A new imaging technique allows researchers to illuminate the junctions between neurons in a living person’s brain.

Researchers have charted gene expression in the brains of rhesus macaques from before birth into adulthood.

A new tool provides speedy analysis of gene expression in individual neurons from postmortem brain tissue.

A fusion of two proteins can silence the activity of specific neurons in the zebrafish spinal cord.

A new resource helps biologists easily mine large troves of information about when and where genes are expressed.

A new version of the gene-editing tool CRISPR can target and cut RNA, offering a way to tinker with the expression of autism genes.

The popular gene-editing tool CRISPR can tag proteins in the brain, illuminating the whereabouts of autism candidates.

Researchers have repurposed CRISPR, the popular gene-editing tool, for tracing cell lineages in whole organisms.

A magnetically sensitive protein allows researchers to switch on neurons in freely moving mice and zebrafish.

A program called ClearMap allows researchers to take a snapshot of neuronal activity across the entire brain of an adult mouse.