A first-of-its-kind developmental brain atlas from the Stowers Institute maps both gene activity and the DNA switches controlling it across 232,251 cells, revealing that neuronal identity is rapidly established after birth rather than simply inherited from a parent stem cell.

Henry Ford Health researcher Alyssa Vanderziel, Ph.D., has received a nearly $1 million NIH grant to develop and test a patient-centered digital intervention aimed at reducing cannabis use during pregnancy and improving health outcomes for mothers and infants in Michigan.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have demonstrated a new approach to brain imaging that enables continuous monitoring of brain activity and the physiologic changes associated with neurological disease progression for more than 24 hours in freely moving mouse models. The cloud-based miniaturized microscope, called CloudScope, operates autonomously and allows scientists to access live imaging data remotely from anywhere in the world, creating new opportunities to study diseases as they develop over time.

New research has uncovered that how the brain responds to anticipated rewards plays a key role in building psychological resilience after a traumatic experience. The findings from the new study among 9/11 responders, appearing in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier, support the premise that the capacity to notice and respond to positive information in the environment may buffer the negative effects of substantial trauma exposure.