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A newsletter cover is divided diagonally by a white line going from the bottom left to the upper right. Theupper left side of the image shows a gray and blue-stained tissue culture. The bottom right side shows a blue-hued printed circuit. The main text says "Brain Stimulation: Picower Institute researchers and collaborators are inventing versatile new models of the brain to accelerate neuroscience discoveries and biomedical advances""

Spring 2026

In this issue

Brain Simulation

How sickness reduces socializing

Amblyopia treatment advance

Waves enable consciousness and cognition

AI opens new window on brainstem

Newsletter cover features the text "Focus on fats." The main image is that of a round culture of neurons stained bright red. Many of the neurons radiate out from the ball across a background colored teal.

Winter 2025

In this issue

Focus on Fats

Vision's transition across the brain

New human brain model

40Hz may help some for years

New research 'derisking' initiative

A cartoon of a scientist using a long pole to paint a gloomy looking brain over with a happier coat. The main text says "Many Mechanisms of MOOD"

Fall 2025

In this issue

Many Mechanisms of Mood

Alzheimer's research seed grants

Anesthetics shed light on consciousness

How binocular vision develops

Beloved textbook reaches 5th edition

Newsletter cover features the words "Autism Advances" in white over a brain rendered with colorful squiggly lines and colorful dots interspersed among the lines. The background is dark blue.

Summer 2025

In this issue

Autism Advances

Improving anesthesia for kids

Immune molecules in anxiety, social behavior

40Hz treats Down syndrome mice

Dopamine helps extinguish fear

The main text "A Neuron's Neighbors" is overlaid atop a background of many crab-shaped red-stained cells called microglia.

Spring 2025

In this issue

A neuron's neighbors

Brain mapping of spaces

Treating Fragile X syndrome

Ultrafast protein labeling

Emery Brown wins National Medal of Science

A large white line art brain is superimposed over a dark blue background with light blue molecules represented as large spheres connected with thin sticks.

Winter 2024

In this issue

From Molecules to Memory

40Hz stimulation preserves myelin

New insights into consciousness

Addressing surgical pain

Advancing women in science

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