Plaques Age Glial Precursors, Stoking Inflammation

Li-Huei Tsai smiling in her lab. There is a whiteboard in the background and a ball and stick molecule model in the foreground.
April 11, 2019
Read in Alzforum

Scientists Discover Way to Tune Deep Brain Stimulation Therapies

An outline of the top view of a head shows the brain filled in with colors corresponding to theta rhythm strength
April 8, 2019
Read in Medgadget

With $28.6 million gift, MIT will establish center for Down syndrome research

Center logo says "Alana Down Syndrome Center" in blue text with a yellow heart that has an embedded eye
March 20, 2019
Read in The Boston Globe

Flashing Lights and Sounds Improve Memory and Learning Skills in Mice

Green microglia cluster around a clump of amyloid beta protein
March 14, 2019
Read in The New York Times

Faulty mitochondria may fuel features of fragile X syndrome

Picower Professor Mark Bear
March 14, 2019
Read in Spectrum

General Anesthesia Causes Telltale Brain Activity Patterns

Emery Brown in an operating room setting wearing scrubs
March 1, 2019
Read in The Scientist
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