Texas may be on the verge of one of its largest-ever investments in brain health research.
On Tuesday’s ballot, Proposition 14 would establish a multi-billion-dollar fund to combat dementia and other neurological disorders, just as Rice University launches a major new initiative to unlock the mysteries of the human brain.
Inside Rice University’s new Brain Institute, scientists are mapping the complex networks that power thought and memory, studying how billions of neurons communicate, and what happens when those vital connections break down…