Human Neuroscience
BRAIN Initiative Plasmid Collection
The BRAIN Initiative supports the development of a diverse portfolio of biomolecular tools and emphasizes their rapid and broad dissemination to the research community. Browse the Addgene collection of plasmids created with support from the BRAIN Initiative.
Public-Private Partnership Program: Collaborative Research Agreement Template
This is a template document to be used for agreements between device manufacturers and academic research institutions to form partnerships for submission of grant applications to the NIH for clinical research.
Neuroethics-Focused Session as part of the 7th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting
Perspectives on the complexities of improving neuroethics engagement among writers, neuroethicists, and scientists in academia and industry
Neuroethics – a growing field that studies the ethical, legal, and societal implications of neuroscience – is an essential partner to neuroscience. It can serve to anticipate and address ethical questions raised in and by research, and flourishes with active collaboration and integration with neuroscience. >
From BRAIN to Bedside: Translation of Next-Generation Circuit Therapies
June 29-30, 2021: The goal of this NIH BRAIN Initiative workshop is to bring together cross-disciplinary investigators to discuss the potential for human translation of next-generation circuit therapies for disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). The focus will be on the use of innovative and novel tools, which includes optogenetics, chemogenetics, and gene editing, as well as cutting-edge approaches to neuromodulation. Sessions will discuss existing approaches to circuit manipulation, advances in gene therapy approaches, and how they may inform future CNS circuit therapies.
Dissemination Program
Researchers wirelessly record human brain activity during normal life activities
NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded study opens the door to correlating deep brain activity and behavior
BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) Meeting
The BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group, which works to ensure a coordinated and focused effort on BRAIN across NIH, will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2021. This meeting will include a joint session with the BRAIN Neuroethics Working Group. The agenda (PDF, 132KB) is available.
Reading Minds with Ultrasound: A Less-Invasive Technique to Decode the Brain's Intentions
Mapping neural activity to corresponding behaviors is a major goal for neuroscientists developing brain–machine interfaces (BMIs): devices that read and interpret brain activity and transmit instructions to a computer or machine.