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·June 25, 2013·3 min read

Problem-Solving Governs How We Process Sensory Stimuli

Researchers demonstrate how the transmission of sensory information from one cortical area to connected areas depends on the specific task at hand and goal directed behavior.

This MRI highlights the thalamus in the brain.

Autism Featured

·June 25, 2013·2 min read

A Deep Brain Disorder

Researchers identify that the connectivity between the thalamus and cerebral cortex is impaired in children with autism.

This image shows the mouse embryo and mouse brain before and after treatment with SeeDB.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 23, 2013·1 min read

Sugar Solution Makes Tissues See-Through

Combining a new solution which turns tissue transparent with fluorescence microscopy, researchers obtain detail images of a mouse brain with unprecedented resolution.

The diagram of the brain shown highlights the thalamus locato

Featured Neuroscience

·June 21, 2013·4 min read

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development

Genes alone don't determine how the cerebral cortex grows into separate functional areas. Input from the thalamus is also crucially required, a new study suggests.

The image shows the location of the cerebral cortex.

Featured Neurology

·June 10, 2013·3 min read

3-D Map of Blood Vessels in Cerebral Cortex Holds Suprises

A new study describes the vascular architecture within the cerebral cortex, exploring what the structure means for neuroimaging and the onset of dementia.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 16, 2013·2 min read

Fishing for Memories

Observing whole-brain activity in live zebrafish, researchers have discovered how information stored as long-term memory in the cerebral cortex is processed to guide behavioral choices.

The image shows a patient undergoing surgery for a deep brain stimulation implant.

Featured Neurology

·March 4, 2013·5 min read

Parkinson’s Disease Brain Rhythms Detected

Researchers have discovered how to detect abnormal brain rhythms associated with Parkinson's disease by implanting electrodes into the brains of patients with this neurodegenerative disorder.

The image shows the atlas activity of the forebrain. The caption describes the image best.

Featured Genetics

·January 31, 2013·5 min read

Genome-Wide Atlas of Gene Enhancers in the Brain On-line

Future research into the underlying causes of neurological disorders such as autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia, should greatly benefit from a first-of-its-kind atlas of gene-enhancers in the cerebrum (telencephalon). This new atlas identifies and locates thousands of gene-regulating elements in a region of the brain that is of critical importance for cognition, motor functions and emotion.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 21, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Turn One Form of Neuron into Another in the Brain

A new finding turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head, demonstrating that it is possible to turn one type of already differentiated neuron into another within the brain.

Fetal neurons are shown in two panels in this image. The caption describes well.

Featured Neurology

·January 17, 2013·5 min read

Findings on Potential to Prevent, Reverse Serious Disabilities Affecting Children Born Prematurely

Researchers report that low blood and oxygen flow to the developing brain does not, as previously thought, cause an irreversible loss of brain cells, but rather disrupts the cells’ ability to fully mature.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 21, 2012·4 min read

Research Identifies Protein that Regulates Key Fate Decision in Cortical Progenitor Cells

Researchers solved an important piece of one of neuroscience's outstanding puzzles: how progenitor cells in the developing mammalian brain reproduce themselves while also giving birth to neurons that will populate the emerging cerebral cortex, the seat of cognition and executive function in the mature brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 19, 2012·4 min read

Human Brains Share a Consistent Genetic Blueprint and Possess Enormous Biochemical Complexity

Scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science reported that human brains share a consistent genetic blueprint and possess enormous biochemical complexity. The findings stem from the first deep and large-scale analysis of the vast data set publicly available in the Allen Human Brain Atlas.

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cerebral cortex

Problem-Solving Governs How We Process Sensory Stimuli

A Deep Brain Disorder

Sugar Solution Makes Tissues See-Through

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development

3-D Map of Blood Vessels in Cerebral Cortex Holds Suprises

Fishing for Memories

Parkinson’s Disease Brain Rhythms Detected

Genome-Wide Atlas of Gene Enhancers in the Brain On-line

Researchers Turn One Form of Neuron into Another in the Brain

Findings on Potential to Prevent, Reverse Serious Disabilities Affecting Children Born Prematurely

Research Identifies Protein that Regulates Key Fate Decision in Cortical Progenitor Cells

Human Brains Share a Consistent Genetic Blueprint and Possess Enormous Biochemical Complexity

Reducing Visceral Fat Protects the Brain for Decades

Brain-First Hypothesis: Rethinking the Cambrian Explosion

Beyond the Gym: Why Your Brain Craves Creatine

Brain Switch for Action and Stress Identified

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