Neuroscience

Study finds a new culprit for epileptic seizuresDiscovery that some seizures arise in glial cells could offer new targets for epilepsy treatment.

Simons Center for the Social Brain offering seed grants, postdoc fellowshipsDeadline for applications is February 28.

New insights into how brain synapses transmit informationTwo essential proteins regulate the molecular machinery that controls neuronal communication and the release of signals between neurons.

Scientists image brain structures that deteriorate in Parkinson’sNew MRI technique could help doctors track how patients respond to treatment.

Brain waves encode rules for behaviorFluctuations in electrical activity may also allow the brain to form thoughts and memories.

Calcium reveals connections between neuronsNew way to image brain-cell activity could shed light on autism and other psychiatric disorders.

Brain’s language center has multiple rolesNeuroscientists find Broca’s area is really two subunits, each with its own function.

McGovern neuroscientist Constantine-Paton wins lifetime achievement award

How attention helps you rememberNew study finds long-overlooked cells help the brain respond to visual stimuli.

Predicting how patients respond to therapyBrain scans could help doctors choose treatments for people with social anxiety disorder.

Mapping neurological diseaseNew algorithm can analyze information from medical images to identify diseased areas of the brain and connections with other regions.

MIT neuroscientists achieve 'dream engineering' in rats

Simple mathematical computations underlie brain circuitsDiscovery of how some neurons inhibit others could shed light on autism, other neurological disorders.

Introduction to Psychology now available in MIT OpenCourseWare’s innovative OCW Scholar formatCourse is the sixth of seven courses MIT OCW will publish this year specifically to meet the needs of independent learners.

All things big and small: the brain’s discerning taste for sizeNew research shows brain has distinct regions for identifying different sized objects.

Picower Institute researchers identify brain cell aberration tied to autism

Robots that reveal the inner workings of brain cellsNew method offers automated way to record electrical activity inside neurons in the living brain.

Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prizeEd Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize

Inhibitory and excitatory synapse dynamics in the brain

13 faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Sensing when the brain is under pressureNew monitoring strategy forgoes surgery, could help doctors treat patients with head injuries.

Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cellsSimply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory.

New tools to answer timeless questionsAlan Jasanoff is designing imaging sensors that could help reveal the brain’s inner workings.

The power of being heardWhen it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective.

McGovern Institute to honor synapses expert Roger NicollNamed winner of the 2012 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience.

Rebecca Saxe named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functionsNeuroscientists show that HDAC2 enzyme could be a good target for new drugs.