Brain research goals laid out

NIH details priority areas, including improving imaging technology and mapping brain structures

NIH’s preliminary attack plan for unlocking the mysteries of the human brain was presented September 16. The plan, developed by neuroscientists and approved by Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, outlines the shape of the newly created BRAIN Initiative (SN Online: 4/2/13), an ambitious project designed to deepen the understanding of the brain.