Featured series 
Tag: Brain
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Science & Tech
Human brain seems impossible to map. What if we started with mice?
Harvard-led project seeks to create the first comprehensive diagram of every neural connection.
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Health
Cancer surgery linked to increased risk of suicide
In a study of U.S. patients who underwent major cancer operations, the incidence of suicide was significantly higher than that observed in the general population.
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Science & Tech
Fresh insights into inflammation, aging brains
Harvard scientists’ research on mice suggests chain reaction may be involved in the brain’s aging process.
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Science & Tech
A tour of the brain’s life span, complete with upside-down vision
A new book illustrates how one cell develops into the complex operational centers that not only make us human, but also individuals.
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Health
Brain inflammation may strike the uninfected
New study reveals that living through the COVID-19 pandemic may trigger brain inflammation that contributes to fatigue, concentration difficulties, and depression.
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Science & Tech
The neurons that hold our hidden thoughts
For the first time, neuroscientists were able to observe how individual neurons paint a rich and detailed representation of others’ beliefs, including whether they were true or not.
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Campus & Community
Blocking fear
When neuroscience concentrator Sope Adeleye ’20 suffered a severe concussion during volleyball practice her junior year, she knew better than most the risks she was facing.
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Science & Tech
Beyond Pavlov
Artificial intelligence researchers and neurobiologists share data on how options are sorted in decision-making.
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Science & Tech
The future of mind control
A new paper explores why neuron-like implants could offer a better way to treat brain disorders, control prosthetics, or even enhance cognitive abilities.
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Science & Tech
Combing out a tangled problem
A new technique speeds creation of nanowire devices, boosting research into what’s happening inside cells.
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Science & Tech
Forward thinking
Research led by scientists at Harvard and the Broad Institute has optimized the process of making human brain “organoids” — miniature 3D organ models — so they consistently follow growth patterns observed in the developing human brain.
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Science & Tech
Science at the speed of ‘light-sheet’
Combining two recently developed technologies — expansion microscopy and lattice light-sheet microscopy — researchers have developed a method that yields high-resolution visualizations of large volumes of brain tissue, at speeds roughly 1,000 times faster than other methods.
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Health
Nerve-signaling pathway that drives sustained pain found
Harvard researchers have identified in mice a set of neurons responsible for sustained pain and pain-coping behaviors. The new study is the first one to map out how these responses arise outside the brain.
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Health
Rewinding the brain
Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Paola Arlotta is seeking to develop a new tool to understanding brain function and dysfunction: self-generating brain organoids.
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Health
Cellular atlas of brain region leads to discoveries
Harvard scientists have created a first-of-its-kind cellular atlas of an important region in the brains of mice. Using a cutting-edge imaging technology, researchers pinpointed where the cells were located and their various functions.
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Health
Cannabis abstinence for month aids memory, study says
A Massachusetts General Hospital study found that abstaining from cannabis use for one month resulted in measurable improvement in memory functions important for learning among adolescents and young adults who were regular users.
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Science & Tech
Taking the brain apart to put it all together again
A new organ chip system from the Wyss Institute allows scientists to make new discoveries about the importance of blood vessels for our mental function.
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Science & Tech
How to feel the heat
A team of researchers was able to show how sensory neurons in the face detect temperature, and how this information is later passed on to the hindbrain of zebrafish, where it is processed to produce behavior.
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Health
New research finds key players in MS progression
Researchers identify the key players involved in the gut-brain connection and their roles in the progression of neurologic diseases, such multiple sclerosis.
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Health
A volume control for the brain
The brain is awash in sights, sounds, smells, and other stimuli every moment. How can it sort through the flood of information to decide what is important and what can be relegated to the background? Harvard researchers found evidence that oxytocin, popularly known as the “love hormone,” plays a crucial role in helping the brain…
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Health
Unraveling the brain’s secrets
Harvard scientists are among those who will receive more than $150 million in funding over the next five years through the National Institutes of Health’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
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Science & Tech
How to defend against your own mind
Harvard psychology chair Mahzarin Banaji is working with a research fellow to launch a new project called “Outsmarting Human Minds.”
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Health
Brain may be far more flexible than thought
New research from Harvard Medical School casts doubt on the prevailing model of memory formation, suggesting that the brain may be far more flexible.
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Health
Finding signs of life when it matters most
An MGH study has found that the use of fMRI and EEG may provide early detection of consciousness in patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
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Health
Whole brain imaging
New research led by Professor Jeff Lichtman opens a path to deeper insight on brain action behind certain behaviors.
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Science & Tech
How the brain handles tools
A new study shows that, despite having no experience using tools with their hands, the brains of people born without hands represent tools and hands much the same as seen in the brains of people born with hands.
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Campus & Community
The mystery of the brain examined
“Toward an Artificial Brain” brought the results of a Harvard-led effort to Allston with an Ed Portal discussion.
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Health
New vista for brain disorder research
For the first time, researchers describe the types of cells generated in brain organoids, networks of nerve cells, and show the greater diversity, complexity, and response to stimulation developed for nine months and longer.
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Health
Spotting speedy brain activity
Using ultra-fast MRI scans, scientists are able to track rapid oscillations in brain activity that previously would have gone undetected, a development that could open the door to understanding fast-occurring cognitive processes that once appeared off-limits to scientists.
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Health
How the brain develops
In an effort to get a clearer picture of how the brain and the connections between its regions change throughout development, Harvard scientists and researchers from three other universities will share a $14 million grant to support one of the most comprehensive brain-imaging studies ever undertaken.
