Cory Miller

Nov 22, 2024 | nature.com | Cory Miller |Xiaoke Chen |Zoe Donaldson |Bianca Jones Marlin |Doris Tsao |Ziv M. Williams | +2 more

Launched in 2013, the BRAIN Initiative (BRAIN) in the United States aimed to unlock the mysteries of the brain and develop new treatments for neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. The success of this program is evidenced by the accelerated discoveries and development of interventions that are happening in real time.

Sep 11, 2024 | jneurosci.org | Michele Basso |Aaron P. Batista |Cory Miller |Karen Parker

COVID-19 and polio vaccines, HIV/AIDS treatments, blood transfusions, and organ transplantation are just a few of the medical advances made possible by research involving nonhuman primates, specifically monkeys. In neuroscience, we have monkeys to thank for deep brain stimulation therapy, a neurosurgical treatment for Parkinson's disease, and now also for dystonia, depression, and obsessive–compulsive disorder.