A genome-wide CRISPR study maps 331 genes essential for early brain development, identifying PEDS1 as a new ...
To many other researchers, creating a map of the 86 billion neurons, or nerve cells, that make up the brain would be considered a nearly insurmountable project. However, researchers at the Allen ...
The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...
Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...
Dr. Maria Margarita Behrens traces her journey from South America to the Salk Institute in a Genomic Press Interview ...
The first complete activity map of the brain has been unveiled by a large international collaboration of neuroscientists. The International Brain Laboratory (IBL) researchers published their findings ...
It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...
Just like real atlases, brain atlases vary widely in scale and content. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every ...