Picower Institute researchers are embarking on experiments to learn the mechanisms by which coronavirus might affect mental health

A neurologist and researcher pitches in to help New England get through tough times

Neurons that store abstract representations of past experiences are activated when a new, similar event takes place

Institute researchers are advancing their work in many ways despite time away from the lab required to corral Covid-19

Research on how the brain processes sight has told neuroscientists much about how the brain works more broadly

New NIH grant funds study that will span receptors, cells, the whole brain and behavior

Neuroscientists identify genes that modulate the disease’s toxic effects

The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones

Review in Science traces progress in studying the neural substrate for storing memories

An immune molecule sometimes produced during infection can influence the social behavior of mice.

Stem cell, genetic technologies enable sophisticated studies of human brain cells and brain "organoids"

Plasticity underlying amblyopia found in visual cortex layer 4