“Single-cell profiling” is helping neuroscientists see how disease affects major brain cell types and identify common, potentially targetable pathways.

Comparing models of working memory with real-world data, MIT researchers find information resides not in persistent neural activity, but in the pattern of its connections.

MIT researchers report early-stage clinical study results of tests with noninvasive 40-hertz light and sound treatment.

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.

Scientists hypothesize that, as in a hibernating turtle, the brain under sedation and deprived of oxygen may assume a protective state.

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.

Study indicates ailing neurons may instigate an inflammatory response from the brain’s microglia immune cells.

Payton Dupuis finds new scientific interests and career opportunities through MIT summer research program in biology.

A simple animal model shows how stimuli and states such as smells, stressors, and satiety converge in an olfactory neuron to guide food-seeking behavior.

When holding information in mind, neural activity is more focused when and where there are bursts of gamma frequency rhythms.