Neuroscience

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

Natalya Slepneva of Newton South High School accepts the first prize for the 2007 regional Brain Bee held at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory.

Newton 11th grader wins Boston regional Brain Bee

February 23, 2007

An MIT model for object recognition takes as input the unlabeled images of digital photographs from the street scene database (top) and generates automatic annotations (bottom row). The orange bounding boxes are for pedestrians ("ped") and cars ("car"). The system would have also detected bicycles if present. For sky, buildings, trees and road, the system uses color coding (blue, brown, green and ...

Computer model mimics neural processes in object recognition

Applications include surveillance, visual search engines, biomedical imaging analysis and robots with realistic vision

February 23, 2007

Picower study points to a genetic link for schizophrenia

February 20, 2007

MIT researchers Pawan Sinha, center, and Yuri Ostrovsky, right, test the visual skills of a patient in India. The patient, known as S.R.D., had her vision restored at the age of 12.

MIT study shows those who once were blind can learn to see

February 14, 2007

Scientists: A good lie detector is hard to find

'Spin' and fact omission leave no neuro-trace

February 12, 2007

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