For accuracy, brain studies of complex behavior require thousands of people

For accuracy, brain studies of complex behavior require thousands of people

Scientists rely on brainwide association studies to measure brain structure and function — using brain scans — and link them to mental illness and other complex behaviors. But a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Minnesota shows that most published brainwide association studies are performed with too few participants to yield reliable findings.

Researchers win ALS grant

Aaron DiAntonio, Joseph Bloom and Jeffrey Milbrandt, all at the School of Medicine, received a two-year $300,000 grant from the ALS Finding a Cure and the Leandro P. Rizzuto Foundation.

Cohen to study gene expression

Barak A. Cohen, at the School of Medicine, received a four-year $1.28 million grant from the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study gene expression.
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