Mutation in disease model flies undermines maintenance of key ion balance.

Analysis of genes altered by the disease could provide targets for new treatments.

Gifts to MIT and Harvard Medical School totaling $9 million will fund independent research on cannabinoid’s influence on brain health and behavior.

Noninvasive treatment improves memory and reduces amyloid plaques in mice.

Findings could help inform new therapies, improve diagnosis.

Research by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory helps explain how the brain regulates arousal.

Substantial refinements of three-photon microscopy allow for novel discoveries in neuroscience.

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

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

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