The Human Brain Project: neuroinformatics tools for integrating, searching and modeling multidisciplinary neuroscience data

What is neuroinformatics? What is the Human Brain Project? Why should you care? Supported by a consortium of US funding agencies, the Human Brain Project aims to bring to the analysis of brain function the same advantages of Internet-accessible databases and database tools that have been crucial to...

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Published in:Trends in neurosciences (Regular ed.) 1998-11, Vol.21 (11), p.460-468
Main Authors: Shepherd, Gordon M., Mirsky, Jason S., Healy, Matthew D., Singer, Michael S., Skoufos, Emmanouil, Hines, Michael S., Nadkarni, Prakash M., Miller, Perry L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Brain - physiology
Brain Mapping
Data collection
database integration
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Models. Methods
human brain project
Humans
information databases
Medical Informatics - trends
modelling
Neural Networks (Computer)
neuroinformatics
Neurology
Neurosciences - trends
Projects
Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs
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Summary:What is neuroinformatics? What is the Human Brain Project? Why should you care? Supported by a consortium of US funding agencies, the Human Brain Project aims to bring to the analysis of brain function the same advantages of Internet-accessible databases and database tools that have been crucial to the development of molecular biology and the Human Genome Project. The much greater complexity of neural data, however, makes this a far more challenging task. As a pilot project in this new initiative, we review some of the progress that has been made and indicate some of the problems, challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Trends Neurosci. (1998) 21, 460–468
ISSN:0166-2236
1878-108X
DOI:10.1016/S0166-2236(98)01300-9