Brain and nervous system research, and the imaging and recording technology that makes it possible.
30 articles
Neuroscientist Michael Hendricks has recently published an article in the online journal MIT Technology Review warning against the technical limitations of cryonics, the low-temperature preservation...
Scientists from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed an optogenetics technique that allows to fine-tune mice brain activity by receiving neuronal feedback in real...
I was fortunate to meet Pere Estupinyà in person few years ago. I was always attracted by science outreach, and Pere was and remains a leader...
Japanese researchers at RIKEN Brain Research Institute have created transparent tissue. The new tissue will allow to see the brain anatomy in 3D and gain insight...
Scientists from the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a protein that could be the key to depression. People affected by major depression have...
Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have used natural proteines to create nerve-like structures out of artificial polymers. The biologically linked nanotubes could convey electrical impulses. The...
A research team from Ohio State University has developed a brain in vitro that has the maturity of a five-week old human brain. The brain...
Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia have recorded the whole neural activity of a fruit fly for the first time. The team...
