Creating custom brains from the ground up
Scientists studying how genetics impact brain disease have long sought a better experimental model. Cultures of genetically-modified cell lines can […]
In healthy individuals, the Zika virus causes flu-like symptoms. If a pregnant woman becomes infected, the unborn child can suffer […] Important research by Barrow Neurological Institute neurosurgeons and University of Washington (UW) scientists on novel imaging technology for malignant brain […] Take a look at your favorite mug; it probably looks the same as it always has, but your neurons may […] The human brain, with its 100 billion neurons that control every thought, word, and action, is the most complex and […] FOXP2, a gene implicated in affecting speech and language, is held up as a textbook example of positive selection on […] Can you tell the smell of a rose from the scent of a lilac? If so, you have your brain’s […] The brain requires surprisingly little energy to adapt to the environment to learn, make ambiguous recognitions, have high recognition ability […] Personalized medicine — delivering therapies specially tailored to a patient’s unique physiology — has been a goal of researchers and […] Driving to work, typing an email or playing a round of golf — people perform actions such as these throughout […]Brain-Computer Interfaces
Zika virus study reveals possible causes of brain pathology
Improving operations for the brain’s most malignant tumor
Pay attention to the ‘noise’ in your brain
Taking the brain apart to put it all together again
Study challenges evolution of FOXP2 as human-specific language gene
Widespread connections among neurons help the brain distinguish smells: Organization — or lack of it — in brain’s piriform cortex allows us to differentiate one smell from another
Brain function partly replicated by nanomaterials: Molecular/carbon nanotube network devices enable artificial spiking neurons that mimic nerve impulse generation
Unique brain ‘fingerprint’ can predict drug effectiveness: Technique can be used to better categorize patients with neurological disease, according to their therapeutic needs
How the office org chart in your brain helps to organize your actions