Method to overcome light scatter in optical imaging distinguishes moving objects with high fidelity… Novel analysis method improves accuracy of neural network models… Improved imaging technique reveals synaptic transmission at quantal resolution in fruit fly larvae
Phase retrieval methods in optical imaging allow for successful imaging of moving targets through scattered media
BRAIN Initiative team pushes the limits of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for human brain… A novel tool to manipulate gene function in specific cell types… Understanding the functional diversity of retinal bipolar cells…
Advancements to functional imaging technique result in ultra-high resolution capture of human cortical columns
Fabrication and testing of implanted magnetic microcoils to stimulate neurons… Optogenetic-induced seizure model to enhance understanding of interneuron roles… New optical technique to identify voltage activity patterns in specific cell types…
Novel implantable magnetic microcoils stimulate cortical cells and consistently drive behavioral responses
Recent meetings of the Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) for the NIH BRAIN Initiative and the MCWG Neuroethics Division provided updates on BRAIN’s scientific progress, considerations of the neuroethical issues surrounding the science, and discussions on how to continue working toward the goals of the BRAIN 2025 report…
In December, the NIH BRAIN Initiative held its third annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting, gathering experts from around the globe to share their cutting-edge BRAIN-funded research. The attendees spent three days learning about each other’s work, forming new collaborations, and hearing from members of the BRAIN Initiative Alliance.
Videocasts will be available for the NIH BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group and Neuroethics Division meetings on February 14th and February 15th…
Whole brain mapping of a sensorimotor response in the zebrafish… Novel optogenetics combination to control select cells in deep brain tissue at high resolution… Instability of neurons during stable song behavior in songbirds…
Whole-brain optogenetic mapping of a visual sensorimotor behavior in the larval zebrafish.
Advances in neurotechnology are aimed at helping us better understand normal brain function and how to treat dysfunction associated with brain disorders. These technological advances carry potentially profound ethical implications. A set of recently published articles highlight how the NIH BRAIN Initiative is working to integrate neuroethics in neurotechnology research and development.
Despite being a relatively new effort, research funded under the NIH BRAIN Initiative already is producing new technologies and methods
The 2016 BRAIN Initiative Principal Investigators Meeting will occur December 12-14 in Bethesda, Maryland…
NIH announces three new Requests for Applications (RFAs) for interdisciplinary projects using advanced and innovative technologies to address overarching principles of circuit function in the context of specific brain systems and behaviors. Funding from these new RFAs will enable investigators to unlock the mystery of how complex patterns of neural activity give rise to our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and will lay the groundwork for understanding circuit dysfunctions in brain diseases.
