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Seminar: Guoping Feng: "TRN Dysfunction in Neurodevelopment Disorders"

The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), the major source of thalamic inhibition, is known to regulate thalamocortical interactions critical for sensory processing, attention and cognition.

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BCS vows to take on systemic racism

December 31, 2020

BCS vows to take on systemic racism

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Tristan Davies | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

BCS and Building 46 leadership, faculty, postdocs, graduate students and staff have taken a firm stand against anti-Black racism and begun collaborating on actions and commitments to recognize, understand, and address systemic racism in our own community and society at large.

Statistical model improves analysis of skin conductance

October 14, 2020

Statistical model improves analysis of skin conductance

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Electrodermal activity (EDA) — the sweat-induced fluctuations of skin conductance made famous in TV dramatizations of lie-detector tests — can be a truly strong indicator of subconscious, or “sympa

Scientists uncover new clues about Parkinson’s disease

October 13, 2020

Scientists uncover new clues about Parkinson’s disease

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Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research

As the brain processes information, electrical charges zip through its circuits and neurotransmitters pass molecular messages from cell to cell.

Alzheimer’s risk gene disrupts endocytosis, but another disease-linked gene could help

October 6, 2020

Alzheimer’s risk gene disrupts endocytosis, but another disease-linked gene could help

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

In a new study, a team of scientists based at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT and

Neuroscientists discover a molecular mechanism that allows memories to form

October 5, 2020

Neuroscientists discover a molecular mechanism that allows memories to form

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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

When the brain forms a memory of a new experience, neurons called engram cells encode the details of the memory and are later reactivated whenever we recall it.