Gut-brain connection signals worms to alter behavior while eating

Study may lead to a better understanding of the digestive tract’s nervous system.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 20, 2018 ~8 min

Real-time readouts of thinking in rats

New open-source system provides fast, accurate neural decoding and real-time readouts of where rats think they are.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Dec. 19, 2018 ~8 min


Mapping the brain, cell by cell

Technique for preserving tissue allows researchers to create maps of neural circuits with single-cell resolution.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 17, 2018 ~7 min

How returning to a prior context aids memory recall

Picower Institute researchers discover the brain mechanism that helps details come flooding back when you visit a scene again.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Dec. 12, 2018 ~8 min

How the brain switches between different sets of rules

When you slow down after exiting the highway, or hush your voice in the library, you’re using this brain mechanism.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 19, 2018 ~6 min

Brain activity pattern may be early sign of schizophrenia

In a study that might enable earlier diagnosis, neuroscientists find abnormal brain connections that can predict onset of psychotic episodes.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 8, 2018 ~6 min

Dopamine primes the brain for enhanced vigilance

Neuroscientists discover a circuit that helps redirect attention to focus on potential threats.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 7, 2018 ~6 min

Study reveals how the brain overcomes its own limitations

Strategies to compensate for uncertainty help the brain succeed at difficult mental computations.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 24, 2018 ~7 min


Electrical properties of dendrites help explain our brain’s unique computing power

Neurons in human and rat brains carry electrical signals in different ways, scientists find.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 18, 2018 ~8 min

New sensors track dopamine in the brain for more than a year | MIT News

Tiny probes could be useful for monitoring patients with Parkinson’s and other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 12, 2018 ~6 min

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