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… The results allowed the team to identify distinctive cellular pathways that are affected in neurons and other types of brain cells. This analysis could offer … in my view, the very first map for going after all of the molecular processes that are altered in Alzheimer’s disease …

… Findings MIT scientists report that gamma frequency light and sound stimulation preserves myelination in mouse models and reveal molecular mechanisms that may underlie the benefit. … reduced levels of HMGB1. Looking more deeply at the cellular and molecular response to cuprizone demyelination …

… From molecular to whole-brain scale in a simple animal, study … May 15, 2023 Research Findings With full genetic control and visibility into neural activity and behavior, MIT … calcium imaging in freely-moving animals with knowledge of cellular identity during serotonin release, providing, for …

… In Down syndrome mice, 40Hz light and sound improve cognition, neurogenesis, connectivity April … evidence that GENUS helps to stimulate the brain at the cellular and molecular level to mount a homeostatic response to …

… new research endeavor, technology development initiative, and fellowship program launched with a $28.6 million gift … in studying Down syndrome’s impact in the brain at the cellular and genomic level, examining key differences in gene … patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells. At the molecular and cellular level, Professor Manolis Kellis, …

… Recent Events Cross-cutting examples of disease pathology, cellular breakdowns highlight joint conference of MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative and Alana Down Syndrome Center neurodegeneration amyloid beta … and Technology Professor Nancy Yuk-Yu Ip detailed another molecular method of helping microglia combat Alzheimer’s. Her …

… integral to understanding nervous system health, disease and evolution. circuits C. elegans neurodegeneration epilepsy … essential to brain health, Littleton’s research into the molecular workings of fly synapses has led him to produce … mice and people exhibit “zonation,” or a difference in the cellular and molecular properties of arteries, veins and …

… Mriganka Sur in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT has embraced the young technology of … during brain development. Above: Researchers tracked molecular markers of neural progenitor cells in organoids … the viability of the cells, it is also changing other cellular processes such as division, differentiation and …