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November 2025 enews screenshot features an image of six circles made of different cyan-stained cells under the headline "MIT invents human brain model with six major cell types to enable personalized disease research, drug discovery"
November 2025
In this issue
MIT invents human brain model with six major cell types to enable personalized disease research, drug discovery
After distractions, rotating brain waves may help thought circle back to the task
Small study suggests 40Hz sensory stimulation may benefit some Alzheimer’s patients for years
Study finds circular RNA helps drive brain development
Q&A: Picower researchers join effort to investigate the ‘Biology of Adversity’
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A screenshot of the Picower Institute Update features a 3D rendering of bluish neurons afflicted by reddish balls of amyloid plaques. The top headline is "Study explains how a rare gene variant contributes to Alzheimer's disease"
September 2025
In this issue
How a rare gene variant contributes to Alzheimer’s disease
Study finds key role for non-neural brain cells in processing vision
MIT imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution
When life supplies motivation to do research, a summer at Picower can provide the experience
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July 2025 enews screenshot features a close up of a baby with cute blue eyes under the headline "Connect or reject: Extensive rewiring builds binocular vision in the brain"
July 2025
In this issue
Connect or reject: Extensive rewiring builds binocular vision in the brain
Different anesthetics, same result: unconsciousness by shifting brainwave phase
Aging Brain Initiative seed grants fund five new projects to address neurodegenerative disease
As textbook’s 5th edition hits shelves, Bear reflects on introducing many 1,000s of students to neuroscience
Retreat provides a change of scenery for scientific exchange
View July 2025
A screenshot of the Picower Institute Update features an image of green-stained brain cells under the headline "Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten"
May 2025
In this issue
Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten
In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use, improves outcomes
In Down syndrome mice, 40Hz light and sound improve cognition, neurogenesis, connectivity
Molecules that fight infection also act on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability
Gloria Choi earns Samsung Ho-Am Prize for Medicine
With Searle Scholar award, Fan will study serotonin role in memory
View May 2025
E-news screenshot features the story "MIT method enables ultrafast protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells in organ-scale tissues" and shows a colorfully labeled cross-section of a mouse brain.
March 2025
In this issue
MIT method enables ultrafast protein labeling of tens of millions of densely packed cells in organ-scale tissues
Study suggests new molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome
Even after learning the right idea, humans and animals still seem to test other approaches, study suggests
Review: Evidence expanding that 40Hz gamma stimulation promotes brain health
Modeling complex behavior with a simple organism
View March 2025
A newsletter screenshot shows a picture of Emery N. Brown next to an image of the National Medal of Science
January 2025
In this issue
Emery Brown wins National Medal of Science
Study suggests how the brain, with sleep, learns meaningful maps of spaces
Open technology platform enables new versatility for neuroscience research with more naturalistic behavior
New autism research projects represent a broad range of approaches to achieving a shared goal
View January 2025
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