The US National Institutes of Health last week launched an initiative to map the wiring of the human brain. The Human Connectome Project will provide $30 million over five years for work detailing the connections between major brain subdivisions in healthy adults. Neuroscientists increasingly view the human connectome as crucial to understanding mental function and disease (see Nature 457,524-527; 2009). The project demonstrates commitment to this nascent research field, and will generate "a new class of data for human neuroscientists", says its leader Michael Huerta of the National Institute of Mental Health.
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机译：美国国立卫生研究院上周发起了一项计划，以绘制人脑布线图。 Human Connectome Project将在五年内提供3000万美元，用于详细介绍健康成年人主要脑部之间的联系。神经科学家越来越多地将人类的连接体视为理解心理功能和疾病的关键（参见Nature 457,524-527; 2009）。美国国家心理健康研究所的负责人迈克尔·赫尔塔说，该项目表明了对这一新兴研究领域的承诺，并将产生“一类新的人类神经科学家数据”。
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