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The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (B.R.A.I.N.) Initiative: Text of Remarks

Today, President Obama unveiled further details about the BRAIN initiative, a multibillion dollar project to unravel the secrets of the human brain.

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A Manhattan Project to Map the Brain?

When anyone wants to support science, I’m in.

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Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students

In a previous blog post, I described programs available to high school students who wanted to experience life in a neuroscience research laboratory. Research opportunities also exist for college undergraduate students but they are sometimes difficult to find.

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Research Experiences for High School Students

The public craves information about neuroscience.

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Funding for Discovery

Researching the brain and mind requires a major financial investment on a global scale, and takes place in a wide variety of locations and organizations.

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Seizures and Epilepsy

Seizures occur because of sudden, disorderly discharges of interconnected neurons in the brain that temporarily alter one or more brain functions.

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Parkinson’s Disease Treatment Breakthroughs—and the Need for More Research

The discovery in the late 1950s that the level of dopamine was decreased in the brains of Parkinson’s patients was followed in the 1960s by successful treatment with the drug levodopa, which is converted to dopamine in the brain. This historical event is one of the greatest medical breakthroughs in the field of neurology.

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Alzheimer's Disease: Latest Research and Treatments

Currently approved treatments for Alzheimer’s disease do not modify the course of the disease and offer only temporary mitigation of some symptoms, such as agitation, anxiety, unpredictable behavior, sleep disturbances, and depression.

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Diseases in a Dish: Modeling Mental Disorders

For many poorly understood mental disorders, such as schizophrenia or autism, scientists often wish they could turn back the clock to uncover what has gone wrong in the brains of these patients, and how to right it before much brain damage ensues. But now, thanks to recent developments in the lab, that wish is coming true.

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Neuroscience: Adapting, Thriving in Tough Times

An interview with three of the NIH Blueprint directors about the impact recent and potential reductions in NIH funding may have on the field of neuroscience.