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Published on May 15, 2024
An electron microscopy-based reconstruction of a cubic millimeter of cortex has been generated by Google’s Connectomics team and Harvard researchers. The 3D map, from a patient with epilepsy, extends through all cortical layers, is the volume of about one-millionth of a whole brain—smaller than a grain of rice. It contains…
Published on February 23, 2024
Researchers at Stanford Medicine developed a new artificial intelligence model that in tests was found to be more than 90% successful at determining whether MRI scans of human brain activity were from a man or from a woman. “A key motivation for this study is that sex plays a crucial…
Published on September 27, 2023
A “universal” brain circuit may underlie all substance use disorders, according to research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of British Columbia. The findings are published in Nature Mental Health. The lead author is Jacob L. Stubbs. Analyzing data from over 144 studies involving 9,000+ participants, researchers found consistent neuroimaging…
Published on May 19, 2022
Large-scale changes in functional connectivity in the brain occur in patients with treatment-resistant depression administered targeted magnetic stimulation, which researchers believe could help predict treatment response. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is used to treat patients with depression who do not respond to antidepressants, which is nearly 40% patients with…
Published on April 8, 2022
Narayanan “Bobby” Kasthuri Narayanan “Bobby” Kasthuri combines the power of electron microscopy and supercomputing to construct connectomes—comprehensive wiring diagrams of the neurons and synapses in the brain. In 2015, Kasthuri joined Argonne National Laboratory, becoming the first neuroscientist to be hired at the U.S. Department of…