Edward Boyden develops techniques to study the brain, and how it operates, in finer detail.

MIT neuroscientists pinpoint neurons that help primates tell faces apart.

Neuroscientists identify neurons in the amygdala that assign emotions to experience.

First demonstration that a common neurotransmitter acts via a single neuron type to enable effective information-processing.

MIT’s Picower Institute to partner on four projects with Case Western Reserve University.

Discovery could offer a new target for treatment of glioblastoma.

Emery Brown says anesthesia drugs have been used in the U.S. for more than 160 years, but were largely misunderstood — until now.

Separate neural circuits control sugar cravings and healthy eating, researchers find.

Discovery could lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders including autism and schizophrenia.