Neuroscience

Memory formation in children, adolescents and young adults: Brain activation in the medial temporal lobe (lower brain scans) remains constant while activation in the prefrontal cortex (upper brain scans) increases from childhood to adulthood when successfully memorizing pictures with rich detail.

MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories

August 5, 2007

Five from MIT receive NARSAD awards; Graybiel is Distinguished Investigator

June 19, 2007

Five from MIT receive NARSAD awards; Graybiel is Distinguished Investigator

June 19, 2007

Research scientist Thomas J. McHugh, left, and Professor Susumu Tonegawa, both of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, are part of a research team that has found the part of the brain that distinguishes between similar places.

Research deciphers 'dÃ©jÃ -vu' brain mechanics

June 7, 2007

Brain & Cognitive Sciences awards

June 6, 2007

Brain uses both neural 'teacher' and 'tinkerer' in learning

June 4, 2007

Martha Constantine-Paton, an MIT professor of biology and principle investigator in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and research scientist Akira Yoshii have discovered a new molecular pathway that helps solve the puzzle of how neurons form synapses.

MIT reports key pathway in synaptic plasticity

Work could aid study of brain disorders

May 21, 2007

Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and colleagues have found that exposing lab mice to certain environmental stimuli induced the animals' brain cells to make new connections.

Picower team reverses Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice

'Lost' memories may prove merely inaccessible

April 30, 2007

Larger-scale folds develop the fastest in premature (born more than seven weeks early) infants (top), while medium-scale folds develop the fastest in older premature infants, born between seven and two weeks early (middle). In older infants and children, fine folds develop the most quickly across the brain surface (bottom).

Model helps researchers 'see' brain development

Work could facilitate early detection of autism

April 10, 2007

Computer model mimics blink of a human eye

April 4, 2007

MIT graduate student Timothy J. Buschman, left, and Professor Earl Miller of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences have found concrete evidence that two radically different brain regions play different roles in the different modes of attention.

Neuroscientists find different brain regions fuel attention

Work could be significant in treatment of ADD

March 29, 2007

Child's play is serious study of cause and effect

March 28, 2007

Edward Boyden, assistant professor in the MIT Media Lab, uses light to silence brain cells, which could block abnormal neuron activity associated with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson's.

MIT neuroengineers' pulsing light silences overactive neurons

Work could lead to new treatments for epilepsy, Parkinson's

March 27, 2007

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Robotic brace aids stroke recovery

Worn on the arm, NeuroRobotic device is lightweight, portable

March 20, 2007

$100M gift to launch research center for psychiatric disease

March 8, 2007

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MIT study: Maturity brings richer memories

Five from MIT receive NARSAD awards; Graybiel is Distinguished Investigator

Five from MIT receive NARSAD awards; Graybiel is Distinguished Investigator

Research deciphers 'dÃ©jÃ -vu' brain mechanics

Brain & Cognitive Sciences awards

Brain uses both neural 'teacher' and 'tinkerer' in learning

MIT reports key pathway in synaptic plasticity

Picower team reverses Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice

Model helps researchers 'see' brain development

Computer model mimics blink of a human eye

Neuroscientists find different brain regions fuel attention

Child's play is serious study of cause and effect

MIT neuroengineers' pulsing light silences overactive neurons

Robotic brace aids stroke recovery

$100M gift to launch research center for psychiatric disease

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