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·August 22, 2023·4 min read

Neural Number Crunching: Why Mammal Brains Favor Lognormal Patterns

New research delves into how the statistical distributions of neuron densities shape mammalian brains. The study analyzed seven species, discovering that neuron densities follow a lognormal distribution - a fundamental organizational principle.

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·June 16, 2023·5 min read

Mapping Consciousness: New Insights into Disorders of Consciousness

Researchers leveraged model-based methodologies to identify two crucial brain circuits implicated in consciousness. The scientists analyzed signal propagation in models of patients' brains with disorders of consciousness (DoC).

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·April 17, 2023·5 min read

A Brain Model Learns to Drive

A new AI model that mimics the neural architecture and connections of the hippocampus is able to alter its synaptic connections as it moves a car-like virtual robot.

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·March 27, 2023·3 min read

Digital Twin Approaches Enabled by Cutting-Edge Brain Modelling Advances

Using a new technology called The Virtual Brain, researchers are able to create personalized computerized brain models of individual patients based on their anatomy, structural connectivity, and brain dynamics.

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·March 24, 2023·3 min read

A New Full-Scale 3D Structural Model of the Human Hippocampus

Researchers have developed a new 3D, high-resolution model of the CA1 area of the human hippocampus.

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·November 15, 2022·3 min read

Multilevel Brain Atlases Provide Tools for Better Mental Health Diagnosis

A newly developed brain atlas could help with the study and diagnosis of mental health and neurodegenerative disorders by correlating brain networks with underlying anatomical structures.

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·October 26, 2022·3 min read

New Method for Measuring Brain Activity Could Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Researchers have developed a new method to measure the delay of neurotransmission in those with multiple sclerosis that does not involve direct stimulation but instead used neural avalanches, or bursts of activity in cascades that spontaneously travel across the brain.

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·October 1, 2022·5 min read

New Marker of ALS Outcome Identified

Using MEG neuroimaging, researchers have identified a new marker that can be used to predict the clinical outcomes for those suffering from ALS.

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·September 27, 2022·3 min read

Mechanisms of Psychostimulants on Attention and Learning Revealed

Psychostimulants increase dopamine levels, enhancing task-relevant cortical signals by acting on the striatum and the difference in dopamine synthesis capacity in the striatum explains the variability in the drugs' cognitive effects.

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·September 19, 2022·4 min read

Four New Brain Areas Involved in Many Cognitive Processes Mapped

Researchers have mapped four new areas of the human anterior prefrontal cortex that play critical roles in cognitive processing. Two of these newly mapped areas are larger in females than in males.