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Exclusive: Recruitment issues jeopardize ambitious plan for human brain atlas

6 days ago | thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray

At least six new brain donors who can do a functional MRI scan—that’s what it will take to complete the most comprehensive human brain atlas yet, project investigators say. The Human and Mammalian Brain Atlas (HMBA) aims to capture information about the identity and location of cells across the entire brain and tie it, for the first time, to the functional organization of the cortex.
How pragmatism and passion drive Fred Volkmar-even after retirement

1 week ago | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Wallis

Science writer Share this article: Tags: Spectrum, Autism, Brain imaging, Community Sitting in his sunny office at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU), casually dressed in a plaid shirt and khakis, Fred Volkmar gives the impression that he has all the time in the world—though that is far from the truth. His shih tzu, Charlie, visiting for the day, reposes in a nearby armchair exuding a similar spirit.
Oscar Ferrante, Rony Hirschhorn and Alex Lepauvre discuss putting integrated information and global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness to the test

1 week ago | thetransmitter.org | Paul Middlebrooks

Special faculty research associateCarnegie Mellon University Share this article: Your browser doesn't support the audio element Download Oscar Ferrante of the University of Birmingham, Rony Hirschhorn of Tel Aviv University and Alex Lepauvre of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics join Paul Middlebrooks to discuss the release of their first publication directly testing integrated information versus the global neuronal workspace theories of consciousness.
‘These plans are simply not acceptable’: Q&A with Helen Tager-Flusberg

2 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Sydney Wyatt

Last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), caused a stir in the science community when he announced that the agency plans to launch a research effort to provide “answers” about the cause of autism. “By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic, and we’ll be able to eliminate those exposures,” he said in a Cabinet meeting on 10 April.
‘Perturb and record’ optogenetics probe aims precision spotlight at brain structures

2 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda

A new probe called Neuropixels Opto emits light to modulate thousands of neurons optogenetically and also measures their resulting shifts in electrical activity across 960 recording sites. Researchers describe the probe and its application in a preprint posted on bioRxiv in February.
Mitochondrial ‘landscape’ shifts across human brain

2 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda

ReporterThe Transmitter Share this article: Tags: Mitochondria, Brain mapping, Metabolism The number of mitochondria and their function vary across brain regions and cell types, according to the MitoBrainMap, the first detailed atlas of the cell’s energy factories.
Expediting clinical trials for profound autism: Q&A with Matthew State

3 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Lauren Schenkman

A new funding initiative seeks to accelerate the development of treatments for people with profound autism, and eventually for other autistic people. ARIA, or Aligning Research to Impact Autism, is funded by the Sergey Brin Family Foundation, which also supports research on Parkinson’s disease and bipolar disorder.
Dean Buonomano explores the concept of time in neuroscience and physics

3 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Paul Middlebrooks

Special faculty research associate Carnegie Mellon University Share this article: Tags: Brain Inspired, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Neural dynamics, NeuroAI Your browser doesn't support the audio element Download This “Brain Inspired” episode features Dean Buonomano, professor of neurobiology and psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, whose research focuses on how brains tell time via the dynamics within cortical circuits. He and Paul Middlebrooks discuss his...
During decision-making, brain shows multiple distinct subtypes of activity

3 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Claudia Lopez Lloreda

Brain imaging research may be grappling with a fresh challenge. Scanning the brain of a single person can reveal the areas they use to complete a task, although the exact pattern differs from person to person. But averaging the results across many people—as scientists often do—fails to capture some important nuances, a new functional MRI (fMRI) study suggests.
Basic pain research ‘is not working’: Q&A with Steven Prescott and Stéphanie Ratté

3 weeks ago | thetransmitter.org | Sydney Wyatt

In late January, a new pain medication was the first non-opioid to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in more than 20 years. The drug, suzetrigine (marketed as Journavx), works by selectively blocking a sodium channel. Its approval represents a milestone for basic pain researchers who have been trying to unravel the mechanisms of these channels for decades.