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The neurons that respond to novelty

Feb 20, 2020

When mice see unfamiliar images, certain neurons in the visual part of their brains kick into high gear. Scientists think these neurons could be...

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A new discovery about ALS

Feb 13, 2020

Stem cell researcher Evangelos Kiskinis and his colleagues discovered a strange — literal — wrinkle in neurons from ALS patients. Allen Institute...

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Hodgkin lymphoma recruits and trains immune cells to help it thrive

Jan 14, 2020

Study also highlights possible new targets for treatment, how to better tailor cancer therapies for individual patients.

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These visual neurons don’t work the way scientists thought, study finds

Dec 16, 2019

A new survey of the activity of nearly 60,000 neurons in the mouse visual system reveals how far we have to go to understand how the brain computes.

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These small proteins reveal a new kind of brain diversity

Dec 5, 2019

“Synapses are clearly very diverse in structure and function but, up until now, this diversity has proven very difficult to fathom...

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Data Stories | How bird brains help us understand our own

Dec 2, 2019

Neurobiologist Erich Jarvis, Ph.D., has a simple reason to study the evolution of spoken language: It’s a fundamental tenet of humanity.

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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Names New Allen Distinguished Investigators

Nov 6, 2019

Five new awardees will embark on stem cell and tissue research with the potential to impact human health

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A new high-resolution map of how the brain is wired

Oct 30, 2019

Systematic tracing of how neurons connect reveals mammalian brain’s ‘org chart’ of possible information flow

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How Hollywood’s latest animation technique is shedding new light on cell biology

Oct 28, 2019

A method developed to make more realistic computer graphics now forms the backbone of new 3D cell visualization tool

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