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Mind trip: How psilocybin changes the brain
New research may help improve psychedelic therapy for neuropsychiatric disorders
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Allen Institute for Brain Science to lead pilot project supported by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Allen Institute researchers have been awarded a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to lead a collaborative project to benchmark, evaluate and...
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Researchers receive $1.5 million each to study extracellular matrix for cardiovascular research
Two researchers have been awarded grants that could help uncover the next breakthrough in heart-health research, the American Heart Association and...
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Allen Cell Explorer Tutorial: Navigating the Cell Catalog
Check out our first video tutorial on how to use the Allen Cell Explorer.
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Data Stories | Visualizing the human brain
Computational biologist Ahmed Mahfouz, Ph.D., used data exclusively from the Allen Brain Atlas for his dissertation, and to explore a signature of...
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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Announces Allen Discovery Center at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center for Human Brain Evolution at Boston Children’s Hospital...
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Getting deep into the brain
As we try to uncover how many cell types are in the brain, researchers are recognizing the importance of characterizing neurons by several features:...
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Allen Institute for Brain Science releases new data and visualizations for Allen Brain Observatory
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data and analysis tools for the Allen Brain Observatory: a highly...
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Allen Discovery Center researchers use space-traveling worms to understand regenerative health
Researchers led by the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts have used space-traveling worms to gain insights on how gravity and geomagnetic fields can impact anatomy.
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A wiring diagram for sleep
Anyone who suffers from insomnia knows how sleep is not so easily untangled from being awake-and recent research shows that the brain’s own wiring...
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A turbo engine for tracing neurons
Putting a turbo engine into an old car gives it an entirely new life-suddenly it can go further, faster.
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Fox News: New Alzheimer’s research reveals ‘quiet’ phase of the disease, before symptoms appear
Researchers led by the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle and University of Washington Medicine have identified cellular changes in the brains of people with the disease — and a timeline of when they occur.
