Researchers now have a powerful new way to understand the types of brain cells that are affected in neurodegenerative diseases and to uncover connections between conditions such as Parkinson's, ...

"The rapidly growing collection of brain cell type enhancer AAV vectors with unprecedented strength and specificity of labeling holds great promise to enable new avenues for brain cell type targeting ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, ...

Scientists say that they now have a powerful new way to understand the types of brain cells that are affected in neurodegenerative diseases and to uncover connections between conditions such as ...

Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them create one of the most detailed maps of the mouse brain to date.

Using spatial transcriptomics and AI, researchers redefined the mouse brain’s geography, uncovering hundreds of new ...

Allen Institute researcher Jerome Lecoq points to one of the diagrams that was used in a study focusing on how the brain interprets optical illusions. (Allen Institute Photo / Erik Dinnel) Our brains ...

Inside your body, an intricate communication network constantly monitors breathing, heart rate, digestion, and immune ...

You wouldn't microwave fish around your worst enemy—the smell lingers both in kitchen and memory. It is one few of us like, let alone have positive associations with. But what makes our brains decide ...

Different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted with high specificity by one of the many new genetic tools developed at the Allen Institute. Seattle, WASH.—May 21, 2025—In an ...