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Scientists at the Paul Allen Institute for Brain Science are releasing data to the public characterizing 300 neurons from living human brains. (Photo courtesy of the Allen Institute.)
Allen Institute adds the first human nerve cell data to their Cell Types Database
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has added the first data from human nerve cells to the Allen Cell Types Database.
Ty Pozzobon
Professional Bull rider Ty Pozzobon diagnosed with CTE
Ty Pozzobon, a 25-year-old professional bull rider from Merritt, British Columbia, Canada died January 9, 2017, from suicide.
Dr. Lynn McGrath demonstrates PupilScreen
PupilScreen aims to allow parents, coaches, medics to detect concussion, brain injuries with a smartphone
PupilScreen, a smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence and the light from the smartphone's camera to detect concussions and other brain injuries, is featured in UW News.
Jesse Woodbury and Rajiv Saigal work in the lab
Immersive research experience gives undergraduate students a strong foundation for success
Jesse Woodbury enrolled in the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering’s (CSNE’s) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program for the summer of 2017, and worked in Neurological Surgery…
TBI's effect over 80,000 in the armed forces
Dr. Christine Mac Donald interviewed on KARE 11 News about Traumatic Brain Injury in soldiers
KARE 11 News in Minnesota featured a story on Associate Professor Christine Mac Donald's recent findings that question the medical belief that those with traumatic brain injuries stabilize in the…