Articles about Allen Institute for Brain Science

The biology of addiction: Scientists use brain studies in pursuit of therapies amid fentanyl crisis

Christian Luscher has spent years trying to figure out why people chase a fix that comes at such a high… Read More

Allen Institute’s OpenScope team stirs up a brainstorm to study the mind’s mysteries

The Allen Institute’s OpenScope program lets scientists study the weird workings of the brain — for instance, how magic mushrooms work their… Read More

Combined visualizations of mouse brain cell types

Researchers map the entire mouse brain, cataloging 5,322 different types of cells

Neuroscientists have unveiled their most comprehensive and detailed map of cell types across the entire mouse brain, delivering the latest… Read More

Atlases lay out detailed maps of the brain for humans and other primates, cell by cell

In a tour de force for neuroscience, teams of researchers have published a voluminous set of brain-cell atlases for humans… Read More

Allen Institute hits 20 years on the frontier of bioscience, and Seattle will be all aglow

Twenty years after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen created the bioscience research center that bears his name, Seattle’s Allen Institute is… Read More

Allen Institute aims to map whole human brain as part of $173M NIH project

Seattle’s Allen Institute will spearhead a project to create an atlas of the cells in the human brain as part… Read More

Allen Institute launches new division to study brain circuits and behavior in mammals

Seattle’s Allen Institute has launched a new division called The Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, which will explore how the… Read More

Neuroscientist recounts his long strange trip to plumb the depths of consciousness

Could magic mushrooms hold the key that unlocks the secrets of consciousness? Well, maybe not the only key. But Allen… Read More

Scientists share a wiring diagram tracing connections for 200,000 mouse brain cells

Neuroscientists from Seattle’s Allen Institute and other research institutions have wrapped up a five-year, multimillion-dollar project with the release of… Read More

Allen Institute will host $40.5M brain research center to map the effects of Alzheimer’s disease

A $40.5 million collaborative research center headquartered at Seattle’s Allen Institute aims to create high-resolution maps of brains ravaged by… Read More

Study spotlights the Allen Institute’s latest 3-D reference atlas of the mouse brain

The third time’s the charm for the Allen Institute for Brain Science’s 3-D atlas of the mouse brain. Version 3… Read More

Allen Institute reorganizes brain science division, with added focus on neural computation

Seattle’s Allen Institute is heading into a new phase of research into neuroscience — a phase that includes reorganizing its… Read More

For the first time, Allen Institute records the activity of a rare, mysterious kind of brain cell

Researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science have captured the first-ever recording of electrical spikes from von Economo neurons… Read More

Movie-watching mice pose a mystery for brain scientists: What are all those neurons doing?

For years, neuroscientists have been monitoring the brain activity of mice as they looked at a wide range of images… Read More

Allen Institute maps out a high-resolution ‘org chart’ for connections in the brain

Researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute say a new and improved map of the mouse brain reveals not only how different… Read More

Allen Institute kicks brain wave recording into overdrive with Neuropixels probe

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science is sharing 70 trillion bytes’ worth of data documenting electrical activity in mouse brains,… Read More

Are dogs conscious? How about computers? Brain scientist Christof Koch takes on deep questions

Do animals possess consciousness? Can consciousness be uploaded into a computer? Can we measure objectively whether someone is conscious or… Read More

Neuroscientists publish a ‘parts list’ for the brain, detailing differences between mice and humans

A study led by researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science lays out a “parts list” for the brain,… Read More

Neuroscientists draw up a ‘parts list’ covering 133 different types of brain cells

How many different kinds of cells are there in the brain? At least 133 kinds, including two types of neurons… Read More

Seattle skyline turns blue this week to celebrate Allen Institute’s 15th birthday

If you see a lot of blue lights around Seattle landmarks this week, it’s not in honor of the Seahawks —… Read More

Scientists discover a mysterious kind of human brain cell that’s not found in mice

A gene-by-gene, neuron-by-neuron search has turned up a new breed of brain cell that may serve as a fine-scale “volume… Read More

OpenScope gives neuroscientists time on Allen Institute’s telescope for the brain

OpenScope is open for business. The Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a page from the playbook for… Read More

Brain scientists meet to share data on magic mushrooms and other matters

What’s the best way to fine-tune brain stimulation to stop tremors? How do brain-wave patterns shift as we grow up?… Read More

Allen Institute nearly doubles the size of its mouse brain cell database … in 3-D!

The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added about 900 virtual mouse brain cells to its Allen Cell Types Database,… Read More

‘Intersections of innovation:’ Madrona director Matt McIlwain named Fred Hutch chair as more tech execs join board

In Seattle’s South Lake Union — a short walk from Amazon’s headquarters and the offices of Facebook and countless other technology… Read More

Allen Brain Institute shares huge database of computerized neurons at work

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has created a publicly available database of computerized neuron models that could be used… Read More

Where does consciousness come from? Brain scientist closes in on the claustrum

SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, neuroscientist Christof Koch has been searching for the seat of consciousness — a quest that has taken… Read More

They’re alive! Allen Institute harvests data from bits of living human brain tissue

Zapping brain cells from living human tissue? It sounds like a creepy Halloween tale, but for the Allen Institute for… Read More

Heard & overheard: GeekWire Summit 2017, Day 1

Executives, scientists, and politicians say the darnedest things. The casual-yet-focused discussions on stage at the GeekWire Summit led top names… Read More

Brain scientist Christof Koch maps out a path to merge humans and machines

It may sound like a zombie movie, but Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science is studying fresh human brain tissue… Read More