Grid structure of the brain from NPR

Wonderful picture at the link from the Human Connectome Project.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/03/29/149629657/how-your-brain-is-like-manhattan
24 second revolving video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CySDbTH46P4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

This image shows the grid structure of the major pathways of the brain. It was created using a scanner that's part of the Human Connectome Project, a five-year effort which is studying and mapping the human brain.

It turns out your brain is organized even if you're not.

At least that's the conclusion of a study in Science that looked at the network of fibers that carry signals from one part of the brain to another.

Researchers used cutting-edge imaging technology to look at places where these fibers intersect. And they found a remarkably organized three-dimensional grid, says Van Wedeen of Harvard Medical School, the study's lead author.

The grid is a bit like Manhattan, Wedeen says, "with streets running in two dimensions and then the elevators in the buildings in the third dimension."