH $3 billion project to map every neuron in the human brain in ten years, based upon the Human Genome Project.
- Human Brain Project (EU) - 1 billion euro, 10 year project to simulate the human brain with supercomputers.
- Human Connectome Project- 2009 NIH $30 million project to build a network map of the human brain, including structural (anatomical) and functional elements. Emphasis included research into dyslexia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia. See also Connectome a, comprehensive map of neural connections in the brain.
- Allen Brain Atlas 2003 $100 million dollar project funded by Paul Allen (Microsoft)
- BrainMaps National Institute of Health (NIH) database including 60 terabytes of image scans of primate and non-primates, integrated with information covering structure and function.
- NeuroNames Defines the brain in terms of about 550 primary structures (about 850 unique structures) to which all other structures, names, and synonyms are related. About 15,000 neuroanatomical terms are cross indexed, including many synonyms in seven languages. Coverage includes the brain and spinal cord of the four species most frequently studied by neuroscientists: human, macaque (monkey), rat and mouse. The controlled, standardized vocabulary for each structure is located in an unambiguous, strict physical hierarchy, and these terms are selected based on ease of pronunciation, mnemonic value, and frequency of use in recent neuroscientific publications. Relation of each structure to its superstructures and substructures is included. The controlled vocabulary is suitable for uniquely indexing neuroanatomical information in digital databases.
- Decade of the Brain 1990-1999 promotion by NIH and the Librar y of Congress to "to enhance public awareness of the benefits to be derived from brain research". Communications targeted Members of Congress, staffs, and the general public to promote funding.
- Talairach Atlas see Jean Talairach
- Harvard Whole Brain Atlas see Human brain
- MNI Template see Medical image computing
- Blue Brain Project and Artificial brain
- International Consortium for Brain Mapping see Brain Mapping
- List of neuroscience databases
- NIH Toolbox National Institute of Health (USA) toolbox for the assessment of neurological and behavioral function
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