MIT study also pinpoints where the brain stores memory traces, both false and authentic. The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found [...]
Picower Institute neuroscientists use single dose of experimental drug; could prove promising for treatment of autism symptoms. Neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory [...]
MIT researchers identify, label and manipulate the neuronal network encoding a memory. Memory is one of the enduring mysteries of neuroscience. How does the brain form a memory, store it, and [...]
Simply activating a tiny number of neurons can conjure an entire memory. Our fond or fearful memories — that first kiss or a bump in the night — leave memory traces that we may conjure up in the [...]
Nature’s neuroscience podcast reporter Kerri Smith interviews via telephone George Dragoi regarding the research paper, “Preplay of future place cell sequences by hippocampal cellular [...]
Outside of certain circles at MIT, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who is familiar with the biotech startup Galenea. The Cambridge, MA-based firm has been researching drugs for [...]
WAKO, JAPAN—Susumu Tonegawa, 70, has never shied away from challenges. He left Japan to earn a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of California, San Diego. After a postdoc at the Salk [...]
An interview with Susumu Tonegawa, onsite at his laboratory at the Picower Institute. Produced by Sandy Chase...
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