Brain and cognitive sciences
Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cells
May 7, 2012
New method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.
Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prize
April 26, 2012
Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Broad Institute, Faculty, McGovern Institute, Media Lab, Neuroscience, Optogenetics, Research
Inhibitory and excitatory synapse dynamics in the brain
April 25, 2012
McGovern investigator Feng Zhang named Searle Scholar
April 23, 2012
Two MIT juniors named Truman Scholars
April 2, 2012
McCord, Okuneye awarded $30,000 for graduate study toward careers in government, non-profits.
Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells
March 22, 2012
Simply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory.
Also labeled: Memory, Neuroscience, Optogenetics, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Research
New tools to answer timeless questions
March 16, 2012
Alan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.
The power of being heard
March 15, 2012
When it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective.
Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions
March 1, 2012
Neuroscientists show that HDAC2 enzyme could be a good target for new drugs.
Also labeled: Alzheimer's, Learning, Memory, Neuroscience, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Research, HDAC inhibitor
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