How the brain loses and regains consciousness
March 4, 2013
How the brain loses and regains consciousness
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Anne Trafton, MIT News Office
Since the mid-1800s, doctors have used drugs to induce general anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery.
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES)
Fifteen MIT scientists receive NIH BRAIN Initiative grants
September 30, 2014
Fifteen MIT scientists receive NIH BRAIN Initiative grants
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Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced their first round of BRAIN Initiative award recipients.
Picower and MIT scientists awarded BRAIN Initiative grants
September 30, 2014
Picower and MIT scientists awarded BRAIN Initiative grants
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Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the first round of Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative award recipients, including several MIT
Finding a noninvasive way to measure pressure in the brain
September 30, 2015
Finding a noninvasive way to measure pressure in the brain
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Audrey Resutek | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Current methods to check for increased pressure in a patient’s brain are invasive. One widely used technique is to drill a hole in the skull to insert a catheter or sensor into the brain tissue.
Protein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture
December 3, 2015
Protein imaging reveals detailed brain architecture
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
MIT chemical engineers and neuroscientists have developed a new way to classify neurons by labeling and imaging the proteins found in each cell.
A strategy for “convergence” research to transform biomedicine
June 23, 2016
A strategy for “convergence” research to transform biomedicine
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Jonathan Mingle | MIT News correspondent
Report calls for more integration of physical, life sciences for needed advances in biomedical research.
Kwanghun Chung receives McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award
June 24, 2016
Kwanghun Chung receives McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award
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Institute for Medical Engineering and Science | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Kwanghun (KC) Chung, investigator of neuroscience at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, core faculty of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and an assistant professor in
Imaging the brain at multiple size scales
August 2, 2016
Imaging the brain at multiple size scales
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Ann Trafton | MIT News Office
New technique can reveal subcellular details and long-range connections.
Kwanghun Chung receives NIH New Innovator Award
October 13, 2016
Kwanghun Chung receives NIH New Innovator Award
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Karen Shaner | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
This article is adapted from a National Institutes of Health press release.
Study suggests approach to waking patients after surgery
October 24, 2016
Study suggests approach to waking patients after surgery
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Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent
The use of general anesthesia for surgery has not changed fundamentally since it was first introduced 170 years ago.
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