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The Human Connectome Project (HCP) is a major endeavor to map the neural pathways that underlie brain function and its variability in humans. The purpose of the HCP is to acquire and share data about the structural and functional connectivity of the human brain, the “connectome,” on the macroscopic scale (~1 mm3 or greater) as analyzed using noninvasive neuroimaging in a large population of healthy adults (Van Essen and Ugurbil 2012).
Neuroimaging, behavioral, and genetic data being acquired by the HCP from 1,200 healthy adults will serve as a key resource for investigators in many fields, including neuroimaging, neuroanatomy, psychology, computational neuroscience, and network modeling. To facilitate data sharing, the HCP is developing an informatics platform comprised of the “ConnectomeDB” database for data storage, processing, and distribution and “Connectome Workbench,” a tool for data visualization and exploration.
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More information on current developments and data releases of the WU-Minn Human Connectome Project are available at http://www.humanconnectome.org/
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Elam, J.S., Van Essen, D. (2013). Human Connectome Project. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_592-1
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