How video games could unlock new treatments for Parkinson’s
Posted on October 11th, 2023
A $5 million NIH grant is adding an ‘extra life’ to Parkinson’s research, with patients playing video games during brain surgery to help researchers understand better how the brain regulates movement.
Max Planck Florida Researcher Receives Prestigious NIH New Innovator Award
Posted on October 3rd, 2023
Research into the neural mechanisms underlying addiction and eating disorders has earned Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience researcher Dr. Sarah Stern an NIH Director's New Innovator Award.
Deep brain stimulation shows potential for post-stroke rehabilitation and depression recovery
Posted on September 29th, 2023
Two BRAIN-funded studies in small groups of individuals demonstrate inclusion of DBS in therapy may improve treatment.
The Quest To Discover the Cell Types of the Brain
Posted on September 28th, 2023
Discovering the different cell types of the brain is fundamental to understanding their function in health and disease.
NIH BRAIN Initiative launches projects to develop innovative technologies to map the brain in incredible detail
Posted on September 27th, 2023
Today, the National Institutes of Health announces the third transformative project supported by the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative called BRAIN Initiativ
Researchers discover biomarker for tracking depression recovery
Posted on September 20th, 2023
New deep brain stimulation device coupled with powerful AI may improve therapy for treatment-resistant depression
Scientists translate brain activity into music
Posted on September 6th, 2023
The findings shed light on how the brain processes music and could help brain-computer interfaces to produce more natural-sounding speech.
Synchron completes enrollment in neural interface technology trial
Posted on September 6th, 2023
The early feasibility study will investigate the safety of BCI device implantation and its efficacy for daily digital tasks in patients with paralysis.
Decoding Music from the Mind
Posted on August 25th, 2023
Researchers played Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1,” to patients, recording the brain’s electrical activity. The objective was to reconstruct what the patients were hearing.
The quest to map the mouse brain
Posted on August 25th, 2023
By combining single-cell sequencing with methods to map the spatial location of gene expression, scientists are unravelling the extraordinary cellular diversity of the brain.