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New brain map could improve AI algorithms for machine vision

August 20, 2019

A revised view of the primate visual system may serve as a future reference for understanding how vision works in humans.

How a lab and its model animals changed science

August 13, 2019

The natural history of science at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory through the lens of animal research.

Interview with a neuroscientist

May 31, 2019

CSHL Professor Bo Li’s lab studies the biology behind mental disorders. Learn more about how Li’s work is changing the way we think about mental health.

One experiment: Observing cancer’s progress in a mouse prostate

March 14, 2019

Using a technique originally designed for mapping brains, two CSHL labs have worked together to image cancer progression in a mouse prostate.

New cell subtypes classified in mouse brain

March 12, 2019

To map a brain, an intuitive system for classifying neuron types is necessary. Now, a promising approach reveals new cell subtypes in the mouse brain.

Chandelier neuron requires ‘Velcro-like’ molecule to form connections

March 4, 2019

How do brain cells network? Researchers have discovered an essential ingredient that facilitates one type of neuron’s many neighborly connections.

Detailed new primate brain atlas could lead to disease insights

March 1, 2019

An international effort has mapped the marmoset brain at an unprecedented level of detail, which brings us closer to understanding the human brain.

One experiment: Building a brain

August 16, 2018

A genetic program precisely guides development of a part of the brain

A better way to trace neuronal pathways

June 6, 2018

Researchers have improved a key method used to map circuits in the brain

Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse

April 27, 2018

A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field

Revolutionary brain-mapping technique provides new blueprint for cortical connections

March 28, 2018

Researchers used MAPseq, a revolutionary brain mapping method, to make a discovery that will force neuroscientists to rethink how areas of the cortex

New leadership roles in BRAIN Initiative and International Brain Lab reflect CSHL’s excellence in neuroscience

October 24, 2017

The BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network establishes a Center and a Collaboratory for the Mouse Brain Cell Atlas at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

First cell-type census of mouse brains: surprises about structure, male-female differences

October 5, 2017

A multiyear project in the Brain Initiative, qBrain is already revealing the brain as never before.

Was it better or worse than you expected? Your basal ganglia know – so you can act accordingly

September 21, 2016

Researchers have uncovered a neural circuit that processes evaluations and have succeeded in identifying its sources.

Innovative tools will shed clarifying light on inhibitory neurons