Neuroscientists identify genes that modulate the disease’s toxic effects.

The same neurons responsible for encoding reward also form new memories to suppress fearful ones.

An immune molecule sometimes produced during infection can influence the social behavior of mice.

Scientists pinpoint the role of a receptor in vision degradation in amblyopia.

Postdoc Héctor De Jesús-Cortés works to build up the STEM pipeline from his homeland to MIT and beyond.

Detailed observations in the lateral septum indicate region processes movement and reward information to help direct behavior.

Making electrophysiology more informative, team shows how to distinguish four classes of cells by spike waveform.

Novel study shows protein CPG15 acts as a molecular proxy of experience to mark synapses for stabilization.

Whitehead Institute team finds drugs that activate a key brain gene; initial tests in cells and mice show promise for rare, untreatable neurodevelopmental disorder.

New findings help explain the surprising discovery that exposure to flickering light reduces amyloid plaques in mice.