As part of its reporting on Mount Sinai and the Living Brain Project, STAT sent a list of written questions to Mount Sinai. Below is a copy of the questions and responses.
Can you describe for us what the Living Brain Project has accomplished, to date, and what promise the investigators feel it holds for future brain research?
The Living Brian Project (LBP) is a unique study of the human brain that is characterizing each individual in a large cohort using all the tools that are currently available for human neuroscience study (electrophysiologic, molecular, imaging, behavioral). Doing so creates an incredibly rich database of information about the human brain for scientists to query in order to uncover how our brains work when we are healthy and go awry when we are sick. All data generated by the LBP is shared publicly to maximize the impact on improving human health. Findings from ongoing LBP studies are collectively anticipated to make key advances in our understanding of human brain biology.
