The Human Brain Project will attempt to build a computer-based copy of a human brain to understand neurological disorders and the effects of drugs.

BBC: Europe gives 2bn euros to science

About 80 European research institutions and some from outside the EU will take part in the Human Brain Project, which is estimated to cost more than 1bn euros.

BBC: Obama proposes brain mapping project

Meanwhile the Human Brain Project will attempt to simulate the trillions of neural connections that make up a human brain in an effort to comprehend how the organ functions.

BBC: Europe gives 2bn euros to science

The brain imaging technology is being developed for a US-led effort to map the human brain called the Human Connectome Project.

BBC: Scans reveal intricate brain wiring

Unlike the effort to decode the human genome, or the project to put a man on the moon, the mapping of the human brain is a fuzzy endeavor, with no obvious milestones along the way.

WSJ: Obama Gives Details of Brain-Research Project

Scientists are set to release the first batch of data from a project designed to create the first map of the human brain.

BBC: Scans reveal intricate brain wiring

The Human Connectome Project has therefore developed a database called ConnectomeDB to make sharing of brain images much easier.

BBC: World's most detailed scans will reveal how brain works

The project will use supercomputer-based models and simulations to reconstruct a virtual human brain to develop new treatments for neurological conditions.

BBC: Obama proposes brain mapping project