Theoretical framework shows that many properties of neural connections help biological circuits produce consistent computations

A new statistical model may help scientists understand how animals make inferences about whether their surroundings are novel or haven’t changed enough to be a new context

Unique survey of gene expression by cell type in humans and mice reveals several deficits affecting the most vulnerable neurons

Diversity in how cells talk to the muscle they innervate reveal distinct propensities for change, or “plasticity”

Among study’s many surprises may be a new way to address Fragile X syndrome – by finding a “Protein X”

An inside look at a key paper illustrates what it can take to publish new knowledge

Picower Institute postdocs advance new ideas, gain skills with support of NIH’s ‘K99’ awards

As part of study, team invents new open-source microscopy platform

MIT researchers pinpoint mechanism and demonstrate drugs could help

Lateral septum encodes spatial information with a special emphasis on where the reward lies

While home from the bench, Tonegawa lab postdoc co-runs Twitter feed of the Covid-19 National Scientist Volunteer Database

Award will help researchers understand how the body’s microbiome influences the brain