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Highest-Resolution Human Brain 'Parts List' To Date Lays Road Map to Better Treatments for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
August 21, 2019
Crucial differences discovered in human and mice brain cells could explain why many drugs that work in the lab don’t work in us
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This is what it’s like to donate your brain to science
August 6, 2019
Casey Schorr underwent invasive surgery to quell the epileptic seizures that were taking over his life. Now, a small piece of his brain tissue is helping scientists better understand the human brain.
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Virtual reality is helping neuroscientists better understand the brain
August 2, 2019
TeraVR lets researchers capture neurons’ 3D shapes in exquisite detail by immersing users into a virtual mouse brain
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Scientists routinely cure brain disorders in mice but not us. A new study helps explain why
STAT
August 21, 2019
Mouse and human neurons considered the same based on standard classification schemes can have tenfold or greater differences in expression of key genes.
In the News
Scientists start building a parts list for the brain
Scientific American
August 21, 2019
A new study provides an extraordinary close-up of the menagerie of neural cell types, yielding possible leads for neurological and psychiatric treatments
In the News
Subtle Differences In Brain Cells Hint at Why Many Drugs Help Mice But Not People
NPR
August 21, 2019
A detailed comparison of mouse and human brain tissue found differences that could help explain why mice aren't always a good model for studying neurological disorders.
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What can mice teach Allen Institute researchers about treating brain disorders in humans?
Seattle Times
August 21, 2019
The study created a detailed comparison between human and mouse brains, which are often used to research diseases and disorders.
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News from the Allen Institute for Brain Science: August 2019
August 8, 2019
Highlights include what it's like to donate your brain to science, a recent study of mouse neurons’ 3D shape and electrophysiology, and more.
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This is what it’s like to donate your brain to science
August 6, 2019
Casey Schorr underwent invasive surgery to quell the epileptic seizures that were taking over his life. Now, a small piece of his brain tissue is helping scientists better understand the human brain.
News
Virtual reality is helping neuroscientists better understand the brain
August 2, 2019
TeraVR lets researchers capture neurons’ 3D shapes in exquisite detail by immersing users into a virtual mouse brain
In the News
Would you donate part of your living brain to science? This man did.
The Seattle Times
June 24, 2019
Epilepsy patient Gary Williams donates part of his brain to science while he -- and his healthy tissue -- is still alive.
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Sorting neurons by their shape and activity to understand the elements making up the brain
June 17, 2019
Large study of mouse neurons’ 3D shape and electrophysiology reveals new rules of brain architecture and neuron diversity
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News from the Allen Institute for Brain Science: June 2019
June 12, 2019
Highlights include a new Data Stories video, a model for how the brain stays in sync, information about the BRAIN Cell Data Center, and more.
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A model for how the brain stays in sync
May 28, 2019
Mathematical recreation of the mouse brain posits that strong long-range connections — which are often lost in Alzheimer’s patients — help neurons synchronize their activity
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New Cell Registry enables exploration of multiple brain cell type datasets
May 10, 2019
The release also includes six dataset summaries, with more to come
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Data Stories | Addiction & the visual system
May 1, 2019
See how researcher Randy Ellis uses the Allen Brain Observatory dataset as he works to find new ways to treat drug addiction.
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News from the Allen Institute for Brain Science: April 2019
April 18, 2019
Highlights include: 5 Unsolved Mysteries About the Brain, a new brain-map.org community forum, NeuroFutures 2019 and more.
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5 unsolved mysteries about the brain
March 14, 2019
Can we understand our own brains? We have a long way to go, neuroscientists say.
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Scientists are creating virtual simulations of the brain to better understand the real thing
March 11, 2019
The Allen Institute for Brain Science’s experiments generate massive amounts of data. How to make sense of it all? Computational models can help.
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An ancient pathway that relays visual information in the mammalian brain
March 7, 2019
Researchers found that a mysterious part of the brain known as the pulvinar responds to small moving objects, possibly allowing instinctive reactions like capturing prey
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News from the Allen Institute for Brain Science: February 2019
February 26, 2019
A new Data Stories, applications now open for Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain, a study on the genes of human brain development, and more.
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Data Stories | A tiny brain structure with an outsized role in neurological disorders
February 8, 2019
Neuroscientist Emily Sylwestrak’s studies of the habenula could one day shed light on the biology of addiction. It all began with a chance observation she made sifting through data from the Allen Institute.
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