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Start of Major Longitudinal Study on Brain Development (2015) - The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study began tracking brain development in over 10,000 children.

First Demonstration of Visual Cortex Activation in Blind People Reading Braille (1996) - Functional neuroimaging revealed cross-modal plasticity in sensory processing areas.

Birth of Rudolph Virchow (1821) - Physician who first described neuroglia, the supportive cells of the nervous system now known to play crucial roles in brain function.