"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 ...

Imagine watching a conversation between brain cells, seeing chemical messages pass from one neuron to another. Scientists can ...

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. The brain is like an ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., (July 16, 2025) – 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 ...

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 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, ...

Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to just their ...

The Allen Institute for Brain Science and the Blue Brain Project are deepening their collaboration. Today, the US-based Allen Institute is releasing a set of 40 computer models of neurons from the ...

SEATTLE, WASH.—September 15, 2025—An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn’t match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is ...

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

Even consciousness could reveal its secrets someday with this realistic simulation, researchers hope. It will not only ...