Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions.

MIT alumnus and one other honored for their discoveries of how the nervous system senses temperature and touch.

A study of mice watching movies shows our brain cells rely on a circuit of inhibitory neurons to help ensure that the same images are represented consistently.

By temporarily suspending retinal activity in the non-amblyopic eye of animal models, neuroscientists restrengthen the visual response in the "lazy" eye, even at ages after the critical period when patch therapy fails.

Through a summer research program at MIT, Patricia Pujols explored the neuromuscular junction, and a future in science.

Roundworms change the flow of material in and out of their mouths in response to bright light, revealing a new way for neurons to control muscle cells.

The visual cortex stores and remembers individual images, but mice can’t recognize image sequences without guidance from the hippocampus.

To quickly express learning and memory genes, brain cells snap both strands of DNA in many more places and cell types than previously realized, a new study shows.

Study suggests a common mechanism underlies some behavioral traits seen in autism and schizophrenia.

How 3D-printed models of neuronal axons could accelerate development of new therapies to treat neurodegenerative disorders.