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Scientists seek insight into Parkinson’s, addiction by tracking gene expression in the brain

January 04, 2021
… , 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 … sustain aging cells. Read more Movement disorder ALS and cognitive disorder FTLD show strong molecular overlaps, new …

MIT invents human brain model with six major cell types to enable personalized disease research, drug discovery

October 17, 2025
… modular design sets the miBrain apart, offering precise control over cellular inputs, genetic backgrounds, and …

Building a bridge between neuroscience and immunology

October 14, 2022

How Huntington’s disease affects different neurons

January 20, 2023
… of these neurons contributes to patients’ loss of motor control, which is one of the major hallmarks of the disease. … , an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a member of The Picower Institute for … sustain aging cells. Read more Movement disorder ALS and cognitive disorder FTLD show strong molecular overlaps, new …

Individual neurons mix multiple RNA edits of key synapse protein, fly study finds

September 18, 2023
… The scientists made their findings in neurons that control muscles in Drosophila fruit flies. These cells are … Professor in MIT’s Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, which studies how neurons regulate this … endow each neuron with fine degrees of communication control. “What this offers the nervous system is that you can …

MIT-based team advances to semi-finals of Gates-funded competition to apply ’agentic’ AI to studying Alzheimer’s

October 21, 2025
… . “We and others have generated large amounts of data from control and ADRD subjects, including single-cell genomics, …

Study shows how specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk

January 09, 2019
… , professor in MIT’s departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and former postdoc Mette Rathje, the …

Circuit that focuses attention brings in wide array of inputs

April 21, 2022
… Sur , Newton Professor in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Research has implicated dysfunction in … Ian Wickersham, Principal Research Scientist in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the McGovern Institute for Brain … study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits …

A new peptide may hold potential as an Alzheimer’s treatment

April 12, 2023
… on spatial memory, than mice that were treated with a control peptide (a scrambled version of the peptide used to … MEF2 activation of these genes can confer resilience to cognitive impairment in the brains of people with Tau … dementia, HIV-induced dementia, and diabetes-linked cognitive impairment. “It’s very hard to say precisely which …

Study connects neural gene expression differences to functional distinctions

August 23, 2023
… 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 …

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