The Decade of Reverse Engineering the Brain

We are witnessing a renaissance in brain science and technology. Science is examining the brain in ever increasing detail to discern important components of brain structure and function, all of it leading to a reverse engineering of the brain. Within the last year alone, two websites devoted to detailed brain mapping have emerged, BrainMaps.org and the Allen Brain Atlas. On BrainMaps.org, visitors may explore high resolution images of whole human and primate brains, seeing every neuron and every neuron process in vivid detail. Offering a different view of things, the Allen Brain Atlas is aiming to have online detailed maps of gene expression for all 20,000 or so genes in the mouse brain completed within the next year; they are currently at 6,000. We are now at a unique point in history where the brain is no longer viewed as a 'black box', but now, anyone with an internet connection can view every single detail of brain structure online. We are post-'Decade of the Brain'. We are entering the 'Decade of Reverse Engineering the Brain'.

This is interesting Shawn.
I suspect my brain went into reverse a couple of years back, so maybe I started it !

ABA may be up to 15,000 genes

THE HUMAN BRAINOME !