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Brain-Mapping Project’s Vision Coming into Focus

Source: Yahoo!
Date: 15 May 2013
An ambitious, federally funded research initiative aimed at developing the technologies needed to map the human brain has the potential to completely transform the field of neuroscience.

Can you train your brain? Lumosity, BrainHQ say yes

Source: FOX News
Date: 15 May 2013
Call it the great brain train. Baby boomers, students, and the elderly all share at least one anxiety: Are my mental abilities holding me back?

When Computer Games May Keep the Brain Nimble

Source: Wall Street Journal
Date: 13 May 2013
Playing computer games can slow and even reverse declines in brain function associated with aging, a recent study found. But crossword puzzles, widely believed to keep the brain nimble, didn't help at all.

Brain Implants: Restoring Memory With a Microchip

Source: CNN
Date: 7 May 2013
U.S. researchers are hoping to start human trials of memory implants within the next two years.

Bad Habits Affect Heart Disease Risk and Brain Function

Source: BBC
Date: 3 May 2013
Unhealthy habits which increase heart disease risk could also be affecting brain function in people as young as 35, a study suggests.

Regular Exercise Has Powerful Effect on Brain Health

Source: Chicago Tribune
Date: 2 May 2013
Those who regularly engaged in moderate exercise in later life reduced their risk of mild cognitive impairment by 32 percent compared with more sedentary people.

Brain and Blood Link Could Lead to Alzheimer's Test

Source: ABC
Date: 30 April 2013
A groundbreaking study by Australian researchers has found markers in the blood that are linked to early signs of the disease in the brain.

Alzheimer's Advance: Gene Could Help to Clear Brain Plaques Responsible for the Disease

Source: TIME
Date: 26 April 2013
A group of scientists report that one gene, known as CD33, could lead to exciting new ways of removing plaques that build up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

How Mapping the Brain Could Help Humankind

Source: LiveScience
Date: 24 April 2013
Much about how our brains function remains a mystery, but new studies will lead to new technology and innovation.

Regaining Lost Brain Function

Source: MIT Technology Review
Date: 23 April 2013
How do you make an electronic brain prosthesis that could restore a person’s ability to form long-term memories?

Scientists Find Way to Turn Stem Cells Into Brain Cells

Source: U.S. News & World Report
Date: 23 April 2013
Scientists have discovered an antibody that can turn stem cells from a patient's bone marrow directly into brain cells.

Inside the Brains of People Over 80 With Exceptional Memory

Source: National Public Radio
Date: 15 April 2013
Research into why some people have strong memory well into old age suggests that their brains are different from their peers.

'Maps' of Albert Einstein's Brain on Display

Source: The Washington Post
Date: 15 April 2013
The theoretical physicist's brain is featured in the “What Can We Learn From a Brain?” exhibit.

Study: New Process Converts Skin Cells Into Brain Cells

Source: CBS
Date: 15 April 2013
Scientists at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and Stanford University have mastered a technique that adapts skin cells to brain cells.

Method for Making Brain Transparent May Open Scientific Frontier

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: 10 April 2013
Stanford scientists have developed a technique that replaces opaque lipids in brains of human cadavers with a see-through gel.

Study: Brain Scans Can Measure Pain

Source: USA Today
Date: 10 April 2013
Scientists reported in a provocative new study that they were able to "see" pain on brain scans, measure its intensity, and tell whether a drug was relieving it.

Roche to Use Isis's Technology to Develop Brain Disorder Drug

Source: Reuters
Date: 8 April 2013
Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. said it will form an alliance with Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to develop treatments for Huntington's disease.

Mapping the Brain Is a Journey, Not a Destination

Source: The Washington Post
Date: 3 April 2013
Neuroscientist Dr. Zachary Litvak of The George Washington University explains what President Obama's funding initiative could mean for the field.

Obama's BRAIN Initiative to Cost Far Less Than Human Genome Project

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: 2 April 2013
President Obama's new brain-mapping project will cost $110 million, with most funds coming from private partners.

Obama's Plan to Explore the Brain: A 'Most Audacious Project'

Source: National Public Radio
Date: 2 April 2013
Obama will ask Congress for $100 million in 2014 to "better understand how we think and how we learn and how we remember."

 

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