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Brain Initiative
The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) is a research initiative that is a collaboration of public and private research established by the Obama Administration in 2013. The purpose of the initiative is to aid in the application and creation of technology to better understand the function of the brain. Researchers under BRAIN strive to further explore the causes of brain disorders such as: Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, depression, and traumatic brain injury.
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NOV 29, 2017Neuroscience
Brain training games that promise protection from dementia and increased memory skills have been a controversial subject ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2017Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is in the headlines almost every week. Currently, estimates from the WHO and the CDC show t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2017Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 08, 2017Cardiology
Mapping and measuring the interaction between very specific parts of the brain while a cardiac arrest survivor is comato ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2017Neuroscience
It’s often said that to be a winner, one must think like a winner. Putting your mind to a goal of winning a tennis ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 26, 2017Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 20, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The structure of the huntingtin protein. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis An international team of scientists ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 12, 2017Videos
Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory have taken on an exciting project. In conjunction with the Brookhaven Ins ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 12, 2017Neuroscience
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A new study has shown that psychedelics may have potential therapeutic value as antidepressants and anti-inflammatory ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists have long thought that insects with compound eye systems couldn’t see the world as clearly as animals s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease can seriously affect your quality of life, and the disease is often very advanced once symptom ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 17, 2017Videos
Generally, people are more pleasant when they're not hungry. And for some people, hunger can bring out the worst case of ...AUG 16, 2017Immunology
A vaccine for yellow fever was first developed in 1937, using a strain of the yellow fever virus that was just a few ami ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 10, 2017Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 24, 2017Neuroscience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat decompression sickness, which can develop after scuba diving, wounds o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 14, 2017Neuroscience
Pregnancy is a time of great joy, anticipation, a little morning sickness and even some stress. Most pregnancies, howeve ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 16, 2017Neuroscience
When it comes to studying the brain, imaging is everything. The technology that allows brain tissue, neurons and network ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2017Neuroscience
Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) is a rare brain disorder and can be devastating to families. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
Men who took high doses of testosterone performed worse on a test designed to measure cognitive reflection—the pro ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 01, 2017Neuroscience
Gamers can now significantly speed up the reconstructing of brain cells’ intricate architecture—a fundamenta ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 01, 2017Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2017Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w ...Written By: Invisiverse Puccio
NOV 29, 2017
Neuroscience
Brain training games that promise protection from dementia and increased memory skills have been a controversial subject
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2017
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is in the headlines almost every week. Currently, estimates from the WHO and the CDC show t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 08, 2017
Cardiology
Mapping and measuring the interaction between very specific parts of the brain while a cardiac arrest survivor is comato
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s often said that to be a winner, one must think like a winner. Putting your mind to a goal of winning a tennis
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 26, 2017
Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The structure of the huntingtin protein. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis An international team of scientists
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 12, 2017
Videos
Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory have taken on an exciting project. In conjunction with the Brookhaven Ins
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 12, 2017
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, imaging is everything. Before the brain can be fully understood, it must be seen. The prob
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 11, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has shown that psychedelics may have potential therapeutic value as antidepressants and anti-inflammatory ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists have long thought that insects with compound eye systems couldn’t see the world as clearly as animals s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Microbiology
Parkinson’s disease can seriously affect your quality of life, and the disease is often very advanced once symptom
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 17, 2017
Videos
Generally, people are more pleasant when they're not hungry. And for some people, hunger can bring out the worst case of
...
AUG 16, 2017
Immunology
A vaccine for yellow fever was first developed in 1937, using a strain of the yellow fever virus that was just a few ami
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 10, 2017
Immunology
In very rare cases - two in 10,000 people experts say - a chickenpox infection can trigger extremely dangerous brain inf
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 24, 2017
Neuroscience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat decompression sickness, which can develop after scuba diving, wounds o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Pregnancy is a time of great joy, anticipation, a little morning sickness and even some stress. Most pregnancies, howeve
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 16, 2017
Neuroscience
When it comes to studying the brain, imaging is everything. The technology that allows brain tissue, neurons and network
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2017
Neuroscience
Late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) is a rare brain disorder and can be devastating to families.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Men who took high doses of testosterone performed worse on a test designed to measure cognitive reflection—the pro
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 01, 2017
Neuroscience
Gamers can now significantly speed up the reconstructing of brain cells’ intricate architecture—a fundamenta
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 01, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
The first low-cost, easy-to-use optogenetics hardware platform will let biologists who have little or no training in eng
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
The ability of one microbe to adapt is giving it a whole new career as a sexually transmitted disease. Usually content w
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio