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… of how we both learn motor skills and work through complex cognitive tasks, says Earl K. Miller , the Picower Professor … for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and senior author of a paper describing … after having part of his brain removed in an operation to control his epileptic seizures. Molaison couldn’t remember …

… Brown is leading a new initiative, the Brain Arousal State Control Innovation Center (BASCIC), to better unify … who is a faculty member in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Institute for Medical Engineering and …

… in the Picower Institute and the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. “When one synapse goes up, within … shrank. They did not observe these changes in experimental control neurons that lacked the optogenetic stimulation. But … brain tissues containing the dendrites of manipulated and control neurons and shipped them to co-authors at the Ecole …

… professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the senior author of the study. The … on the striatum, which is involved in regulating motor control, cognition, and emotion, because it is the brain …

… to address the burdens of the aging brain — memory loss, cognitive decline, and dementia — is what gave rise to an … Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Associate Director, Paul F. Glenn Center … , Departments of Biological Engineering and Brain and Cognitive Sciences ; Associate Professor of Media Arts and …

… a professor of biological engineering and brain and cognitive sciences at MIT, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute … activation of enzymes called protein kinases, which help control many cellular pathways. The researchers also hope to …

… Graduate student Ellen Guss screened for proteins which control assembly and maturation of the synaptic active zone. …

… research in the Departments of Biology or Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), or the Center for Brains, Minds and … paralysis could improve their quality of life by enabling control of computers or wheelchairs. Baum became enthusiastic …

… numerous labs in the Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences. The tours were coordinated by Mandana … fundamentals of how neurons communicate, for instance to control muscle. Crane explained how the researchers can make …