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Wiring the brain
Scientists have created a simple new model of the human brain which reproduces the statistics of its complex network organization.
Under the Microscope #14 – Fruit fly brain and gut
PhD student Paola Cognigni shows us this beautiful image of a fruit fly's brain and gut.
Under the Microscope #12 – Brain cells from skin cells
This is a beautiful image of human brain cells, which can now be grown from adult skin cells.
Defeating dementia in Down's syndrome
A £1m brain-imaging study has just been launched at the University of Cambridge to investigate why people with Down's syndrome (DS) are at such high risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Siblings' brain scans could hold the key to drug addiction
Research provides insight into why some individuals with a family history of drug abuse are at higher risk of addiction.
Hopes for reversing age-associated effects in MS patients
Proof of principle study suggests the age-associated decline of the remyelination process is reversible
The man with the golden brain
What's the point of a brain? This fundamental question has led Professor Daniel Wolpert to some remarkable conclusions about how and why the brain controls and predicts movement. In a recent talk for TED, Wolpert explores the research that resulted in him receiving the Golden Brain Award.
The communicative brain
What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.