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Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, elected to National Academy of Medicine
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Projects launch to map brain connections in mouse and macaque
NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded research will lay the groundwork to map entire brains in incredible detail
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Mapping The Brain: Allen Institute Launches Observatory To Study Perception And Cognition
International Business Times - If one needed further evidence of the remarkable complexity of the brain, one needs to look no further than the first cache of data released Wednesday by the Seattle-based Allen Institute of for Brain Science.
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A lab founded by a tech billionaire just unveiled a major leap forward in cracking your brain's code
Business Insider - As the mice watched a computer screen, their glowing neurons pulsed through glass windows in their skulls.
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Allen Brain Observatory launched
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of the Allen Brain Observatory: a highly standardized survey of cellular-level activity in the mouse visual system.
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35 Mice Watched the Cult Film Touch of Evil for Science
Wired - Researchers at the Allen Brain Observatory mapped the visual cortices of 35 mice while they watched the classic Touch of Evil. Well, part of it, at least.
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Allen Institute Launches Brain Observatory
The Scientist - The first data include real-time neural activity in the visual cortex of mice observing pictures and videos.
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This team is showing movies to mice in hopes of unlocking the brain’s secrets
STAT - For more than a decade, the Allen Institute for Brain Science has been digging into a simple question with labyrinthine answers: How does the brain work?
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A Mouse Watches Film Noir And Offers Clues To Human Consciousness
NPR - Letting mice watch Orson Welles movies may help scientists explain human consciousness.
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Brain-data gold mine could reveal how neurons compute
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Allen Brain Observatory peers into the minds of mice as they watch movies
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