Yuste Rafael author Columbia University. Biological Sciences Alivisatos A. Paul author Chun Miyoung author Church George M. author Greenspan Ralph J. author Roukes Michael L. author Columbia University. Biological Sciences originator text Articles 2012 manuscript version English The function of neural circuits is an emergent property arising from the coordinated activity of large numbers of neurons. To capture this, we propose launching a large-scale, international public effort, the Brain Activity Map Project, aimed at reconstructing the full record of neural activity across complete neural circuits. This technological challenge could prove to be an invaluable step toward understanding fundamental and pathological brain processes. A whitepaper associated with this article is available at http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:13503. Neurosciences 74 6 970 974 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.06.006 http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:13501 NNC NNC 2012-06-14 14:09:15 -0400 2012-07-31 14:06:56 -0400 7506 eng