Monitoring Parkinson’s symptoms at home
Keyboard-monitoring technique can detect motor difficulties as patients type.
Newly discovered neural connections may be linked to emotional decision-making
Researchers suspect cells in this brain circuit could also be targets of Parkinson’s disease.
Professor Emerita Suzanne Corkin dies at 79
Over half a century at MIT, Corkin made lasting contributions to the biology of memory and cognitive disorders.
Analyzing protein structures in their native environment
Enhanced-sensitivity NMR could reveal new clues to how proteins fold.
Biologists find unexpected role for amyloid-forming protein
Yeast protein could offer clues to how Alzheimer’s plaques form in the brain.
Wired for habit
Researchers discover neurons in the brain that weigh costs and benefits to drive formation of habits.
Could a pen change how we diagnose brain function?
Team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab detects dementia using AI and a digital pen.
Diagnosis by keyboard
By revealing loss of motor skills, typing patterns may help to identify early onset of Parkinson’s.
Delving deep into the brain
MRI sensor allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular precision.
Sorting out the structure of a Parkinson’s protein
Computer modeling may resolve conflicting results and offer hints for new drug-design strategies.
Breaking down the Parkinson’s pathway
New study is first to analyze how affected brain cells respond during different behavioral tasks.
Scientists image brain structures that deteriorate in Parkinson’s
New MRI technique could help doctors track how patients respond to treatment.
Proteins linked to longevity may be involved in mood control
Excess of sirtuins can produce anxiety, a possible evolutionary adaptation to dietary restriction.
MIT part of $18.5 million effort to create mind-machine interface
New multi-institution center will work on robotic interaction with nervous system
Making stem-cell therapy a reality
In Killian Award lecture, Rudolf Jaenisch outlines progress and possibilities for treating human disease with stem cells.