Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  That was based on 38% of the total burden of disease. That brings together both direct costs and costs linked to disability.

Subcommittee on Neurological Disease committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, committee members. I very much appreciate this opportunity to speak before you. The brain is the most vital and complex organ of the human body. Brain disorders carry both economic and human costs that are greater than those for cancer and cardiovascular disease combined.