Science News About the BRAIN Initiative
- Researchers Fully Map Neural Connections of the Fruit Fly Brain
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A scientific team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled the first complete map of the neural connections of the common fruit fly brain.
- New Gene Delivery Method Paves the Way for Advanced Brain Therapies
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A new study, funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health, describes a promising new gene delivery vehicle that could advance treatment for brain disorders.
- Scientists Unveil Complete Cell Map of a Whole Mammalian Brain
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For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has created a complete cell atlas of a whole mammalian brain.
- Scientists Unveil Detailed Cell Maps of the Human Brain and the Nonhuman Primate Brain
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A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain, allowing for a deeper knowledge of the cellular basis of brain function and dysfunction, helping pave the way for a new generation of precision therapeutics for people with mental disorders and other disorders of the brain.
- Researchers Find Order in the Language of the Brain
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New research supported by NIMH used mathematical approaches to explain how neurons in the brain communicate over time to support information processing.
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Launches Projects to Develop Cell Atlases and Molecular Tools for Cell Access
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The National Institutes of Health has launched two transformative projects supported by the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative: The BRAIN Initiative® Cell Atlas Network and the Armamentarium for Precision Brain Cell Access.
- Tool Uses Light to Inhibit Neural Activity in Mice
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Researchers supported by NIH have developed a way to genetically insert a type of light receptor into neurons. The new technique enables the researchers to suppress the neuron’s activity using pulses of light.
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Unveils Detailed Atlas of the Mammalian Primary Motor Cortex
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The NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has unveiled an atlas of cell types and an anatomical neuronal wiring diagram for the mammalian primary motor cortex, derived from detailed studies of mice, monkeys, and humans.
- NIMH’s Dr. Andrea Beckel-Mitchener Named Deputy Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative
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Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D., has been named deputy director of the trans-NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
- New BRAIN Initiative Awards Accelerate Neuroscience Discoveries
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The NIH has announced its continued support for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative by funding more than 180 new BRAIN Initiative awards, bringing the total 2019 budget for the program to more than $424 million.
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Tool May Transform How Scientists Study Brain Structure and Function
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Researchers have developed a high-tech support system that can keep a large mammalian brain from rapidly decomposing in the hours after death, enabling study of certain molecular and cellular functions.
- Fifth Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting
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On April 11-13, 2019, approximately 1,500 scientists from many disciplines will attend the fifth annual Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN)® Initiative Investigators Meeting in Washington, DC. This open meeting provides a forum for discussing scientific developments and potential new directions, and to identify areas for collaboration and research coordination.
- NIH Greatly Expands Investment in BRAIN Initiative
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The National Institutes of Health announces funding of more than 200 new awards, totaling over $220 million, through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, an exciting trans-agency effort to arm researchers with revolutionary tools to fundamentally understand the neural circuits that underlie the healthy and diseased brain.
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Debuts Cell Census of Mouse Motor Cortex – for Starters
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NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has debuted its first data release, which focuses on motor cortex. In a related development, researchers have discovered cellular secrets of key social behaviors – mating, parenting, and aggression – in mouse hypothalamus.
- NIH Announces Awards for BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Research
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The NIH BRAIN Initiative has awarded grants to five teams of experts who will study the neuroethical issues surrounding the use of deep brain stimulation in neuropsychiatric and movement disorders and appropriate consent for brain research.
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Launches Cell Census
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The NIH today launched a major effort to discover and catalog the brain’s “parts list.”
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Builds on Early Advances
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NIH has announced funding for 110 new awards totaling $169 million for the BRAIN Initiative.
- NIMH Releases Strategic Research Priorities Update
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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently released its second annual update of the Strategic Research Priorities.
- Breakthrough Method Yields Trove of Neuron Subtypes, Gene Regulators
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Scientists have discovered a trove of neuronal subtypes by identifying their unique epigenomic signatures.
- NIH Nearly Doubles Investment in BRAIN Initiative Research
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NIH’s third round of grants to support the goals of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative total just over $150 million.
- Ketamine Lifts Depression via a Byproduct of its Metabolism
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A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks down likely holds the secret to its rapid antidepressant action .
- Our Brain’s Secrets to Success?
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We owe our success -- both as a species and as individuals – to uniquely human brain wiring that is just now beginning to be understood, thanks to the BRAIN Initiative and the Human Connectome Project.
- NIH Announces First Wave of Funding for BRAIN Initiative Research
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Calling it “the beginning of an ambitious journey”, the National Institutes of Health announced its first wave of grants in support of the BRAIN Initiative.
