For some scientists, the pursuit of better treatments for brain disorders is deeply personal.
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For some scientists, the pursuit of better treatments for brain disorders is deeply personal.
Gene expression reveals new cellular subtypes within the blood vessels that irrigate and protect the brain.
Clinical collaborations enable surprising discoveries about music, language, and how the brain makes decisions.
Studies of aging are complicated by animals’ physical and cognitive decline and increased variability between individuals.
Neuroscientists hope to solve the problem of addiction by defining the brain changes that fuel cravings.
Decades of research paved the way for large-scale molecular analyses of SARS-CoV-2.
Mathematical tools are transforming a deluge of data into deep understanding of the brain.
Epigenetic clocks capture aging processes at the molecular level. Now, researchers grapple with how they work and what they mean.
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Molecular tools developed in Ed Boyden’s lab at MIT are opening new frontiers in brain research.