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Allen Institute nearly doubles the size of its mouse brain cell database … in 3-D!

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added about 900 virtual mouse brain cells to its Allen Cell Types Database,… Read More

Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain-chip venture reportedly looks into rodent experiments

If Neuralink, the brain-chip company backed by billionaire Elon Musk, ever wants to hook up minds and machines, it’ll have… Read More

Allen Brain Institute shares huge database of computerized neurons at work

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has created a publicly available database of computerized neuron models that could be used… Read More

Researchers study links between gut bacteria and brain’s memory function

AUSTIN, Texas — Can probiotic bacteria play a role in how well your memory works? It’s too early to say for… Read More

Where does consciousness come from? Brain scientist closes in on the claustrum

SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, neuroscientist Christof Koch has been searching for the seat of consciousness — a quest that has taken… Read More

They’re alive! Allen Institute harvests data from bits of living human brain tissue

Zapping brain cells from living human tissue? It sounds like a creepy Halloween tale, but for the Allen Institute for… Read More

Brain scientist Christof Koch maps out a path to merge humans and machines

It may sound like a zombie movie, but Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science is studying fresh human brain tissue… Read More

Mozak turns brain cell mapping into video game, thanks to UW and Allen Institute

A game called Mozak is turning thousands of Internet users into “tracers” who help neuroscientists map out the tangled circuitry of brain… Read More

How Elon Musk and Neuralink aim to meld minds and machines with a ‘Wizard Hat’

Three weeks after word leaked out that billionaire deep-thinker Elon Musk was backing a venture called Neuralink, his detailed vision… Read More

Annotated guide to the brain: The Allen Institute creates 3-D map of mouse cortex

After years of painstaking work, Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has completed a digital 3-D map of the mouse… Read More

Listen to the encephalophone, the musical instrument you play with your mind

How many musical instruments can you play without moving a muscle? There’s at least one: the encephalophone, which turns brain… Read More

Brain implant provides sense of touch with robotic hand – and that’s just the start

A dozen years ago, an auto accident left Nathan Copeland paralyzed, without any feeling in his fingers. Now that feeling is… Read More

Allen Institute’s atlas of the human brain gets published … as a 350-page atlas!

As neuroscience marches on, researchers are creating more and more brain maps and atlases – but the Allen Human Brain Reference… Read More

New brain map doubles the number of distinct areas in the human cortex

The number of separate domains recognized in the human cortex has doubled, thanks to a newly developed map based on functional… Read More

Genes from monkey brains shed light on autism and other neurological mysteries

A project led by Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has mapped out how genes get fired up in key areas… Read More

Jerome Lecoq and Kate Roll at Allen Brain Observatory

Allen Brain Observatory peers into the minds of mice as they watch movies

The Allen Brain Observatory is open for business, revealing what’s running through the mind of a mouse as it sees patterns… Read More

Seattle researchers join forces to study brain injury, aging and dementia

Scientists from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science, the University of Washington and Group Health Research Institute have put together… Read More

Scientists trace the myriad connections in a tiny tangle of mouse neurons

Scientists say they’ve analyzed trillions of bytes’ worth of mapping data from the brain of a mouse to trace the… Read More

Researchers use brain electrodes to read minds at nearly the speed of thought

University of Washington neuroscientists and their colleagues have developed a system that uses electrodes implanted in the human brain’s temporal… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he has his heart set on going into space himself, perhaps in the next four… Read More

Allen Institute scientists identify human brain’s most common genetic patterns

Researchers say they’ve traced 32 of the most common genetic patterns at work in the human brain, as part of a mapping project… Read More

Allen Institute for Brain Science leads project to reconstruct 3D neural images with supercomputers

When asked what the “BigNeuron” project is all about, Hanchuan Peng quickly stands up and moves toward the window. He… Read More

Brain training with a game: Joggle Research debuts app that can make you smarter

For a while now, there’s been a lot of attention on how smartphones can improve our physical health, from step-trackers… Read More

These researchers just figured out how to control each other’s brains with the Internet

New research that just came out of the University of Washington is groundbreaking, utterly insane and straight out of a… Read More

Want to control a computer with your brain? Better practice

Research has already shown the potential for brain-computer interfaces and how people can control machines such as robotic limbs simply by… Read More