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What is the Connectome Coordination Facility?
The Connectome Coordination Facility (CCF) houses and distributes public research data for a series of studies that focus on the connections within the human brain. These are known as
Human Connectome Projects
The CCF currently supports 20 human connectome studies. Scroll down to learn more.
CCF Studies and Software
Young Adult HCP
1200 Subjects (2010-2016)
The Human Connectome Project (HCP) has tackled one of the great scientific challenges of the 21st century: mapping the human brain, aiming to connect its structure to function and behavior.
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Lifespan HCP
4 Projects, Active 2013-2020
HCP Lifespan Projects are acquiring and sharing multimodal imaging data acquired across the lifespan, in four age groups (prenatal, 0-5, 6-21, and 36-100+).
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Connectomes Related To Human Disease
18 Projects, Active 2017-2027
HCP Disease studies apply HCP-style data collection methods to subject cohorts at risk for, or suffering from, disorders affecting the brain.
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HCP Software
In Active Development
We have released and maintain a set of open-source Connectome software that supports browsing, download, exploration, visualization and analysis of HCP data.
Documentation & Downloads
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Featured News
Aging Adult Brain Connectome (AABC) Release 2
Release of 632 additional sessions (many longitudinal visits of HCA participants) plus initial visits for 148 newly recruited AABC participants.
Full Announcement and Access Instructions
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Connectome Workbench v2.1.0 Released
This version adds new features, including hippocampus visualization and addition of Edit Sample mode to support dissection planning for transcriptomic analyses.
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Updated HCP Young Adult data released on new platform
Release of updated imaging data on a new platform, "
ConnectomeDB powered by BALSA
".
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BANDA Release 1.1
Updated release of imaging and behavioral data from a study of anxiety and depression in adolescents (ages 14-17).
Full Announcement and Access Instructions
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DCAM Release 1.0 on Anxious Misery in Major Depressive Disorder
First release of study of major depressive disorder
in adults ages 18-59.
Full Announcement and Access Instructions
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PDC Release 1.0 on Treatment-Resistant Depression
First release of study of
treatment-resistant depression with ECT, ketamine, or total sleep deprivation interventions in adults ages 20-64.
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Young Adult HCP
Lifespan HCP
Connectomes Related To Disease
HCP Software
Healthy Adult Connectomes
The Human Connectome Project (HCP) has tackled one of the great scientific challenges of the 21st century: mapping the human brain, aiming to connect its structure to function and behavior.
HCP Young Adult
PI: Kamil Ugurbil, David Van Essen
1200 Subjects, Age 22-35
3T MR, 7T MR, MEG
Washington U. in Saint Louis, U. of Minnesota, U. of Oxford, Saint Louis U., Indiana U., U. d’Annunzio, Ernst Strungmann Institute, Warwick U., Radboud U. Nijmegen, U. of California at Berkeley
Info
Current Data Releases  (
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Aug 11, 2025: HCP-Young Adult 2025
Jul 21, 2017: S1200 Extensively Processed fMRI Data
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Aug 11, 2025: Updated HCP-Young Adult data on ConnectomeDB powered by BALSA
Lifespan Connectome Data
HCP Lifespan Projects are acquiring and sharing multimodal imaging data acquired across the lifespan, in four age groups (prenatal, 0-5, 6-21, and 36-100+). The scanning protocols are similar to those for the WU-Minn Young Adult HCP, except shorter in duration.
HCP Aging / Aging Adult Brain Connectome (AABC)
PI: Beau Ances, Susan Bookheimer, Randy Buckner, David Salat, Stephen Smith, Melissa Terpstra, Kamil Ugurbil, David Van Essen, Roger Woods
1200 Subjects, Age 36-100+
3T MRI
Washington University, University of Minnesota, Massachusetts General Hospital, University of California Los Angeles, Oxford University
Info
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Jan 28, 2026: AABC Release 2
Oct 27, 2025: AABC Release 1
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Feb 26, 2021: Lifespan 2.0 Release of HCP-Aging & HCP-Development data
HCP Development
PI: Deanna Barch, Susan Bookheimer, Randy Buckner, Mirella Dapretto, Stephen Smith, Leah Somerville, Kathleen Thomas, David Van Essen, Essa Yacoub
1350 Subjects, Age 5-21
3T MRI
Washington University, University of Minnesota, University of California at Los Angeles, Harvard University, Oxford University
Info
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Feb 26, 2021: HCP-Development Lifespan 2.0 Release
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Feb 26, 2021: Lifespan 2.0 Release of HCP-Aging & HCP-Development data
Lifespan Baby Connectome Project
PI: Jed Elison, Weili Lin
500 Subjects, Age 0-5
3T MR
University of North Carolina, University of Minnesota
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Lifespan Developing Human Connectome Project
PI: David Edwards, Jo Hajnal, Daniel Rueckert, Stephen Smith
1500 Subjects, Age 20-44 weeks post-conception
MR
King's College London, Imperial College London, Oxford University
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Connectomes Related To Human Disease
HCP Disease studies apply HCP-style data collection protocols toward subject cohorts at risk for, or suffering from, diseases or disorders affecting the brain, with a goal of providing comparable data to healthy HCP subjects across the lifespan.
