neuroimaging

A new methodology combines existing techniques to reveal the specific function and location of multiple types of neurons at once.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. Biomedical innovation has rallied to address that pressing concern while continuing to tackle broader research challenges.

Researchers tease out the effects of the two cravings by having participants gamble for the chance to satisfy them.

A study in people fails to detect differences in the brain’s response to fear or anxiety, long thought to be controlled by different neural circuits.

When 70 independent teams were tasked with analyzing identical brain images, no two teams chose the same approach and their conclusions were highly variable.

Researchers could anticipate which way an eight-day-old zebrafish will flick its tail based on brain activity 10 seconds earlier.

Researchers are developing a variety of approaches for clearing neural tissue to get a better view of the brain’s circuitry.

The original experiment found brain activity as measured by fMRI was tied to particular genetic variants.

Two-photon imaging captures chemical signaling between live mouse neurons on a millisecond timescale.

This is the first time the precise brain cells and their connections controlling a complex behavior have been worked out. 

Researchers have constructed the first neuroanatomy atlas of a female mosquito’s brain.

Researchers used light-sheet microscopy to form 3-D images of the process in primary cortical neurons from embryonic rats.

Researchers unveil the neural basis of alertness in larval zebrafish.   

Researchers uncover the central role of a protein linked to Fragile X Syndrome in mice, one of the leading causes of autism and intellectual disability.

Scientists are making use of Xenopus tadpoles to study autism risk genes. 

Researchers develop a new method to highlight specific cells that reside in the lens of a zebrafish.

Optogenetic and chemogenetic tools illuminate brain and behavior connections in nonhuman primates.

Researchers have used a modified rabies virus and fluorescent proteins to tag individual nerve cells in the mouse visual cortex. 

A set of neurons in the brain’s central amygdala plays a key role in forming memories of aversive experiences, scientists find in mice.