Electroencephalography (EEG) measures the brain’s local field potential from the surface of the scalp. This method is useful for studying cognitive processes, neurological states, and medical conditions.
Funded Awards
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN Initiative funds a wide-variety of research: toolmakers, trainees, individual labs testing new hypotheses, and large, team-based efforts aiming to catalyze neuroscience inquiry forward. Explore NIH BRAIN Initiative funded awards listed below. Click on the project title to learn more about it within NIH RePORTER.
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A Dry Electrode for Universal Accessibility to EEG
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Walid Soussou
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quasar, inc.
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A scalable cloud-based framework for multi-modal mapping across single neuron omics, morphology and electrophysiology
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Bing-Xing Huo
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broad institute, inc.
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Project Summary Categorizing individual neurons into different groups, or cell types, is a classical approach to studying the nervous system.
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A visualization interface for BRAIN single cell data, integrating transcriptomics, epigenomics and spatial assays
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Maximilian Haeussler
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university of california santa cruz
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PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The BRAIN Initiative’s -omics data archive NeMO contains all the BICCN single cell single cell data, more than one million files at the time of writing.
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Advancing fMRI Acquisition through Dissemination of EPTI- An Efficient Distortion-Free Multi-Contrast Imaging Technology
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Fuyixue Wang
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massachusetts general hospital
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PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Functional MRI (fMRI) is today the predominant tool for noninvasive imaging of brain function, which has revolutionized our understanding of the human brain.
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An optical-genetic toolbox for monitoring and controlling diverse neuromodulatory circuits governing complex behaviors in primates
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Karl A. Deisseroth, Eyal J Seidemann
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university of texas at austin
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ABSTRACT Perceptually guided behavior involves a complex and dynamic interplay between external inputs and internal states that are related, for example, to alertness, motivation, expectations and attention.
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Analysis of modulation of the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 5 in a novel heritable model of drug abuse vulnerability
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Loren D Peeters
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east tennessee state university
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Project Summary Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness affecting an estimated 1% of the global population.
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Beyond dopamine: dual neuromodulator regulation of motor variability and learning
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Drew Clinton Schreiner
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duke university
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Project Summary Learning and performing complex skills such as speech or music requires precise control of motor variability. While elevated motor variability can spur the learning of new behaviors, excessive variability can impair performance of learned skills.
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Boss: A cloud-based data archive for electron microscopy and x-ray microtomography
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Brock A. Wester
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johns hopkins university
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ABSTRACT The generation of scientifically rich, high resolution neuroimaging volumes continues to increase in extent and rate due to the advancement of new Electron Microscopy (EM) and X-ray Microtomography (XRM) imaging sys- tems and data processing methodologies.
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Bottom-Up, Top-Down, and Local Interactions in the Generation and Consolidation of Cortical Representations of Sequential Experience
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Bruce L Mcnaughton
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university of california-irvine
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Years of study and theory about the unique role of the hippocampus in storing new memories has led to a general idea that the hippocampus generates a unique output code for every unique experience, that is projected back to the neocortex, where it becomes coupled to attributes of the experience t
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Brain dynamics underlying long-term memory consolidation
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Priya Rajasethupathy
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rockefeller university
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Abstract The hippocampus has a well-established role in the initial formation and storage of memory. However, little is understood about brain mechanisms that support the re-organization and transfer of memories into longer-term cortical storage.
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Capturing the neural signature of the paraventricular thalamus that underlies individual variability in cue-motivated behavior
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Shelly Beth Flagel
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university of michigan at ann arbor
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Individuals make choices and prioritize actions using complex processes that assign value to rewards and associated stimuli based on prior experience.
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Cell type-specific mechanisms of history-dependent perceptual biases in sensory cortex
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Deepa L Ramamurthy
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university of california berkeley
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PROJECT SUMMARY Sensory representations are influenced by an animal’s external context, internal state, past experiences, expectations, and future goals.
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Center for Advanced Muscle BioElectronics (CAMBER)
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Muhannad Bakir, Samuel Sober
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emory university
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A central goal of neuroscience is to discover how neural circuits control the body’s muscles to produce behavior.
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Characterizing Lower Extremity Neurophysiological Responses to Sensory Augmentation after Stroke
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Jasmine Jamilah Cash
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medical university of south carolina
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT After a stroke, walking ability can be compromised, which can lead to reduced quality of life and decreased ability to perform activities of daily living.
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Characterizing odor motion detection in flies
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Damon Alistair Clark, Thierry Emonet
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yale university
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Many animals rely on their ability to navigate to the source of airborne odor plumes for survival. Studies dating back a century have shown that insects combine mechanosensory and olfactory cues to navigate, surging upwind when detecting odor but go crosswind or downwind when losing the signal.
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Circuit architecture and dynamics of the insular cortex underlying motivational behaviors
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Tianyi Mao, Haining Zhong
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oregon health & science university
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PROJECT SUMMARY The insular cortex (IC) is a multimodal hub that integrates interoceptive and exteroceptive information to control diverse aspects of animal behaviors related to cognition, emotion, and motivation.
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Circuit mechanisms of arbitration between distinct reinforcement learning systems
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Margaret Louise Demaegd
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new york university
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PROJECT SUMMARY Animals can exhibit goal-directed behaviors in novel environments, despite limited experience with them. How does the brain make and use inferences about the underlying statistics and generative structure of environments to guide behavior?
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Circuit-specific, chemogenetic neuromodulation in nonhuman primates.
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Serge E Przedborski, Charles E Schroeder
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nathan s. kline institute for psych res
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ABSTRACT ‒ UG3/UH3 Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), applied to areas like the subthalamic nucleus (STN), is a standard treatment for Parkinson Disease (PD), however, DBS has inherent surgical risks as well as potential for infections and adverse side effects.
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cloudSLEAP: Maximizing accessibility to deep learning-based motion capture
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Talmo D. Pereira
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salk institute for biological studies
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cloudSLEAP – PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Understanding how the brain produces complex behavior is a central goal of neuroscience, but quantifying behavior is technically challenging, particularly in unrestrained and naturalistic settings.
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Cognitive and Neural Strategies for Latent Feature Inference
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Tahra Eissa
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university of colorado
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PROJECT SUMMARY The world around us has a statistical structure that we can use to improve our choices. Learning the underlying structure by identifying key features, such as the rate of change, is useful for adapting and optimizing our decision-making strategies.