Disorders | Picower Institute

Picower Institute scientists investigate the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying complex disorders of the brain that affect emotion and cognition. To learn more about research in these or other areas, select them under "Research Topics" and you'll find relevant Picower people, discoveries and events.

May 20, 2020

Research Findings

Drug compound, tested in mice, could be effective in treating the leading heritable cause of intellectual disability and autism

May 18, 2020

Research Findings

Reactivating an enzyme that promotes DNA repair can help to reverse age-related cognitive decline in mice.

April 21, 2020

Research Feature

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

April 1, 2020

News Feature

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

March 13, 2020

Research Feature

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

January 30, 2020

Research findings

Neuroscientists identify genes that modulate the disease’s toxic effects

January 15, 2020

Research findings

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

December 18, 2019

Research Findings

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

December 16, 2019

News Feature

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

December 9, 2019

Research findings

Paper lays out new areas of investigation

December 3, 2019

Picower People

Honor notes innovations in research addressing Alzheimer’s disease

November 14, 2019

Events

The inaugural symposium of the Alana Down Syndrome Center