{"id":5103,"date":"2012-12-04T00:20:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T04:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ombs\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2012-12-04T00:20:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T04:20:53","slug":"mapping-the-human-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/2012\/12\/04\/mapping-the-human-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the Human Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"st_twitter_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_facebook_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_ybuzz_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_gbuzz_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_email_large\"> <\/span><span class=\"st_sharethis_large\"> <\/span><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/button\/buttons.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n       stLight.options({publisher:'0b9142ea-42f7-4b62-947d-dd7654ef4f2d'});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/iNPsDky1z94?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/iNPsDky1z94?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>By mapping the human brain, we will inevitably have a greater comprehensive understanding of how it functions. In this TED talk, Allan Jones explains how his team of researchers is mapping the brain by investigating which genes are turned on in each region and how these regions link up. According to Allan Jones:  &#8220;Understanding how our genes are used in our brains will help scientists and the medical community better understand and discover new treatments for the full spectrum of brain diseases and disorders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Allen Institute \" href=\"http:\/\/www.alleninstitute.org\/\">The Allen Institute<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By mapping the human brain, we will inevitably have a greater comprehensive understanding of how it functions. In this TED talk, Allan Jones explains how his team of researchers is mapping the brain by investigating which genes are turned on in each region and how these regions link up. According to Allan Jones: &#8220;Understanding how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4995,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[589],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4995"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ombs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}