Neuroscience
That modest quote jumped out from the Preamble to the BRAIN Working Group Report to the Advisory Committee of the NIH Director. A decade-long $4.5 billion project that focuses on technology development and neural circuits in model systems will change government, society, and human interactions forever.
It's a manifesto, so why not aim big?
There's no doubt about it, systems neuroscience takes the BRAIN prize:
The report is 146 pages long. More to follow...
- Cognitive Neuroscience 2015: State Of The Union
What can we do to solve the mind/body problem once and for all? How do we cure devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, schizophrenia, and depression? I am steadfast in following the course of my 500 year plan that may eventually...
- White House Brain Conference
September 30 is the last day of the fiscal year for the US government. So it's no coincidence that President Obama's BRAIN Initiative1 ended the year with a bang. The NIH BRAIN Awards were announced on the last possible day of FY2014, coinciding...
- Darpa Allocates $70 Million For Improving Deep Brain Stimulation Technology
In what appears to be an exclusive story, the New York Times has reported that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will spend $70 million over the next 5 years to further develop and improve deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques....
- Nih Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mri) Study Of Normal Brain Development
From the NIH on the 18th of May: NIH Study Tracks Brain Development in Some 500 Children across U.S. First Report Looks at Intelligence, Behaviors from Ages 6-18 Children appear to approach adult levels of performance on many basic cognitive and motor...
- Abstract Of The Day: Alzheimer Disease Drug Treatments
Brinton RD & Wang JM (2006). Therapeutic potential of neurogenesis for prevention and recovery from Alzheimer's disease: allopregnanolone as a proof of concept neurogenic agent. Curr Alzheimer Res., 3(3), 185-190. Department of Molecular Pharmacology...
Neuroscience
Humble BRAIN 2025
“We believe this to be a moment in the science of the brain where our knowledge base, our new technical capabilities, and our dedicated and coordinated efforts can generate great leaps forward in just a few years or decades. Like other great leaps in the history of science—the development of atomic and nuclear physics, the unraveling of the genetic code—this one will change human society forever. Through deepened knowledge of how our brains actually work, we will understand ourselves differently, treat disease more incisively, educate our children more effectively, practice law and governance with greater insight, and develop more understanding of others whose brains have been molded in different circumstances.”
- BRAIN 2025: A Scientific Vision
That modest quote jumped out from the Preamble to the BRAIN Working Group Report to the Advisory Committee of the NIH Director. A decade-long $4.5 billion project that focuses on technology development and neural circuits in model systems will change government, society, and human interactions forever.
It's a manifesto, so why not aim big?
There's no doubt about it, systems neuroscience takes the BRAIN prize:
The Roads Not Taken
In any project, decisions must be made about where to focus. Neuroscience addresses brain function from the level of molecules to the level of psychology, and at many levels in between. This plan for the BRAIN Initiative proposes a concerted attack on brain activity at the level of circuits and systems, rather than suggesting incremental advances in every area. All areas of neuroscience are important, however, and the BRAIN Initiative should therefore supplement, not replace, existing efforts in basic, translational, and clinical neuroscience.
The report is 146 pages long. More to follow...
- Cognitive Neuroscience 2015: State Of The Union
What can we do to solve the mind/body problem once and for all? How do we cure devastating brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, schizophrenia, and depression? I am steadfast in following the course of my 500 year plan that may eventually...
- White House Brain Conference
September 30 is the last day of the fiscal year for the US government. So it's no coincidence that President Obama's BRAIN Initiative1 ended the year with a bang. The NIH BRAIN Awards were announced on the last possible day of FY2014, coinciding...
- Darpa Allocates $70 Million For Improving Deep Brain Stimulation Technology
In what appears to be an exclusive story, the New York Times has reported that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will spend $70 million over the next 5 years to further develop and improve deep brain stimulation (DBS) techniques....
- Nih Magnetic Resonance Imaging (mri) Study Of Normal Brain Development
From the NIH on the 18th of May: NIH Study Tracks Brain Development in Some 500 Children across U.S. First Report Looks at Intelligence, Behaviors from Ages 6-18 Children appear to approach adult levels of performance on many basic cognitive and motor...
- Abstract Of The Day: Alzheimer Disease Drug Treatments
Brinton RD & Wang JM (2006). Therapeutic potential of neurogenesis for prevention and recovery from Alzheimer's disease: allopregnanolone as a proof of concept neurogenic agent. Curr Alzheimer Res., 3(3), 185-190. Department of Molecular Pharmacology...