To highlight worldwide efforts to fund neuroscience research and address the growing threat of brain disorders, Nature Neuroscience asked leaders of six global brain initiatives to write about their programs.
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H.O. acknowledges the contributions of T. Fujita, A. Miyawaki, K. Kasai, T. Yamamori, T. Shimogori, N. Kishi, J. Hata, T. Kaneko, Y. Yamaguchi and A. Iriki.
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Grillner, S., Ip, N., Koch, C. et al. Worldwide initiatives to advance brain research. Nat Neurosci 19, 1118–1122 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4371
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