Brain mapping
New ‘decoder’ tool translates functional neuroimaging terms across labs
The compendium of brain-parcellation atlases makes it possible to compare large-scale network data, which often involves different and overlapping network names.
![Research image of a variety of brain atlases.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Fig2B-1200-1024x692.webp)
New ‘decoder’ tool translates functional neuroimaging terms across labs
The compendium of brain-parcellation atlases makes it possible to compare large-scale network data, which often involves different and overlapping network names.
At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel
The French researcher’s accomplishments working with chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic highlight the importance of recording sleep in the wild.
![A photograph of Paul-Antoine Libourel.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Lede-Libourel-1200-1024x692.webp)
At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel
The French researcher’s accomplishments working with chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic highlight the importance of recording sleep in the wild.
Name this network: Addressing huge inconsistencies across studies
Entrenched practices have stymied efforts to build a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks. But a new tool to standardize brain-imaging findings could bring us a step closer.
![An abstract illustration of boxes connected by lines](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1200_brainnetworks-1-1024x683.webp)
Name this network: Addressing huge inconsistencies across studies
Entrenched practices have stymied efforts to build a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks. But a new tool to standardize brain-imaging findings could bring us a step closer.
Standout neuroscience news in 2023
Did you miss any of our favorite stories from the past year? Revisit them here.
![Still from research video displaying wiring map of a fruit fly's brain.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1200-transmitter-neuroscience-2023-news-1024x683.webp)
Standout neuroscience news in 2023
Did you miss any of our favorite stories from the past year? Revisit them here.
What happens when a histopathologist teams up with computational modelers?
Answers emerge in my chat with Nicola Palomero-Gallagher, a rare example of someone who connects the brain’s microscopic constituents and macroscopic features.
![Research images of the human motor cortex](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1200-shine-connector-hub-transmitter-neuroscience-1024x683.webp)
What happens when a histopathologist teams up with computational modelers?
Answers emerge in my chat with Nicola Palomero-Gallagher, a rare example of someone who connects the brain’s microscopic constituents and macroscopic features.
Mathematical brains — an excerpt from ‘Seeing the Mind’
In this series of essays, newly published in English, cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene taps brain images to help explain new findings.
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Mathematical brains — an excerpt from ‘Seeing the Mind’
In this series of essays, newly published in English, cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene taps brain images to help explain new findings.
Brain-surgery-free probes can record single-neuron activity
The new devices, which monitor neural activity from within blood vessels, show long-term stability in rats and could one day deliver electrical stimulation.
![Close up of blood vessels shows probe sticking to vessel wall.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1200-lede-arrow.jpg)
Brain-surgery-free probes can record single-neuron activity
The new devices, which monitor neural activity from within blood vessels, show long-term stability in rats and could one day deliver electrical stimulation.
Full connectome of adult fruit fly completed, with help from citizen scientists
The map, by far the largest one of an entire brain to date, contains 130,000 neurons and 53 million synapses.
Full connectome of adult fruit fly completed, with help from citizen scientists
The map, by far the largest one of an entire brain to date, contains 130,000 neurons and 53 million synapses.
Repurposed electronics lens spies neurons across entire mouse brain
When combined with tissue-inflation methods, the microscope can image axons without the need for tissue slicing, the researchers say.
Repurposed electronics lens spies neurons across entire mouse brain
When combined with tissue-inflation methods, the microscope can image axons without the need for tissue slicing, the researchers say.
Dataset maps connectivity in 40,000 brains
The new resource aims to aid reproducibility in imaging research.
![Images from structural, functional and diffusion MRI scans.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/844-lede-UK-biobank-connectomes-autism.png)
Dataset maps connectivity in 40,000 brains
The new resource aims to aid reproducibility in imaging research.
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New connectomes fly beyond the brain
Researchers are mapping the neurons in Drosophila’s ventral nerve cord, where the central nervous system meets the rest of the body.
![Research image of neurons in the fly’s ventral nerve cord.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/lede-motormodules-1200-1024x692.webp)
New connectomes fly beyond the brain
Researchers are mapping the neurons in Drosophila’s ventral nerve cord, where the central nervous system meets the rest of the body.
Building an autism research registry: Q&A with Tony Charman
A purpose-built database of participants who have shared genomic and behavioral data could give clinical trials a boost, Charman says.
![Illustration of researchers talking to laypeople amidst strands of DNA.](https://www.thetransmitter.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1200_Charman-1024x687.webp)
Building an autism research registry: Q&A with Tony Charman
A purpose-built database of participants who have shared genomic and behavioral data could give clinical trials a boost, Charman says.
Cerebellar circuit may convert expected pain relief into real thing
The newly identified circuit taps into the brain’s opioid system to provide a top-down form of pain relief.
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Cerebellar circuit may convert expected pain relief into real thing
The newly identified circuit taps into the brain’s opioid system to provide a top-down form of pain relief.