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Long-distance brain waves focus attention
May 29, 2009
Desimone's team finds that when we pay attention, neurons in the prefrontal cortex and the visual cortex fire in unison, generating high frequency waves that oscillate between these distant brain regions like a vibrating spring.
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Making waves in the brain
May 6, 2009
Christopher Moore and colleagues use laser light to induce gamma waves - critical for attention, consciousness, learning, and memory - in mice.
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How you feel the world impacts how you see it
April 9, 2009
Christopher Moore's team finds that motion illusions occur not only in our visual perception but also in our tactile perception, and that these senses actually influence one another.
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What drives brain changes in macular degeneration?
March 4, 2009
A study by Nancy Kanwisher's lab sheds light on the underlying neural mechanism of the brain reorganization observed in macular degeneration patients.
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H. Robert Horvitz collaborates to identify new gene associated with ALS
February 26, 2009
An international team discovered a new causative gene for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) with mutations that lead to deposits of abnormal protein within motor neurons.
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What causes motor complications of Parkinson's treatment?
January 29, 2009
Ann Graybiel study identifies genes linked to key side effects of L-DOPA treatment for Parkinson's disease, suggesting new therapeutic approaches
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Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self:
January 20, 2009
MIT study links schizophrenia to key 'default mode' brain system.
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Finding the clock that controls the timing of bird song
November 12, 2008
Michale Fee developed a new method for altering the speed of brain activity, and used it to find the clock that controls the timing of the bird's song.
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Ann Graybiel named Institute Professor, MIT's highest honor
November 3, 2008
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McGovern Institute funds collaborative neurotechnology projects.
October 28, 2008
The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT today announced six awards to develop new technologies for neuroscience research. The projects, whose themes range from brain-machine interfaces to new genetic tools and brain imaging methods, are aimed at accelerating basic research and developing new therapeutic approaches for brain disorders.
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See related story: "Field of neurotech spawn brainy business"
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MIT neuroscience bolstered by new faculty, viral core facility.
October 27, 2008
A facility exploiting viruses' ability to inject DNA precisely and efficiently into brain cells and two new experts on the molecular underpinnings of the brain's ability to change in response to experience will bolster neuroscience at MIT, home to one of the largest brain sciences research centers in the world...
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Master switch found that balances brain activity
September 25, 2008
New faculty member Yingxi Lin and colleagues at Children's Hospital Boston have identified a "master switch" for the brain's inhibitory system, which is essential for proper brain function and which is imbalanced in many neurological disorders. Lin was first author of the study in Nature.
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Worms provide clues for treating brain diseases
September 23, 2008
H. Robert Horvitz study shows that even the simplest worm behaviors can be controlled by multiple signaling pathways. The results might have implications for the treatment of human brain disorders.
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Watch and Learn
September 11, 2008
Time teaches us how to recognize visual objects: McGovern Institute work could help develop better computer vision systems
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Perceptual Illusions
July 17, 2008
Perceptual illusions show us how the brain actively interprets the outside world. Christopher Moore's lab has developed a new tactile illusion that provides new insights into how different senses, such as touch and sight, work together.
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Singing in the brain: Baby birds' chirps use different neural pathway
April, 2008
Much like human babies, juvenile songbirds babble before they master complex vocalizations of their adult tutors. The Fee lab found that zebra finches use two distinct neural pathways for generating songs -- one for babbling early in life and one for singing in adulthood.
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Ed Boyden named Sloan Research Fellow
Winter, 2008
Ed Boyden, associate member of the McGovern Institute, was one of seven junior MIT faculty to win a 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship.
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Christopher Moore catches rats’ twitchy whiskers in action
February 27, 2008
New technology for high-speed movies provide the first glimpse of the whiskers’ micromovements underlying the rat’s tactile perception, which is closely related to the human sense of touch.
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DiCarlo Sees Design Flaws in Computer Vision Tests
January 25, 2008
DiCarlo's team proposes new object recognitions tests that more closely reflect the real-world variability encountered by the visual system.
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Culture influences brain function, brain imaging shows
January 11, 2008
An fMRI study led by John Gabrieli found that people from different cultures use their brains differently to solve the same visual perceptual tasks.
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