Myriam Heiman named the director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

The rules neurons follow to make sense of what we see

Electric fields help guide neural activity, even from moment to moment

Symposium speakers examine how understanding the brain could improve the functioning of democracy

Alana Down Syndrome Center symposium highlights studies from brain to heart

Rett syndrome study highlights potential for personalized treatments

How neurons sense bacteria in the gut

A complete rethinking of how our brains use categories to make sense of the world

Three anesthesia drugs all have the same effect in the brain, MIT researchers find

With navigating nematodes, scientists map out how brains implement behaviors

Fragile X study uncovers brainwave biomarker bridging humans and mice

In Rett syndrome, leaky brain blood vessels traced to microRNA

Opening a new window on the brainstem, AI algorithm enables tracking of its vital white matter pathways

How a unique class of neurons may set the table for brain development

As worms and jellyfish wriggle, new AI tools track their neurons

After 16+ years leading Picower Institute, Li-Huei Tsai will sharpen focus on research, teaching

How vision can be rebooted in adults with amblyopia

Brain waves’ analog organization of cortex enables cognition and consciousness, MIT professor proposes

Too sick to socialize: How the brain and immune system promote staying in bed

Prefrontal cortex reaches back into the brain to shape how other regions function

RNA editing study finds many ways for neurons to diversify

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’

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