Connectome

Mind Hacks: 'Connectome' call for human brain mappers

Mind Hacks: 'Connectome' call for human brain mappers 2005

NIH Human Connectome Project/Visualization by Vaughan Greer More photos and interactive graphics In recent months, these research teams have devised ways to make magnetic-resonance brain scans seven times more quickly and analyze neural connections 50 times faster than a year ago.

Probing the Brain's Mysteries Robert Lee Hotz 2012

So as a foundation upon which to build future understanding, researchers at the Human Connectome Project, the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and other centers are beginning to chart the brain's major circuits.

Probing the Brain's Mysteries Robert Lee Hotz 2012

NIH Human Connectome Project/Visualization by David Shattuck As a start, project researchers led by Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota, are mapping the largest conduits between brain regions by combining four imaging techniques.

A New Look at the Brain 2012

NIH Human Connectome Project/Visualization by Vaughan Greer Researchers hope that maps of brain connections will yield clues to conditions such as schizophrenia, autism and multiple sclerosis.

A New Look at the Brain 2012

NIH Human Connectome Project/Visualization by Vaughan Greer Starting this summer, the Human Connectome Project researchers will begin conducting brain scans on 1,200 healthy young adults using four imaging methods that can capture the anatomy of brain connections.

A New Look at the Brain 2012

Leading the way today is the Human Connectome Project, a five-year, $40 million effort funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Probing the Brain's Mysteries Robert Lee Hotz 2012

NIH Human Connectome Project/Visualization by Vishal Patel The physical circuitry of the average brain contains about 100 billion specialized cells called neurons—as many cells as stars in the Milky Way—linked by 150 trillion or so connections known as synapses.

A New Look at the Brain 2012

NIH Human Connectome Project/Visualization by Vaughan Greer Imaging techniques include a new method called diffusion magnetic resonance, and allows researchers for the first time to accurately map the white matter of nerve fibers.

A New Look at the Brain 2012

NIH Human Connectome Project Researchers believe that all human action and cognition emerges from the interplay of electro-chemical impulses along these thousands of miles of nerves and synapses.

A New Look at the Brain 2012