The neural network is advancing

While the potential for a global neuroscience network is vast, the technological and cultural obstacles to establishing the network are also daunting. As the science of brain mapping developed, it was hamstrung by insufficient processing power and data transmission capabilities to allow widespread sharing of brain imagery and related data. The Human Brain Project, initiated in 1993 by the National Institutes of Health, is in the vanguard of breaking those obstacles down. Despite the potential obstacles to building a worldwide neuroscience network, the computational advances have profound implications for researchers and clinicians.