Brain mapping Archives - Knowing Neurons

Joel Frohlich October 21, 2015March 5, 2017 Brain, Brain mapping, Consciousness, Default mode network, DMN, fMRI, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional MRI, Graph, Graph Theory, Hubs, Leonhard Euler, Map, Neocortex, Network, Node, Phrenology, Place Cell, Prefrontal Cortex

Mapping Brain Connectivity Using Graph Theory

Have you ever wondered why the same brain regions are often implicated again and again in many tasks and behaviors? For instance, the prefrontal cortex is implicated in so many… Read More

Learning and Memory Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies

Jillian L. Shaw February 4, 2015March 5, 2017 2014, Brain mapping, EEG, Episodic, Gamma, Inferior temporal lobe, intracranial EEG, Johns Hopkins, Map, Memory, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Theta, Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, Yaffe

Intracranial EEG and Mental Time Travel

A familiar progression of chords blares out of your speakers as the red lights of the surrounding traffic fade into the memory of a dark stage illuminated by pulsing neon lights.… Read More

Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies

knowingneurons December 11, 2013March 5, 2017 Brain mapping, connectome, Connectomics, EyeWire, Infographic

EyeWire: A Game To Map The Brain

Solving the mysteries of the connectome may require something more powerful than a supercomputer. The makers of EyeWire think that it’s you who can help map the brain! This game was… Read More

Neuro News Neuroscience Technologies

Kate Fehlhaber October 16, 2013March 5, 2017 2013, 3D, Brain mapping, Brain-wide 3D imaging of neuronal activity in Caenorhabditis elegans with sculpted light, C. elegans, Ganglia, GCaMP5, High speed, Human Connectome Project, Imaging, Nature Methods, nematode, Optogenetics

Imaging the Brain with Sculpted Light

Perhaps the biggest goal in neuroscience is to understand how individual neurons interact with each other in both space and time. The more detailed our understanding of complex neural networks… Read More