Neuroscience

Complex brain function depends on flexibilityNeurons that can multitask greatly enhance the brain’s computational power, study finds.

An unforgettable lifeMIT neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin shares her memories of the world’s most famous amnesia patient.

3Q: Robert Desimone on the federal BRAIN InitiativeDirector of McGovern Institute discusses how new initiative to understand the human brain will affect neuroscience at MIT and beyond.

Four MIT researchers attend White House announcement of brain initiativeObama invites Boyden, Brown, Desimone and Seung to launch of new federal initiative.

Students have engineering on the brainMIT class offers student teams a chance to create business ventures based on neurotechnology research.

Obama hosts Dresselhaus, Graybiel and Luu in Oval OfficeThe three MIT scientists are among six winners of the 2012 Kavli Prizes to visit the White House.

Boyden to share prestigious brain prizeEd Boyden honored for his work on optogenetics; will share 1 million Euro prize with five other researchers.

How the brain loses and regains consciousnessStudy reveals brain patterns produced by a general anesthesia drug; work could help doctors better monitor patients.

McGovern Institute hands out neuroscience awardMcGovern Institute for Brain Research names Thomas Jessell winner of the 2013 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in 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.