The Human Connectome Project Is a First-of-its-Kind Map of the Brain's Circuitry
Mapping the Brain's Circuitry When mapped and color-coded, the brain can be a beautiful thing. Human Connectome Project It took cartographers and explorers thousands of years to map every nook, cranny, and crevasse of planet Earth. Now, a consortium of researchers from across the U.S. is going to try to map the entire human brain in just five. Working with $30 million and just half a decade, the Human Connectome Project aims to create a first-of-its-kind map of the brain's complex circuitry, detailing every connection linking thousands of different regions of the brain. The team consists of 33 researchers at nine different institutions, including Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota, the lead universities in the effort and the sites where much of the brain-scanning will take place. Their success will depend in part on another HCP grant to another research consortium headed up by Massachusetts...