An article in The New York Times reports “The most rigorous study to date of how much it costs to care for Americans with dementia found that the financial burden is at least as high as that of heart disease or cancer, and is probably higher.” The study predicts that the number of people with dementia...

Rafael Yuste, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, discusses the many ways that the Brain Activity Map will fundamentally change medicine and neuroscience. Whether it’s pinpointing specific neural pathophysiology for psychiatric disorders or  developing...

What will it take to complete the Brain Activity Map? Rafael Yuste, MD, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, talks about the latest tools being developed to measure complete neural signaling, including various optical and electrical tools. The Brain Activity Map was recently cited by the...