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Neuroscientists unite for 'Moon shot'

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Effort aims to bring together philanthropies with common interest in brain diseases.

Fifty years after US President John F. Kennedy pledged to send a man to the Moon, his nephew Patrick has brought together leading lights of neuroscience to tackle the "inner space" of the human brain.

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Ledford, H. Neuroscientists unite for 'Moon shot'. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.324

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