Brain study finds circuits that may help you keep your cool
Research by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps explain how the brain regulates arousal.
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Scope advance gives first look through all cortical layers of the awake brain
Substantial refinements of three-photon microscopy allow for novel discoveries in neuroscience.
Gut-brain connection signals worms to alter behavior while eating
Study may lead to a better understanding of the digestive tract’s nervous system.
Real-time readouts of thinking in rats
New open-source system provides fast, accurate neural decoding and real-time readouts of where rats think they are.
Mapping the brain, cell by cell
Technique for preserving tissue allows researchers to create maps of neural circuits with single-cell resolution.
How returning to a prior context aids memory recall
Picower Institute researchers discover the brain mechanism that helps details come flooding back when you visit a scene again.
Biologists discover an unusual hallmark of aging in neurons
Snippets of RNA that accumulate in brain cells could interfere with normal function.
Dopamine primes the brain for enhanced vigilance
Neuroscientists discover a circuit that helps redirect attention to focus on potential threats.
Neuroscientists gain new insights through innovation
Speakers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory fall symposium highlight advances in microscopy, tissue engineering, and reporters of brain activity.
How working memory gets you through the day
A new model shows how brain waves are key to both maintenance and control of information in the mind.
Protein has unique effects on information processing
Picower Institute researchers find that a key protein linked to intellectual disability shapes electrical currents in neural connections.
To improve anesthesia, focus on neuroscience and nociception, experts urge
A principled approach can lead to less need for drugs, especially opioids, Emery Brown and colleagues say.
New perspectives at the bench
Three MIT postdocs earn competitive Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships that support diversity in the sciences.
Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons
Neural plasticity and arbor growth decline with age, study in mice shows.
The debate over how working memory works
Scientists present dueling theories in the high-stakes quest to understand how we hold and juggle multiple pieces of information in mind.