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… Scientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and memory show that inhibitory interneurons in the visual cortex … Plasticity, in turn, is key to enabling learning and memory and in maintaining sensory acuity. In this study, … form of plasticity that underlies visual recognition memory in the visual cortex, where neurons respond more …

… scientists based at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical … with the more common APOE3 version. Scientists have been working for decades to understand why this is so. The new …

… Affiliate Member of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Core Faculty Member, Institute for Medical Engineering … affiliate member of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and an Associate Faculty Member at the Martinos …

… Picower Institute scientists are embracing the power (and working through the limitations) of single cell genomics … aberrant activity especially early in disease, leading to memory loss. And by comparing gene expression in cells with …

… into the fundamental brain science behind learning and memory. Many of these breakthroughs lay the groundwork for … Fund to support The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory's proposed Neuro-Therapeutic De-Risking Program – an …

… people who attended the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory’s Fall Symposium “Frontiers in Neurotechnology” Oct. … outside to do the same. “We are very fortunate to be working in neuroscience at a time of such extraordinary … distortions from light bending within complex tissues. By working to optimize parameters of two-photon microscopy, …

… sight. However a gap still remains. We are actively working with engineering efforts to improve human imaging … with a particular focus on brain networks important to memory and cognitive control. Current projects include using …

… affiliate member of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Using this technique, Boyden and his colleagues … my mind,” she says. Boyden and his group members are now working with other labs to study cellular structures such as … classical unexpanded staining.” The researchers are also working on modifying the technique so they can image up to 20 …

… Health, a team at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory aims to discover the likely crucial role of the …

… an investigator in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT. “I am honored to receive this prestigious … principles of synaptic plasticity I have spent my life working to elucidate,” said Bear, who is also a faculty …