Neuroscience

Adult brain neurons can remodel connections

Could lead to creating growth in cells and regions normally unable to repair themselves

November 24, 2008

The dendrite ofÂ a new neuron in the brain (labeled in red). The small yellow spots are synapses that the new neuron is receiving.

Not as easy as it may seem

Study sees challenges for integrating new neurons into brain

November 21, 2008

Two Scientists named to Discover's 'Top 20 Under 40' list

November 13, 2008

By studying songbirds, McGovern's Professor Michale Fee, left, and post-doc Michael Long move closer to understanding how timing is represented within the brain.

Singing in slow motion

MIT work with songbirds could aid study of humans' timing

November 12, 2008

Head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Paul E Newton (1965) Professor of Neuroscience Mriganka Sur, left, led a toast to newly named Institute Professor Ann Graybiel, along with Robert Desimone, director of the McGovern Institute, at a party given in Graybiel's honor.

Ann Graybiel named Institute Professor

November 3, 2008

McGovern Institute funds collaborative neurotechnology projects

October 28, 2008

MIT neuroscience bolstered by new faculty, viral core facility

October 27, 2008

Two faculty among Popular Science's 'Brilliant 10'

October 14, 2008

View of C. elegans worm in which neurons (green) and muscles (red) that control egg laying have been genetically labeled.

Worms provide clues for treating brain diseases

September 24, 2008

Watch and learn: Time teaches us how to recognize visual objects

MIT work could help develop better computer vision systems

September 11, 2008

<a href="http://cvcl.mit.edu/MM/demo.html" target="_blank">Demo of massive memory study</a>

MIT researchers find memory capacity much bigger than previously thought

September 8, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

Coronal sections of injured adult spinal cord, anterior to posterior. The labelling shows recombined ependymal cells and their progeny (white) migrating out to the injury area in the dorsal funiculus, as a reponse to the injury (injury is in the image on the right hand corner). The mouse is a FoxJ1-CreER x R26R-LacZ reporter.

Spinal cord stem cells could be basis of new treatment

July 21, 2008

MIT-led team creates touch-based illusion

Mind trick yields new insights on perception

July 17, 2008

Brain scientists spot nature/nurture gene link

July 15, 2008

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