Tag: brain
The first map of human brain mitochondria is a groundbreaking achievement
The brains of a 54-year-old donor and a slice of frozen human brain were split into 703 tiny cubes, thanks to a tool used for woodworking. The cube size was similar to the units that make up Standard 3D images of the brain. Martin Picard, a co-author of the study, said the biology of the brain is deeply intertwined with the energetics of the brain.
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Citizen science can be used to increase the amount of big-data projects
Researchers have published the most complete wiring diagram of the fruit fly’s brain, which includes more than 145,000 nerve cells and over 50 million connections. “It could be used for larger connectome projects that the BRAIN Initiative is funding,” John Ngai, director of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative at US National Institutes of Health, said.
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How a piece of technology could be used to improve treatments
A study conducted by researchers in Germany found that a model using only facial expressions and brain activity signals was more effective than other approaches, like a more limited subset of indicators. It found that a model using only facial expressions and brain activity signals was more effective than other approaches, like a more limited subset of indicators.
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People with severe head injury are helped by brain implants
Stanford University researchers have found that implanting deep brain stimulation can improve the functioning of a brain structure known as thalamus. “For some participants…improvements have been transformative, even many years after the injury,” said Jaimie Henderson, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University in California. The team used brain images and atlases to design treatment procedures for four men and one woman.
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