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… Research December 20, 2021 Research Feature How bold new neuroscience research projects get off the ground Fragile X … Professor Mriganka Sur and colleagues in MIT’s Brain and Cognitive Sciences department realized that to better understand the fundamental neuroscience of autism, they needed an animal model more …

… shaping the brain’s molecular infrastructure. oscillations cognitive neuroscience cognition engram Cellular and Molecular … A major focus of Miller’s lab is studying how higher-level cognitive functions such as working memory can rapidly, …

… two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex attention cognitive control prefrontal cortex … of Susumu Tonegawa , Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience at RIKEN-MIT Laboratory of Neural Circuit … from the Posner spatial cueing task, widely used in human cognitive neuroscience. In this task, mice before seeing the …

… affiliates. Among them is Morgan Sheng professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, an affiliate member of The Picower …

… director and co-founder Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience in The Picower Institute 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 …

… understanding, she also teaches local K-12 students about neuroscience as a way of “giving back to the world.” “I get … Wang said. “A lot of K-12 kids don’t get exposed to neuroscience at all.” Karen Guadalupe Cruz, the first in her … college, works in the lab of Mriganka Sur to study the neuroscience of decision-making. But ever-mindful of support …

… in The Picower Institute and MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, who leads the collaboration. “The … Professor, and Mriganka Sur , Newton Professor of Neuroscience, will collaborate on the project, each bringing … targeted projects that involve 14 researchers, including cognitive, systems, molecular and computational scientists …

… of experiments in mice, the new paper in the Journal of Neuroscience reveals two specific ways that astrocytes … said senior author Mriganka Sur, Newton Professor of Neuroscience in The Picower Institute and MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. “This shows that while the population …