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… target specific neurons in live animals to take control of their electrical activity (“optogenetics”), and … Professor of Applied Biology in MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department and one of eight MIT professors …

… study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits … study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits … for Learning and Memory and MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Neuroscientists, including Sur’s office …

… . “We and others have generated large amounts of data from control and ADRD subjects, including single-cell genomics, …

… light. Tonegawa’s team thereby gained the ability to take control of memories. In the study, Redondo and Kim labeled … accordingly when the researchers used their optogenetic control to reactivate the place memory. But then, Redondo, … anesthetics might do a better job and cause fewer cognitive side effects, Brown’s lab led by postdoctoral …

… and repetitive behaviors. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 31 American eight-year-olds had … said Sur who also led MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences from 1997 to 2012. “The disorder manifests … like humans do, which is important because prediction is a cognitive function known to differ in ASDs. Structural …