BRAIN Blog

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

January 31, 2020

Manipulating neural activity while measuring physiology in awake mice … Discovery of the brightest green fluorescent protein homolog to date … Assessing mouse neural dynamics with optoacoustic imaging … Establishing new open cloud services for brain data …

September 26, 2019

Noninvasive neuroimaging technology for BCI neuroprosthetics … Genetically-encoded voltage indicator ArcLight maps synaptic activity … Exploring alienation effects of DBS treatment for depression …

August 13, 2019

Direct speech synthesis using auditory cortex recordings… Three-photon imaging of adult mouse brains through intact skulls… Tensor component analysis for unraveling complex neural circuit dynamics…

 

June 10, 2019

Contributions of the basal ganglia to speech production … High-speed volumetric microscopy of freely-moving Drosophila larvae … Identifying functional neuron subclasses with specificity …

March 28, 2019

The virtual conference, featuring multiple NIH BRAIN speakers and BRAIN-funded investigators, addresses the role of the brain and nervous system at multiple levels of observation, from molecular to functional, and the neuroethical implications of this cutting-edge work.

March 11, 2019

The Journal of Neuroscience recently published two commentaries on neuroethics for the NIH BRAIN Initiative: a set of eight guiding principles for neuroethical considerations in neuroscience research, as well as an accompanying commentary on neuroethics strategy and operationalization from…

December 17, 2018

Multiscale structural mapping of mouse hippocampus … Bayesian inference and variability in a songbird model of learning … Single-fluorophore biosensors enable sensitive detection of kinase dynamics …

October 22, 2018

First demonstration of adaptive DBS for Parkinson’s disease using motor cortex sensing… Coordinated articulator movements discretely encoded in sensorimotor cortex… Ethical considerations for guidelines on continued access to investigational brain implants…

June 27, 2018

Miniaturized carbon fiber electrode arrays for intra-nerve recording and stimulation… Reliable measurement and imaging of brain bioenergetics… Emerging medical imaging tool with superior contrast and sensitivity… Improved method for synaptic neural circuit tracing…

April 06, 2018