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<p>A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain, allowing for a deeper knowledge of the cellular basis of brain function and dysfunction, helping pave the way for a new generation of precision therapeutics for people with mental disorders and other disorders of the brain.</p>
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<p>New research supported by NIMH used mathematical approaches to explain how neurons in the brain communicate over time to support information processing.</p>
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alt="Illustration of neuronal connections."
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href="/news/science-updates/2022/nih-brain-initiative-launches-projects-to-develop-cell-atlases-and-molecular-tools-for-cell-access">NIH BRAIN Initiative Launches Projects to Develop Cell Atlases and Molecular Tools for Cell Access</a></dt>
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<p>The National Institutes of Health has launched two transformative projects supported by the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative: The BRAIN Initiative® Cell Atlas Network and the Armamentarium for Precision Brain Cell Access.</p>
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data-mid="21332"></a>
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&#8226; Research Highlight</time>
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<p>Researchers supported by NIH have developed a way to genetically insert a type of light receptor into neurons. The new technique enables the researchers to suppress the neurons activity using pulses of light.</p>
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/neuronal-connections.png"
alt="Illustration of neuronal connections."
data-mid="21029"></a>
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href="/news/science-updates/2021/nih-brain-initiative-unveils-detailed-atlas-of-the-mammalian-primary-motor-cortex">NIH BRAIN Initiative Unveils Detailed Atlas of the Mammalian Primary Motor Cortex</a></dt>
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<p>The NIH Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has unveiled an atlas of cell types and an anatomical neuronal wiring diagram for the mammalian primary motor cortex, derived from detailed studies of mice, monkeys, and humans.</p>
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/andrea-beckel-mitchener.jpg"
alt="Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D."
data-mid="17523"></a>
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href="/news/science-updates/2021/nimhs-dr-andrea-beckel-mitchener-named-deputy-director-of-nih-brain-initiative">NIMHs Dr. Andrea Beckel-Mitchener Named Deputy Director of NIH BRAIN Initiative</a></dt>
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<p>Andrea Beckel-Mitchener, Ph.D., has been named deputy director of the trans-NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. </p>
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alt="illustration of a human brain with magnifying glass held up to show detailed view of forebrain"
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href="/news/science-updates/2019/new-brain-initiative-awards-accelerate-neuroscience-discoveries">New BRAIN Initiative Awards Accelerate Neuroscience Discoveries</a></dt>
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<p>The NIH has announced its continued support for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative by funding more than 180 new BRAIN Initiative awards, bringing the total 2019 budget for the program to more than $424 million.</p>
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href="/news/science-updates/2019/nih-brain-initiative-tool-may-transform-how-scientists-study-brain-structure-and-function">NIH BRAIN Initiative Tool May Transform How Scientists Study Brain Structure and Function</a></dt>
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<p>Researchers have developed a high-tech support system that can keep a large mammalian brain from rapidly decomposing in the hours after death, enabling study of certain molecular and cellular functions.</p>
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alt="Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN)&amp;reg; Initiative Investigators Meeting"
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href="/news/science-updates/2019/fifth-annual-brain-initiative-investigators-meeting">Fifth Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting</a></dt>
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
datetime="2019-04-05">April 5, 2019
&#8226; Institute Update</time>
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<p>On April 11-13, 2019, approximately 1,500 scientists from many disciplines will attend the fifth annual Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN)® Initiative Investigators Meeting in Washington, DC. This open meeting provides a forum for discussing scientific developments and potential new directions, and to identify areas for collaboration and research coordination.</p>
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alt="An image showing the internal structure of the brain"
data-mid="17556"></a>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
href="/news/science-updates/2018/nih-greatly-expands-investment-in-brain-initiative">NIH Greatly Expands Investment in BRAIN Initiative</a></dt>
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
datetime="2018-11-05">November 5, 2018
&#8226; Press Release</time>
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<p>The National Institutes of Health announces funding of more than 200 new awards, totaling over $220 million, through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, an exciting trans-agency effort to arm researchers with revolutionary tools to fundamentally understand the neural circuits that underlie the healthy and diseased brain.</p>
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/mouse_optic_region_cells_featured.jpg"
alt="Mouse preoptic region cell clusters"
data-mid="17753"></a>
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href="/news/science-updates/2018/nih-brain-initiative-debuts-cell-census-of-mouse-motor-cortex-for-starters">NIH BRAIN Initiative Debuts Cell Census of Mouse Motor Cortex for Starters</a></dt>
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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&#8226; Press Release</time>
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<p>NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has debuted its first data release, which focuses on motor cortex. In a related development, researchers have discovered cellular secrets of key social behaviors mating, parenting, and aggression in mouse hypothalamus.</p>
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alt="artist depiction of deep brain stimulation"
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-announces-awards-for-brain-initiative-neuroethics-research">NIH Announces Awards for BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Research</a></dt>
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
datetime="2017-11-06">November 6, 2017
&#8226; Press Release</time>
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<p>The NIH BRAIN Initiative has awarded grants to five teams of experts who will study the neuroethical issues surrounding the use of deep brain stimulation in neuropsychiatric and movement disorders and appropriate consent for brain research.</p>
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alt="Huang PV Basket Cell"
data-mid="17692"></a>
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-brain-initiative-launches-cell-census">NIH BRAIN Initiative Launches Cell Census</a></dt>
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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&#8226; Press Release</time>
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<p>The NIH today launched a major effort to discover and catalog the brains “parts list.”</p>
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alt="multicolored brain scan image"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-brain-initiative-builds-on-early-advances">NIH BRAIN Initiative Builds on Early Advances</a></dt>
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&#8226; Press Release</time>
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<p>NIH has announced funding for 110 new awards totaling $169 million for the BRAIN Initiative.</p>
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alt="female medical professional and patient"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/nimh-releases-strategic-research-priorities-update">NIMH Releases Strategic Research Priorities Update</a></dt>
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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<p>National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently released its second annual update of the Strategic Research Priorities.</p>
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alt="Epigenomic signatures of neuron subtypes"
data-mid="17770"></a>
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/breakthrough-method-yields-trove-of-neuron-subtypes-gene-regulators">Breakthrough Method Yields Trove of Neuron Subtypes, Gene Regulators</a></dt>
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<p>Scientists have discovered a trove of neuronal subtypes by identifying their unique epigenomic signatures.</p>
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alt="BRAIN Initiative research"
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href="/news/science-updates/2016/nih-nearly-doubles-investment-in-brain-initiative-research">NIH Nearly Doubles Investment in BRAIN Initiative Research</a></dt>
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<p>NIHs third round of grants to support the goals of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative total just over $150 million.</p>
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alt="Chemical structure of antidepressant metabolite"
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href="/news/science-updates/2016/ketamine-lifts-depression-via-a-byproduct-of-its-metabolism">Ketamine Lifts Depression via a Byproduct of its Metabolism</a></dt>
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<p>A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks down likely holds the secret to its rapid antidepressant action .</p>
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alt="Smarts, life satisfaction, income and education levels and other measures of success were correlated with increased connectivity between certain areas of the brain while at rest. These parts of the brain (yellow, red, brown) talked with each other more while higher-scoring participants werent doing anything in particular. Picture shows composite data from functional magnetic resonance imaging scans."
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<p>We owe our success -- both as a species and as individuals to uniquely human brain wiring that is just now beginning to be understood, thanks to the BRAIN Initiative and the Human Connectome Project.</p>
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