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What cell biologists should know about the National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative
Thomas R Insel1, Walter Koroshetz2
1National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 insel@mail.nih.gov.
Abstract:
The BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative is an ambitious project to develop innovative tools for a deeper understanding of how the brain functions in health and disease. Early programs in the National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative focus on tools for next-generation imaging and recording, studies of cell diversity and cell census, and integrative approaches to circuit function. In all of these efforts, cell biologists can play a leading role.
