Neurotechnology

Picower Institute Neuroscientists don't just apply the latest technologies and methods for studying the brain, they also often invent them. To learn more about how researchers here work at, and expand, the frontiers of research, select them under Research Topics and you'll find relevant Picower people, discoveries and events.

April 10, 2023

Research Findings

Blood flow induced by visual stimulation drives the flow of cerebrospinal fluid

March 10, 2023

Research Findings

When astrocyte function is disrupted, neurons in the brain’s motor cortex struggle to execute and refine motion, a new study in mice shows.

February 2, 2023

Study reveals key cell structures and gene expression changes near amyloid plaques and tau tangles in mouse brain tissue

September 29, 2022

Picower People

Payton Dupuis finds new scientific interests and career opportunities through MIT summer research program in biology.

August 29, 2022

Research Findings

Separating densely packed molecules before imaging allows them to become visible for the first time

August 15, 2022

Picower People

As he works to solve an advanced problem at the intersection of computing and neurobiology, Picower Institute post-baccalaureate scholar Eric Bueno is also thinking of how he could pay his experience forward

July 29, 2022

Research Findings

Using organoids to model early development, researchers used an emerging microscopy technology to see that new neurons struggled to reach their developmental destination

July 28, 2022

Research Findings

To ensure a quick halt, brain circuit architecture avoids a slow process of integration in favor of quicker differentiation, study finds

April 11, 2022

Research Findings

Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that “engrams,” the ensembles of neurons encoding a memory, are widely distributed, including among regions not previously realized

January 13, 2022

Research Findings

An upgrade of ‘MAP’ enables labeling of more proteins, deeper studies of circuit junctions in brain tissue

November 22, 2021

Research Findings

By integrating multiple sensory inputs, a loop of mutual inhibition among a small set of neurons allows worms to switch between long-lasting behavioral states

January 11, 2021

Research Findings

Findings suggest this hippocampal circuit helps us to maintain our timeline of memories.

Fluid flow in the brain can be manipulated by sensory stimulation

Astrocyte cells critical for learning skilled movements

Researchers map brain cell changes in Alzheimer’s disease

Providing new pathways for neuroscience research and education

Microscopy technique reveals hidden nanostructures in cells and tissues

At a research forefront, young scholar looks ahead to graduate school, chance to mentor others

Advanced imaging reveals mired migration of neurons in Rett syndrome lab models

Sprint then stop? Brain is wired for the math to make it happen

A single memory is stored across many connected brain regions

Next-generation tissue expansion method improves neural imaging

Feast or forage: Study finds circuit that helps a brain decide

Neuroscientists identify brain circuit that encodes timing of events