Alzheimer's disease damages the brain before any symptoms begin to appear, new research suggests. This is part of a new two-step model of Alzheimer's progression, which features an early "silent" stage of brain damage.

(Photo credit: Tyler Sloan for FlyWire, Princeton University) Scientists have mapped out how 140,000 neurons are wired in the brain of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster.

(Photo credit: Tyler Sloan and Amy Sterling for FlyWire, Princeton University) “This is a huge deal,” says Clay Reid, a neurobiologist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science

Our immune cells change a lot as the decades progress, which could explain why we become more susceptible to certain conditions

Scientists will look especially closely at how such warming impacts brain development

Scientists at the new Allen Discovery Center will seek to identify the mechanisms behind resilience or vulnerability among species and populations as they face rapid changes in ocean conditions.

(Photo credit: Getty/Inc.) Inc. spoke with Kaitlyn Casimo, a doctor and neuroscientist who leads the education and engagement program at the Allen Institute. Casimo offered some helpful advice for students interested in entering a career in the growing field of neuroscience.

The goal is to diversify neuroscience, empower local students interested in STEM, and increase accessibility to science by bringing it to communities that historically faced barriers to access.

The Allen Brain Observatory to play the same role in neuroscience that the Hubble Space Telescope plays in astronomy or that the Large Hadron Collider plays in physics.