Using advanced human cell cultures, MIT researchers tracked how two different mutations alter neural circuit development, and how each could be addressed with distinct potential therapeutics.
Founded by Jake Donoghue PhD ’19 and former MIT researcher Jarrett Revels, the company is creating an AI-driven platform to help diagnose and treat disease.
MIT senior Olivia Honeycutt investigates how the ways we communicate can shape our views of the world.
Neural interaction with bacteria has important effects on animal brains. A new study investigates how neurons sense bacteria by revealing, in nematodes, the bacterial signals that a key neuron detects.
Fellowship honors contributions of immigrants to American society by awarding $90,000 in funding for graduate studies.
MIT scientists create a detailed map of exactly what happens in the brains of C. elegans worms when they “follow their nose” to savor attractive odors or avoid unappealing ones.
A new study finds that audiobooks help students learn new words — especially when paired with one-on-one instruction.
A new biohybrid system developed at MIT is the first living implant that uses rewired nerves to revive paralyzed organs.
“We cannot be effective scientists if we are unhappy or unhealthy outside of the lab,” says “Committed to Caring” honoree Sara Prescott.
Tsai, who has grown the MIT neuroscience institute, will increase focus on research including Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome.
MIT senior Srihitha Dasari reflects on the power of experiential learning through the PKG Center for Social Impact.
Impairments of this circuit may help to explain why some people with schizophrenia lose touch with reality.
Discovering this common mechanism could lead to a universal anesthesia-delivery system to monitor patients more effectively.
By showing the problem derives from genetic mutations that lead to overexpression of a microRNA, MIT researchers’ study points to potential treatment.
Using a computational model, neuroscientists showed how the brain can selectively focus attention on one voice among others in a noisy environment.