Study reveals how the brain overcomes its own limitations
Strategies to compensate for uncertainty help the brain succeed at difficult mental computations.
Strategies to compensate for uncertainty help the brain succeed at difficult mental computations.
Neurons in human and rat brains carry electrical signals in different ways, scientists find.
Picower Institute researchers find that a key protein linked to intellectual disability shapes electrical currents in neural connections.
3-D tissue model replicates the motor neuron connections affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
A principled approach can lead to less need for drugs, especially opioids, Emery Brown and colleagues say.
MIT neuroscientist is among five people selected to receive the early career award.
Tiny probes could be useful for monitoring patients with Parkinson’s and other diseases.
Neural plasticity and arbor growth decline with age, study in mice shows.
Scientists present dueling theories in the high-stakes quest to understand how we hold and juggle multiple pieces of information in mind.
Stimulating the brain’s caudate nucleus generates a negative outlook that clouds decision-making.
Six brain regions participate in a more blended way than has been appreciated.
MIT study finds synapses develop strength with calcium, maturation.
MIT neuroscientists find posterior parietal cortex region is crucial to connecting perception to action.
MIT researchers develop new tools to enable targeted delivery of drugs to deep brain structures through implanted microprobes.
Study reveals how, when a synapse strengthens, its neighbors weaken.