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Allen Institute neuroscientist Xana Waughman describes recordings of mouse neuron activity — in a technique known as 2-photon microscopy, scientists are able to capture neurons switching on and off through a fluorescent sensor engineered to light up with cellular activity. This technique is one of those used in OpenScope, a shared brain observatory program at the Allen Institute.

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New research to understand how the brain handles optical illusions and makes predictions

May 9, 2022

3 new projects launch on OpenScope, a shared neuroscience observatory at the Allen Institute

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Why is the human brain so difficult to understand? We asked 4 neuroscientists.

Apr 21, 2022

Thoughts, memories, sensations — why are we still in the dark about how they work?

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Online simulations offer scientists new views inside cells

Apr 4, 2022

Simularium Viewer provides interactive visual outputs of computational, biological models

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: OpenScope

Mar 18, 2022

Scientists on the OpenScope team help share the Allen Institute’s ‘observatory of the mind’ with the larger scientific community

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electron microscopy

Mar 17, 2022

Researchers on the EM team are viewing the brain in unprecedented detail

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Human cell types

Mar 16, 2022

Scientists in this laboratory are exploring the molecular details of human — and other primate — brain cells

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Electrophysiology

Mar 15, 2022

The researchers in this laboratory spend their days eavesdropping on neurons’ electrical chatter

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A day in the (neuroscience) life: Tissue Processing

Mar 14, 2022

The researchers in this lab prepare brain tissue for several other teams at the Allen Institute

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A specialized microscope 'rig' allows neuroscientists to record electrical properties from and map connections between up to eight neurons simultaneously.

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How do our neurons connect? New study probes the details of human and mouse synapses

Mar 10, 2022

‘Multipatch’ technique catalogs more than 1700 connections between neurons in publicly released dataset

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A new technique developed by AHA-Allen Initiative-funded researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine is shining light on the blood vessels that supply the brain. Illustration by Valentina Galata.

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A map of all our brains’ blood vessel cells finds new clues to Alzheimer’s disease

Feb 14, 2022

Scientists release the first cell-by-cell atlas of the human blood-brain barrier.

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