Professors Linda Griffith and Feng Zhang along with Guillermo Ameer ScD ’99, Darrell Gaskin SM ’87, and Vamsi Mootha recognized for contributions to medical sciences, health care, and public health.
A study of mice watching movies shows our brain cells rely on a circuit of inhibitory neurons to help ensure that the same images are represented consistently.
As “visual recognition memory” emerges in the visual cortex, one circuit of inhibitory neurons supplants another, and slower neural oscillations prevail.
Frontal brain region overrides reflexive inclination of a deeper, older region when rules require.
Miniaturized device activates drugs in a small region deep within the brain.
A direct comparison of sensory and higher-order thalamic circuits reveals fundamental differences in how they control the cerebral cortex.
Norepinephrine-producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus, impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex.
The Feng lab has developed a next-generation optogenetic system for non-invasive stimulation of neurons.
New optogenetic technique could help restore limb movement, treat muscle tremor.
Neuroscientists find chronic stress skews decisions toward higher-risk options.
Focused laser beam could help scientists map connections among neurons that underlie behavior.
Existence of “silent engrams” suggests that existing models of memory formation should be revised.
FLARE technique can reveal which cells respond during different tasks.
CRISPR pioneer named to inaugural chair created by Patricia and James Poitras '63, founders of MIT’s Poitras Center for Affective Disorders Research.
Picower Institute director awarded for her research on brain development, neurological disorders, and Alzheimer’s disease.