Alzheimer's Disease Connectome Project
PI: Barbara Bendlin, Shi-Jiang Li
300 Subjects, Age 55-90
3T MRI, PET
Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin
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Amish Connectome Project
PI: Elliot Hong, Peter Kochunov
450 Subjects, Age 18-85
3T MRI
University of Maryland
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BANDA: Connectomes Related to Anxiety & Depression
PI: John Gabrieli, Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli
225 Subjects, Age 14-17
3T MRI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, Boston University
Info
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Mar 04, 2024: BANDA Release 1.1
Changes in Visual Cortical Connectivity Following Central Visual Field Loss
PI: Kristina Visscher
100 Subjects, Age 18-89
3T MRI, Retinal Imaging (OCT and SLO)
University of Alabama
Info
Connectomic Imaging in Familial & Sporadic Frontotemporal Degeneration
PI: Murray Grossman, Corey McMillan
200 Subjects, Age 18-60
3T MRI
University of Pennsylvania, Mayo Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Northwestern University, University of California San Francisco
Info
Connectomics in Brain Aging and Dementia
PI: James Becker
400 Subjects, Age 50-89
3T MRI, MEG, PET-PiB
University of Pittsburgh
Info
Dimensional Connectomics of Anxious Misery
PI: Yvette Sheline
250 Subjects, Age 18-45
3T MRI
University of Pennsylvania
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Jul 20, 2023: DCAM Release 1.0
Epilepsy Connectome Project
PI: Jeff Binder, Beth Meyerand
340 Subjects, Age 18-50
3T MRI
Medical College of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin
Info
Human Connectome Project for Early Psychosis
PI: Alan Breier, Martha Shenton
400 Subjects, Age 16-35
3T MRI
Boston, MA: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess-Massachusetts Mental Health Center, McLean Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Indianapolis, IN: Indiana University
Info
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Aug 19, 2021: HCP Early Psychosis Release 1.1
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Aug 19, 2021: Updated HCP Early Psychosis 1.1 Release
Human Connectomes for Low Vision, Blindness, and Sight Restoration
PI: Geoffrey Aguirre, Vivek Patel, Yonggang Shi
260 Subjects, Age 20-80
3T MRI, Ophthalmic imaging
University of Southern California, University of Pennsylvania
Info
Mapping Connectomes for Disordered Emotional States (HCP-DES)
PI: Leanne Williams
300 Subjects, Age 18-35
MRI
Stanford University
Info
Neural Disconnection & Errant Visual Perception in Psychotic Psychopathology
PI: Scott Sponheim
300 Subjects, Age 18-59
3T MRI
University of Minnesota
Info
Perturbation of the Treatment of Resistant Depression Connectome by Fast-Acting Therapies (PDC)
PI: Randall Espinoza, Katherine Narr, Danny Wang
240 Subjects, Age 20-64
3T MRI
University of California, Los Angeles
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Apr 27, 2023: PDC 1.0 Release
The Structural & Functional Connectome across AD Subtypes
PI: John Ringman
260 Subjects, Age 20-80
3T MRI
University of Southern California
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Related Connectome Studies
These studies are not explicitly chartered under the Lifespan HCP or Disease HCP grants, but are studying brain function using the rigor and methods of the Human Connectome Project.
Dual Mechanisms of Cognitive Control
PI: Todd Braver
300 Subjects, Age 18-40
MR
Washington University School of Medicine
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Connectome Software Releases
Connectome software has been developed that fully supports browsing, downloading, exploring and analyzing of HCP data. Connectome software will be downloadable as individual components with full documentation on installing and using the tools.
Connectome Workbench
v 2.0.0
Connectome Workbench is an open source, freely available visualization and discovery tool used to map neuroimaging data, especially data generated by the Human Connectome Project.
Screenshots
Resources
Tutorial
Workbench Command Documentation
Connectome MR Pipeline
v 4.7.0
The HCP Pipelines product is a set of tools (primarily, but not exclusively, shell scripts) for processing MRI images for the Human Connectome Project. Among other things, these tools implement the Minimal Preprocessing Pipeline (MPP) described in
Glasser et al. 2013
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HCP MEG Pipelines
v 3.0
The analysis of MEG data in the Human Connectome Project is performed using FieldTrip, a MATLAB toolbox for MEG and EEG analysis, in combination with additional analysis scripts and functions that have specifically been written for the HCP.
Info
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