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06/05/2020

Advancing Scientific and Workforce Diversity in the NIH BRAIN Initiative – Inviting Your

By: National Institutes of Health

NIH seeks input on enhancing scientific and workforce diversity through the BRAIN Initiative. Public comments will be accepted through this Request for Information (RFI) through August 31, 2020.

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07/28/2020

Ila Fiete studies how the brain performs complex computations

By: MIT

The MIT professor takes a mathematical approach to exploring memory, navigation, and other neural functions.

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07/27/2020

Ultra-low power brain implants find meaningful signal in grey matter noise

By: University of Michigan

Drastically reducing the power and computation needed to identify our intentions, researchers open up a future of advanced therapies and machines enabled by our thoughts.
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07/27/2020

Brain Cell Types Identified That May Push Males to Fight & Have Sex

By: NYU Langone

NYU Langone Researchers Identify ‘On–Off Switch’ Nerve Cells for Male Mating & Aggression in the Amygdala
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07/27/2020

Autism genes may play key role in development of amygdala

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Nearly all genes with moderate to strong ties to autism are expressed in the developing amygdala, according to a new study.
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07/22/2020

Mapping the brain’s sensory gatekeeper

By: MIT

New analysis could help uncover potential drug targets for attention deficits and sensory hypersensitivity.
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07/14/2020

Discoveries of Rotational Dynamics Add to Puzzle of Neural Computation

By: Simons Foundation

Neuroscientists are uncovering patterns of neuron population activity during different movements and in new places, but why these dynamics exist is still a mystery
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07/09/2020

To Build Tiny Supercomputers, Scientists Are Modeling Circuits on the Human Brain

By: MIT

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a "brain-on-a-chip" that includes tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses.

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07/09/2020

How a Memory Game Could Help Us Understand Brain Injury

By: Boston University

BU neuroscientists examine the way brain regions function independently and collectively
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07/07/2020

BRAIN Publication Roundup – July 2020

By: National Institues of Health

Another exciting set of BRAIN-related papers is highlighted this month in the latest NIH BRAIN blog's Publication Roundup.

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07/02/2020

Sniffing Out Smell

By: Harvard Medical School

New study reveals how the brain organizes information about odors