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January 30, 2023

The human brain only reluctantly reveals its secrets, from the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and structures.

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January 13, 2023

After opening remarks from Hui Cai, Program Chair and Vice President at WuXi AppTec, and Minzhang Chen, Co-CEO at WuXi AppTec, an impressive panel took the stage to reflect on the state of innovation and highlight the healthcare industry’s notable advances in tackling innovation challenges to bui

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November 17, 2022

New research funded by the NIH BRAIN Initiative sheds light on how we organize and store memories

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November 10, 2022

In a new report published Tuesday in Nature Communications, Chang’s team has pushed that scientific milestone even further.

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November 10, 2022

Discovery could immediately suggest new avenues for drug development

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October 25, 2022

Organoids — tissue cultures that roughly replicate the functions of an organ — allow researchers to observe how cells behave in tissues in vitro, in the lab.

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October 5, 2022

New Study Enhances Understanding of How We See

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October 5, 2022

New study sheds light on underlying effects of visual settings on brain processing and facial perception.

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August 31, 2022

MIT neuroscientists have identified an oscillatory circuit that controls the rhythmic movement of mouse whiskers.

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August 30, 2022

Despite its chequered past, deep-brain electrical stimulation is finally showing some signs of success.

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August 24, 2022

Researchers will map brain circuits controlling behaviors, thoughts, and moods.

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August 16, 2022

Scientists know both a lot and very little about the brain.

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August 10, 2022

UNC School of Medicine researchers, led by Ian Shih, PhD, associate professor of Neurology and Biomedical Research Imaging Center, developed an improved fiber-based optical method to measure activity changes in the brain.

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August 4, 2022

Using organoids to model early development, researchers used an emerging microscopy technology to see that new neurons struggled to reach their developmental destination

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August 2, 2022

Each year, the initiative celebrates some standout and especially creative examples of such advances in the “Show Us Your BRAINs! Photo & Video Contest. During most of August, I’ll share some of the most eye-catching developments in our blog series, The Amazing Brain.

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July 5, 2022

The human brain remains one of the greatest mysteries in science and one of the biggest challenges in medicine.

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June 22, 2022

In a new paper published in the journal eLife, researchers at the University of Rochester, including 

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June 6, 2022

APL researchers are standardizing an amazing collection of high-resolution brain mapping data, an effort that would enable unprecedented analysis and make the Laboratory a focal point for neuroscience research.

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May 23, 2022
Optical tools are helping researchers develop an MRI-based brain imaging technique that may prompt faster diagnosis and ultimately more efficient treatment of Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.