How touch dampens the brain’s response to painful stimuli
Rubbing an aching body part can bring some relief. Neuroscientists at MIT's McGovern Institute are looking to find out why.
Rubbing an aching body part can bring some relief. Neuroscientists at MIT's McGovern Institute are looking to find out why.
These immature connections may explain how the adult brain is able to form new memories and absorb new information.
The MIT senior will pursue postgraduate studies in computer science in Ireland.
In people carrying APOE4, a key brain cell mismanages cholesterol needed to insulate neurons properly — another sign APOE4 contributes to disease by disrupting brain lipids.
New prize program recognizes MIT researchers who make data openly accessible and reusable.
Scientists hypothesize that, as in a hibernating turtle, the brain under sedation and deprived of oxygen may assume a protective state.
Researchers have discovered that the brains of these simple fish can create three-dimensional maps of their surroundings.
Society for Neuroscience honors BCS professor for breakthrough research modeling a component of the brain’s navigational system.
An MIT study finds that children from different socioeconomic backgrounds tend to have different brain patterns associated with reading difficulty.
Computing systems that appear to generate brain-like activity may be the result of researchers guiding them to a specific outcome.
This machine-learning system can simulate how a listener would hear a sound from any point in a room.
Study on blind patients who recovered their sight suggests rethinking the belief that babies learn to recognize human movement through visual exposure.
Professors Mark Bear and Laura Kiessling ’83, along with Krishna Shenoy SM ’92, PhD ’95, David Tuveson ’87, and Martin Burke are among the newly elected members.
PhD candidate Raúl Mojica Soto-Albors seeks to understand the rules of plasticity that underlie neuronal behavior.
At an exhibition marking two decades since a transformative gift from the Picower Foundation, current and alumni members described research at the forefront of neuroscience and beyond.