title: The Human Brain Project: neuroinformatics tools for integrating, searching and modeling multidisciplinary neuroscience data.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mirsky
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Healy
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skoufos
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Nadkarni
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000639:trends*