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How Research Combats Neurological Disorders and Mental Illnesses
Neuroscientists combat destructive neurological disorders and mental illnesses including Alzheimer’s disease, drug addiction, and depression through research.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
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Making the Connection
A catalog of all of the connections in the human brain may be possible with new technological advances.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Brief: Finding the Right Treatment for Depression
A patient and a physician discuss the difficulty of finding a depression treatment that works.
  • American Brain Coalition
Brief: Outreach Group Spreads Love of Science in the Nation’s Capital
With the goal of sharing the joy of science with the world, over two dozen volunteers from NW NOGGIN came to Washington, DC, recently for a week of outreach and education.
  • American Brain Coalition
  • 17 min
Brief: Can Alzheimer’s Be Stopped?
On April 19, congressional staff and research advocates gathered at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC to watch a new NOVA documentary about Alzheimer's disease and discuss the urgent need to find a cure for the disease.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Brief: How to Make New Drugs? Start With Basic Research!
On March 23, 2016, lawmakers and research advocates gathered for a briefing about the importance of basic research to find treatments for diseases.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Brief: The Developing Adolescent Brain
At the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus briefing on the developing brain, leaders in the neuroscience field explored the fundamental differences between the growing and fully developed brain.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Brief: CRISPR and the Latest Research on Cutting Edge Gene-Editing Techniques
Genetics experts, medical advocates, and lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill to discuss the latest research on cutting edge gene-editing techniques.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Innovative Technologies From the BRAIN Initiative
The United States bets big on the brain by funding new tools and technologies to study the nervous system.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
What are nootropics and how do they work?
Nootropics include a large host of substances that affect and enhance the way the brain works.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Samuel Cohen: Alzheimer's Is Not Normal Aging — and We Can Cure It
Researcher Samuel Cohen explains how Alzheimer’s differs from normal memory loss and how that may hold the key for future treatments.
  • TED
  • 8 min
New Discoveries in Brain Technology: The Potential of the BRAIN Initiative
Watch this discussion on the discoveries and possibilities of the BRAIN Initiative.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 62 min
Mysteries of the Brain: Searching for Answers
For more than a century, scientists have studied the brain, and yet, there is still so much about it that remains a mystery.
  • National Science Foundation

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