Systems Neuroscience

Picower Institute scientists seek to understand the complex circuits and processes that the brain constructs and employs so that we can perceive, learn, think, plan, and feel. To learn more about these or other areas of inquiry, select them under Research Topics and you'll find relevant Picower people, discoveries and events.

March 31, 2021

Research Findings

MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that stops mice from mating with others that appear to be sick

March 16, 2021

New Research

With new NIH grant, team will learn how neurons build key sites that release neurotransmitters a lot, or a little, to drive nervous system communication

March 4, 2021

New Research

With a new grant from the U.S. Army, a team of scientists will seek to enhance artificial intelligence by integrating brain cells called astrocytes

February 16, 2021

Picower People

Award supports fundamental research on how the brain generates internal states that guide animal behavior

February 8, 2021

Research Findings

New study explains how the brain helps us remember what we’ve seen, even as it shifts around in our visual system

January 11, 2021

Research Findings

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

December 18, 2020

Research Findings

Researchers identify a new level of complexity in how the brain responds to stimuli

November 30, 2020

Research Findings

Anterior cingulate cortex overrides reflexive inclination of the superior colliculus when rules reqiure

November 23, 2020

Research Findings

The brain uses different frequency rhythms and cortical layers to suppress expected stimulation and increase activity for what’s novel

November 2, 2020

Research Findings

Study shows that norepinephrine producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus, impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex