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 Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted July 25, 2013

Neuroscientists plant false memories in the brain

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 [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted March 19, 2013

Researchers reverse Fragile X Syndrome symptoms in adult mice

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 [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted April 6, 2012

Light brings back bad memories

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 [...]

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 Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells
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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Press Releases
Posted March 22, 2012

Researchers show that memories reside in specific brain cells

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 [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted December 23, 2010

The ‘preplay’ button

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 [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted October 14, 2010

A Nobel laureate’s stealthy biotech, its Japanese pharma backer, and the Englishman in charge

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 [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In In The News
Posted October 16, 2009

Tonegawa rethinks Japan’s premier brain research center

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 [...]

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By Azeddine Tahiri
In Videos
Posted July 1, 2007

Advice from a Nobel Laureate (2007)

An interview with Susumu Tonegawa, onsite at his laboratory at the Picower Institute. Produced by Sandy Chase...

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