With fractured genomes, Alzheimer’s neurons call for help
Study indicates ailing neurons may instigate an inflammatory response from the brain’s microglia immune cells.
Study indicates ailing neurons may instigate an inflammatory response from the brain’s microglia immune cells.
Payton Dupuis finds new scientific interests and career opportunities through MIT summer research program in biology.
Neuroscience PhD student Fernanda De La Torre uses complex algorithms to investigate philosophical questions about perception and reality.
“We can’t think of the brain only as neurons,” says PhD student Mitch Murdock, who explores the cellular basis of Alzheimer’s disease.
Edward Gibson and Eric Martinez are among this year's winners of the satiric prize, for explaining what makes legal documents so difficult to comprehend.
A simple animal model shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors, and satiety converge in an olfactory neuron to guide food-seeking behavior.
When holding information in mind, neural activity is more focused when and where there are bursts of gamma frequency rhythms.
PhD student Setayesh Radkani studies the psychological and neural mechanisms at work when humans learn from and influence each other.
A commonly used screening test creates a gender gap that may hinder diagnosis and treatment for women and girls.
MIT neuroscientists have identified an oscillatory circuit that controls the rhythmic movement of mouse whiskers.
On its own, a new machine-learning model discovers linguistic rules that often match up with those created by human experts.
Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time.
MIT scientists have discovered a population of neurons that light up whenever we see images of food.
Research reveals cells that span brain hemispheres to coordinate activity in visual processing centers, shows Alzheimer’s degrades their structure and function.
By tracking feedback during tasks, the anterior cingulate cortex notices when a new step has become necessary and signals the motor cortex to adjust.