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December 20, 2017
Cedars-Sinai investigators will lead a multicenter study into how the brain's circuitry forms and recalls memories — research made possible by a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Neuroscientists Just Launched an Atlas of the Developing Human Brain

December 7, 2017

December 12, 2017
Your brain is one enigmatic hunk of meat—a wildly complex web of neurons numbering in the tens of billions. But years ago, when you were in the womb, it began as little more than a scattering of undifferentiated stem cells.

NIH announces awards for BRAIN Initiative neuroethics research

October 30, 2017

October 30, 2017
Grants aim to address neuroethical issues associated with human brain research.

NIH announces awards for BRAIN Initiative neuroethics research

October 30, 2017

October 30, 2017
Grants aim to address neuroethical issues associated with human brain research.

NIH BRAIN Initiative builds on early advances

October 23, 2017

October 23, 2017
NIH announces new round of awards for visualizing the brain in action.

NIH BRAIN Initiative builds on early advances

October 23, 2017

NIH announces new round of awards for visualizing the brain in action.

Cleveland Clinic performs nation’s first deep brain stimulation surgery on stroke patient

January 5, 2017

January 5, 2017
Cleveland Clinic announced today that it performed the nation’s first deep brain stimulation surgery on a stroke patient.

Neuroethics and the BRAIN Initiative

December 19, 2016

December 19, 2016
Neuroscience “is the science that is going to change the way people live, die, and think about themselves,” said Stanford Law professor Hank Greely.

The 21st Century Cures Act – A View from the NIH

December 13, 2016

December 13, 2016
The CURES Act, formally known as H.R. 34 or the 21st Century Cures Act…was signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2016.

Neuroscience 2016: The BRAIN Initiative and photonics

November 15, 2016

November 15, 2016
About a month after the National Institutes of Health announced a near doubling of 2016 investment in the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.

UC scientists awarded more than $9 million from federal BRAIN Initiative

October 25, 2016

October 25, 2016
Fourteen University of California research teams will share $9.5 million from the federal government’s BRAIN Initiative.

Worldwide brain-mapping project sparks excitement – and concern

September 21, 2016

September 21, 2016
Worries include how to coordinate research programmes and resources from different countries.

Science News About the BRAIN Initiative

May 4, 2016

May 4, 2016
Collection of press releases from NIMH related to the BRAIN Initiative

Glut of data from mice brains tests MIT’s computing power

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016
Even one of the great young scientists of our time can be brought low by computer problems.