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Incredible Maps Capture the Genetics and Connections of the Brain

Apr 2, 2014

Popular Mechanics - On April 2, 2013, the Obama administration announced an ambitious project to map the activity of every neuron in the human brain...

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Map Of The Developing Human Brain Shows Where Problems Begin

Apr 2, 2014

NPR - A high-resolution map of the human brain in utero is providing hints about the origins of brain disorders including schizophrenia and autism.

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First in-depth mammal brain map to reveal neural blips

Apr 2, 2014

New Scientist - IT’S not quite as simple as X marks the spot, but uncovering the roots of neural disorders should be much easier now that we have a...

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Scientists Unveil First Wiring Diagram for Mouse Brains

Apr 2, 2014

NBC News - A detailed map showing the connections inside a mammalian brain has been revealed, achieving a key milestone for the $100 million BRAIN...

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Brain waves

Apr 2, 2014

Nature - “Literature was not born the day when a boy crying ‘wolf, wolf’ came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big grey wolf at his...

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First Wiring Diagram of Mouse Brain Created

Apr 2, 2014

Discovery Magazine - The brain is an incredibly complex organ. The tiny mouse brain, for example, contains over 86 million neurons.

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Stunning New Map Could Help Unravel The Mysteries Of The Brain

Apr 2, 2014

Business Insider - Scientists at Seattle's Allen Institute for Brain Science have completed the first comprehensive map of a mammalian brain.

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Autism Begins as Brain Cells Altered in Womb, Study Finds

Mar 27, 2014

Bloomberg - Autism begins when certain brain cells fail to properly mature within the womb, according to scientists who say the scattered pattern of...

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The Future of Brain Implants

Mar 14, 2014

The Wall Street Journal - What would you give for a retinal chip that let you see in the dark or for a next-generation cochlear implant that let you...

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The Brain’s Inner Language

Feb 24, 2014

The New York Times - When Clay Reid decided to leave his job as a professor at Harvard Medical School to become a senior investigator at the Allen...

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