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Tools of Neuroscience: MRI/fMRI
Show students an example of some of the tools neuroscientists use to image the brain.
  • MIT
  • 4 min
Dumping the Brain's Waste
Scientists may have found the brain’s hidden waste disposal system.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Holding Your Brain in the Palm of Your Hand
How would it feel to hold a model of your own brain?
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Next Revolution in High-Speed Brain Imaging: Stories From the U.S. BRAIN Initiative
Scientists are producing 3D images of the cellular dynamics of the living brain in real-time and faster than ever before.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 4 min
Why Neuroscientists Are Excited for a Wearable PET Scanner
Neuroscientists are developing innovations to study the brain while the body is in motion.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
People Behind the Science: Christine Mac Donald
The scientist discusses her research into traumatic brain injury.
  • People Behind the Science
  • 31 min
Roundup: Technology and the Brain
Imaging technology lets us take a look inside our heads — and produces some amazing pictures
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Goodbye Roger
Today the world learned that neuroscientist Roger Y. Tsien passed away on August 24, 2016. His life’s work transformed cellular neuroscience.
People Behind the Science: Adam Dubis
The researcher discusses his futuristic vision for optical imaging.
  • People Behind the Science
  • 32 min
Are FMRI Data Analysis Methods Reliable?
There's been a lot of discussion on social media of a recent paper in PNAS by Anders Eklund, Tom Nichols, and Hans Knutsson. Cluster failure: Why fMRI inferences for spatial extent have inflated false-positive rates Even Science magazine felt they needed to address it.
Developing Next-Generation Tools for Imaging the Eye
The National Eye Institute’s Audacious Goals Initiative is taking the next step to restoring vision through regeneration of the optic nerve and retina.
  • National Eye Institute
  • 6 min
Scanning the Brain
Learn about some of the major technology used to study our brains, from PET scans to fMRIs.
  • PBS
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