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MIT neuroscientists have discovered that brain cells called glial cells play a critical role in controlling appetite and feeding behavior.

Longtime professor and beloved advisor was known for advances in experimental and theoretical studies of vision, perception, and cognition.

Neuroscientists identify two neuron populations that encode happy or fearful memories.

MassJAS Symposium at MIT selects talented high school students to showcase their science research at the 2017 AAAS annual meeting.

This article is adapted from a National Institutes of Health press release.

Mice have brain cells that are dedicated to storing memories of other mice, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists.

People who are too frightened of flying to board an airplane, or too scared of spiders to venture into the basement, can seek a kind of treatment called exposure therapy.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Simons Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have announced that MIT faculty members Ed Boyden, Jacquin Niles, Matthew Vander Heiden, and Feng Zhang have been

The School of Science announced that eight of its faculty members have been appointed to named professorships.

The new appointments are:

MIT neuroscientists have discovered connections deep within the brain that appear to form a communication pathway between areas that control emotion, decision-making, and movement.