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Information Overload
Imaging all the components of even a tiny sliver of brain, as in this video, takes enormous computing power. Neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri estimates that completely mapping 1 mm3 of brain tissue will require about 2 million gigabytes of data, more [...]than exists in the Library of Congress.
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Finding My Way: Student research - "The mystery of memory"
Doing research on memory function made this undergrad's brain light up. Now she hopes to someday find a cure for Alzheimer's disease. "Four years ago I never would have imagined becoming a neuroscientist, but now that's what I love to do. BU [...]definitely gives you the opportunity to do that."
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Coloring the Connectome
Thin slices of mouse brain are scanned with an electron microscope and stacked in order. Students recruited by neuroscientist Bobby Kasthuri trace the paths of individual neurons in different colors. The resulting images are used to create 3D [...]models of neurons.
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Mapping the Connectome
The connectome could hold the secrets to how the brain works, but how will we map it? Assistant Professor Bobby Kasthuri explains how electron microscopes and diamond edges help him tap into the secrets of this connectome map.
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Communication Neuroscience: Listening, Talking, and Reading Brains
Assistant Professor Tyler Perrachione discusses research from the Communication Neuroscience Research Laboratory at Sargent College.
Hosted by Boston University College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, this presentation was [...]a part of an on-line, virtual conference, “Health Mattersâ€, which took place on September 17, 2015.
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Controlling Brain Cells with Light
Xue Han, a College of Engineering assistant professor of biomedical engineering, explains how new techniques involving light could advance research in the brain, particularly with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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Lonnie Ali and Kapil Sethi on The Role of the Care Partner in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Lonnie Ali, wife and primary care partner of former boxing champion Muhammad Ali, discusses her role as primary caregiver of her husband, who has Parkinson's disease. Kapil Sethi, a professor of neurology and director of the Movement Disorders [...]Program at the Medical College of Georgia, talks about risk factors and therapies.
Hosted by Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and The American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA) of Massachusetts on February 27, 2008.
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How Do You Manipulate a Memory?
Steve Ramirez, an assistant professor at Boston University College of Arts & Sciences, believes that a small structure in the brain could hold the keys to future therapeutic techniques for treating depression, anxiety, and PTSD, someday allowing [...]clinicians to enhance positive memories or suppress negative ones.
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