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BRAIN Publication Roundup – April 2020

New simulation framework for transcranial focused ultrasound… Novel voltage imaging in awake, behaving mice… Cortical dynamics impact perceptual decision making… Internal states shape behavioral decisions…

Rapid Simulation Framework Predicts Focal Spot Characteristics For Transcranial Focused Ultrasound

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

2020 BRAIN Initiative Investigators VIRTUAL Meeting

Dear BRAIN Community,

  • Neuroscience News

Update on NIH Late Application Policy Associated with COVID-19 Outbreak

All NIH grant applications submitted late for due dates between March 9, 2020, and May 1, 2020, will be accepted through May 1, 2020.

NIH understands that the emergency declaration related to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected and will continue to affect many NIH applicants’ ability to submit applications in a timely manner.

  • Neuroscience News

From the NINDS Director: Looking out for our community

This message can also be viewed as a Director’s Message from NINDS Director, Dr. Walter Koroshetz. 

  • Neuroscience News

From the NIMH Director: Coping With Coronavirus: Managing Stress, Fear, and Anxiety

This message can also be viewed as a Director’s Message from NIMH Director Dr. Joshua Gordon. 

  • Neuroscience News

2020 BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting Update

Dear BRAIN Community,

  • Neuroscience News

The NIH BRAIN Initiative at LabRoots’ 8th Annual Neuroscience Virtual Conference on March 11, 2020

The virtual conference, featuring multiple NIH BRAIN speakers and BRAIN-funded investigators, brings together the neuroscience community to discuss and present the newest advances in understanding the human brain, neuropsychiatric disorders, and behavioral processes as they relate to brain function.

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN Publication Roundup – February 2020

New hippocampal circuitry of object-location memory identified…Functional connectivity patterns of thalamic nuclei mapped to better understand epilepsy…Two-photon and mesoscale imaging combined to examine local and global cortical networks…

Modern viral genetic-based brain mapping and imaging tools uncover a new cortico-hippocampal pathway

  • Neuroscience News
  • Neuroscience Research and Technology

Regulatory Resources for Neural Devices

If you are developing or using a new neural device in humans, ready to register your device for clinical trials, or thinking about bringing your device to market, learn more about how to get feedback from the FDA on your device and clinical testing plans before starting the regulatory approval process.

  • Neuroscience News

BRAIN Publication Roundup – January 2020

Coordination of mouse facial behaviors through motor neurons … Untangling neural activity specific to mouse cognition … Novel analysis for understanding human structural connectomes and traits …

Facial Motor Cortex Neurons Orchestrate Mouse Behaviors Via Projections Extending into Trigeminal Premotor Nuclei

  • Neuroscience Research and Technology