NBC News - The genetic differences between normal and abnormal human brains may be determined one day from a "brain atlas" scientists are refining.

The Lancet - The Allen Institute for Brain Science is embarking on a new mission: to elucidate the inner workings of the brain.

Xconomy - Yesterday, Paul Allen made clear that he wants to be the guy who helped spark new understanding of the human brain.

The Wall Street Journal - The Allen Institute for Brain Science announced Wednesday that Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul G. Allen had donated $300 million to launch an effort to map the brain's basic circuitry of perception.

The New York Times - Paul G. Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, announced on Wednesday that he would commit $300 million over the next 10 years to turn the Allen Institute for Brain Science, a nonprofit organization he established to build a database of neural information, into a center for basic neuroscience investigation.

The Wall Street Journal - Researchers for the first time are documenting the basic wiring of the brain, the complex relationships among billions of neurons that are responsible for reason, memory and emotion.

Cell - Thanks to the unrivalled arsenal of genetic tools available for mouse studies, the rodent brain is fast becoming a key model system for neuroscience, even in unlikely fields such as vision research.

Spectrum News - A new brain ‘atlas’ reveals that the autism-linked gene neurexin-3 is expressed in the same neurons as enzymes associated with the disorder.

Kurzweil - Scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have taken an important step in identifying how the brain organizes itself during development.