People Let a Startup Put a Brain Implant in Their Skull—for 15 Minutes
Precision Neuroscience’s brain-computer interface sits on top of the brain, not in it. That could make it easier to implant, and less likely to damage ..
Precision Neuroscience’s brain-computer interface sits on top of the brain, not in it. That could make it easier to implant, and less likely to damage ..
In a remote part of the Amazon, anthropologists and neuroscientists are learning about life and health without an “embarrassment of riches.” ..
The neural representations of a perceived image and the memory of it are almost the same. New research shows how and why they are different. ..
The company is vying for an edge in an increasingly crowded field that seeks to let people control machines with their minds. ..
For years, potential therapies that attack this brain protein have failed to help patients in clinical trials. Now—surprisingly—a new drug shows promise. ..
When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, a small peptide called neurotensin determines which way they will go. ..
Delivering small bursts of electric current via brain implants has long been used to treat Parkinson’s and epilepsy. Can it work for psychiatric conditions? ..
Tiny cell clusters called organoids integrated with the animals’ own tissue, a step toward developing sophisticated mini-models of the brain. ..
The Allen Institute’s release includes recordings from a whopping 300,000 mouse neurons. Now the challenge is figuring out what to do with all that data. ..
Neurons get a lot of attention—but researchers think this star-shaped brain cell type could hold the key to treating some disorders. ..