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… and assistant professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. C. elegans and mammals share much of the … in C. elegans and scientists can exert powerful genetic control over each cell, including those that express each of … Essentially, Flavell’s team can take nearly full control of the worm’s serotonergic system and simultaneously …

… exhibit changes in speed and accuracy amid aging and cognitive decline, Heldt’s lab is building a system that …

… in the brain, but elsewhere. One of their key assays was control mice. The findings have led to clinical trials of … They also found that as information moved from sensory to cognitive regions, the dimensionality of the neural activity …

… and a faculty member in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. The study may have medical implications …

… that promotes DNA repair can help to reverse age-related cognitive decline in mice. epigenetics neurodegeneration … DNA damage to genes involved in memory and other cognitive functions. This enzyme is often diminished in both … proteins around which DNA is spooled. These modifications control gene expression by blocking genes in certain …

… Our cognitive abilities come down to how well the connections, or … has been linked to causing intellectual disability. Our cognitive abilities come down to how well the connections, or … two proteins are not merely interchangeable. Compared to control neurons with normal PSD-95 or cells in which PSD-95 …

… Neuroscience in MIT’s Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences. “That information can be used as a … both emerge from the fly’s analog of a spinal cord to control muscles by releasing the neurotransmitter glutamate … neurons of the human brain, provides a flexible range of control. Picower Institute postdoc Suresh Jetti led the …

… cascade effect that ultimately leads to neuronal death and cognitive dysfunction. However, despite evidence of a link … to target the peptide have so far failed to reverse this cognitive decline. Now, in a review paper published in the … trials fail because patients don’t show improvement in cognitive function,” Tsai says. “So there is a disconnection …

… the brain January 4, 2021 New Research Two MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences faculty members earn funding from the G. … , an Associate Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a core member of The Picower Institute … is also a Professor in Biological Engineering, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Nuclear Science and Engineering and an …

… for Learning and Memory and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. “We were very pleased that many groups … To address the clinical challenge of accurately assessing cognitive decline during Alzheimer’s disease progression and … condition in which motor neuron causes loss of muscle control. Equipped with a new tool to finely sample …