Mapping the Brain and its Functions -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Mapping the Brain and Its Functions -- Summary -- ADVANCING NEUROSCIENCE IN THE DECADE OF THE BRAIN -- Complexity Drives the Need for Information Management -- EXAMPLES OF THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS -- Vision: How We See Affects How We Think -- Substance Abuse: The Search for the Biology of Self-destruction -- Pain: Sometimes a Warning, Sometimes a Curse -- Schizophrenia: Broken Minds, Shattered Dreams -- THE GROWTH OF NEUROSCIENCE -- Neuroscience Research Has Grown in Response to Critical Problems -- Neuroscience is a National Priority -- COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICAL AND NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH -- BUILDING CONSENSUS, IDENTIFYING NEEDS -- THE BRAIN MAPPING INITIATIVE: COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Advancing Neuroscience in the Decade of the Brain -- COMPLEXITY AND THE NEED FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- EXAMPLES OF THE VALUE OF INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS -- Vision: How We See Affects How We Think -- Substance Abuse: The search for the Biology of Self-destruction -- Pain: Sometimes a Warning, Sometimes a Curse -- Schizophrenia: Broken Minds, Shattered Dreams -- THE GROWTH OF NEUROSCIENCE -- Neuroscience Research Has Grown in Response to Critical Problems -- Neuroscience Has Grown in Response to New Technologies and an Expanded Understanding of Biology -- Neuroscience Research is a National Priority -- REFERENCES -- 3 Overview of Neuroscience Research: A Closer Look at the Neural Hierarchy -- Behavior and Emotion are Manifestations of Brain Activity -- The Systems of the Brain are Connected by Elaborate Pathways and Serve Many Functions -- Neurons Come in Many Shapes and Sizes, and Contain Different Chemicals -- Synapses and Microcircuits Filter Vast Numbers of Messages.

Messages Can Change Molecular States and Genetic Expression -- REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 4 Computer and Information Technology in Biomedical and Neuroscience Research -- A Neuroscience Laboratory of the Future Will Use a Variety of Computer-based Tools -- CRITICAL BREAKTHROUGHS, IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES -- Computers and Computer Graphics Help Scientists Obtain New Images -- Database Technologies Help Organize our Knowledge -- Electronic Networks Greatly Increase Communication -- Some Electronic Collaboratory Groups are Forming Now -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NOTES -- 5 Building Consensus, Identifying Needs -- BUILDING A USEFUL RESOURCE COMPLEX -- The Data that are Included Must be Useful to Neuroscientists -- Computerized Resources Must Include a Variety of Capabilities -- Different Types of Databases are Required -- THE CHALLENGES AHEAD -- Technological Needs Require Planning and Attention to the Most Likely Advances -- Standard Formats are Necessary, But They Must Evolve -- Technology Drives Sociological Change -- STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING A BASE OF EXPERIENCE -- Pilot Projects are Good Starting Points -- Coordination, Oversight, and Evaluation Will be Needed -- Funding the Effort is an Important Issue -- REFERENCES -- NOTE -- 6 The Brain Mapping Initiative: Committee Conclusions and Recommendations -- THE LONG-RANGE GOAL -- PHASE 1: IMPLEMENTATION -- Phase 1 Projects Will be the First Step in Approaching the Challenge -- Phase 1 Projects Should be Centrally Organized -- Phase 1 Projects Will Require Additional Funding -- Phase 1 Projects Will Require a Certain Amount of Time and Support -- PHASE 2: LONG-TERM INTEGRATION AND ITS POTENTIAL BENEFITS -- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- NOTE -- Appendixes -- A Task Force Topics and Rosters -- Task Force 1 -- Task Force 2 -- Task Force 3 -- Task Force 4.

B Samples of Requests for Opinions -- Request for Opinions Concerning a National Neural Circuitry Database -- C Lists of Speakers and Demonstrators in Symposia and Open Hearings -- Index.