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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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FEB 21, 2023Immunology
Long COVID still affects many people who had a case of COVID-19; even people who had mild cases and were not hospitalize ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2023Neuroscience
A Georgia State University research study reveals insights into the phenomenon known as “romance fraud,” in ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 30, 2023Neuroscience
McMaster University researchers have found that orienteering can prevent cognitive decline caused by dementia. The sport ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 23, 2023Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of Freiburg Medical School and the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have discovered ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 22, 2023Neuroscience
A study published in Scientific Reports found a link between viral infection risk and an individual's alertness and ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 18, 2023Neuroscience
Well established drug treatment might help some of the two-thirds of patients with Alzheimer's Disease.Written By: Amielle MorenoJAN 10, 2023Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2023Neuroscience
A University of California, Riverside research team examined how the brain processes and stores memories of traumatic ex ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 31, 2022Neuroscience
A new study published in Aging showed that white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are independently associated with premat ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 24, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
There is a class of drugs called “Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors” (PDE5 inhibitors.) Such drugs in this clas ...Written By: Greta AnneDEC 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for science, so let’s take a look at some of the most interesting -and important- scientific d ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanNOV 18, 2022Neuroscience
Researchers noted an association between neural activity and the perceived intensity of pain that others feel, they publ ...Written By: Kerry CharronNOV 17, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 12, 2022Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2022Cancer
Today we recognize the Veterans Day holiday in the United States. Each year, on November 11, Americans commemorate ...Written By: Katie KokolusOCT 13, 2022Health & Medicine
In light of a polio outbreak in Rockland County, New York, the United States has been added to the list of countries whe ...Written By: Zoe MichaudOCT 04, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease in which the motor nerve cells in the brain a ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 22, 2022Neuroscience
Emory University researchers decoded images from a canine brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to re ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 19, 2022Health & Medicine
A case study published in JACC: Case Reports featured a 31-year-old male infected with monkeypox who developed acute myo ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Stress during pregnancy can have long lasting effects and can impact emotional and physical development in children. Pas ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 05, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that results from the impairment of nerve cells in an area of the brain ca ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 30, 2022Technology
Every kid has tantrums. Parents, teachers, everyone knows it. But there’s actually a very thin, often hard-to-disc ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 30, 2022Neuroscience
The old adage says that most things are safe in moderation. But new research has shown that just one alcoholic drink can ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2023
Immunology
Long COVID still affects many people who had a case of COVID-19; even people who had mild cases and were not hospitalize
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2023
Neuroscience
A Georgia State University research study reveals insights into the phenomenon known as “romance fraud,” in
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 30, 2023
Neuroscience
McMaster University researchers have found that orienteering can prevent cognitive decline caused by dementia. The sport
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 23, 2023
Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of Freiburg Medical School and the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have discovered
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 22, 2023
Neuroscience
A study published in Scientific Reports found a link between viral infection risk and an individual's alertness and
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 18, 2023
Neuroscience
Well established drug treatment might help some of the two-thirds of patients with Alzheimer's Disease.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 10, 2023
Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2023
Neuroscience
A University of California, Riverside research team examined how the brain processes and stores memories of traumatic ex
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 31, 2022
Neuroscience
A new study published in Aging showed that white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) are independently associated with premat
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 24, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
There is a class of drugs called “Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors” (PDE5 inhibitors.) Such drugs in this clas
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
DEC 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for science, so let’s take a look at some of the most interesting -and important- scientific d
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
NOV 18, 2022
Neuroscience
Researchers noted an association between neural activity and the perceived intensity of pain that others feel, they publ
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
NOV 17, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
An implantable pump can bypass the blood-brain barrier and deliver chemotherapy to specific brain areas. The correspondi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 12, 2022
Health & Medicine
After only a few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and clinicians knew that the virus could cause myriad healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2022
Cancer
Today we recognize the Veterans Day holiday in the United States. Each year, on November 11, Americans commemorate
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
OCT 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
In light of a polio outbreak in Rockland County, New York, the United States has been added to the list of countries whe
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
OCT 04, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disease in which the motor nerve cells in the brain a
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 22, 2022
Neuroscience
Emory University researchers decoded images from a canine brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to re
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
A case study published in JACC: Case Reports featured a 31-year-old male infected with monkeypox who developed acute myo
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Stress during pregnancy can have long lasting effects and can impact emotional and physical development in children. Pas
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 05, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson’s disease is a brain disorder that results from the impairment of nerve cells in an area of the brain ca
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 30, 2022
Technology
Every kid has tantrums. Parents, teachers, everyone knows it. But there’s actually a very thin, often hard-to-disc
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 30, 2022
Neuroscience
The old adage says that most things are safe in moderation. But new research has shown that just one alcoholic drink can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch