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In Neuron: Why visual stimulation may work against Alzheimer’s
Several years ago, MIT neuroscientists showed that they could dramatically reduce the amyloid plaques seen in mice with Alzheimer’s disease simply by exposing the animals to light flickering at a specific frequency. In a new study, the researchers have found that this treatment has widespread effects at the cellular level, and it helps not just…
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In Nature: A comprehensive map of how Alzheimer’s affects the brain
MIT researchers have performed the first comprehensive analysis of the genes that are expressed in individual brain cells of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The results allowed the team to identify distinctive cellular pathways that are affected in neurons and other types of brain cells. This analysis could offer many potential new drug targets for Alzheimer’s,…
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In Cell: Brain wave stimulation may improve Alzheimer’s symptoms
By exposing mice to a unique combination of light and sound, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can improve cognitive and memory impairments similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients. This noninvasive treatment, which works by inducing brain waves known as gamma oscillations, also greatly reduced the number of amyloid plaques found in the brains…
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Tsai earns Hans Wigzell Research Foundation Science Prize
The Hans Wigzell Research Foundation announced Jan. 23 that neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Professor and director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT, is the winner of Hans Wigzell´s Prize in Medicine for 2018. Tsai will travel to Stockholm to receive the prize and deliver a lecture on her research Feb. 14. “The…
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With fellowship, postdoc will work to solve Alzheimer’s myelin mystery
Growing up, Joel Blanchard watched his grandfather remain cognitively sharp past the age of 90 but his grandmother develop Alzheimer’s in her 70s. The difference sparked an interest in brain aging that motivates him today as a postdoc in MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. As the new recipient of a 2018 Glenn Foundation…
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With sense of humility, responsibility new MIT postdoc begins HHMI fellowship
Years before he learned that he’d be awarded a highly competitive Hanna H. Gray fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Matheus Victor said he was already feeling fortunate – maybe even a little guilty – simply because he had the rare opportunity to do what he loved. As a graduate student at Washington University…
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Neuroscientists discover roles of gene linked to Alzheimer’s
People with a gene variant called APOE4 have a higher risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease: APOE4 is three times more common among Alzheimer’s patients than it is among the general population. However, little is known about why this version of the APOE gene, which is normally involved in metabolism and transport of fatty molecules…
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Prime Minister Trudeau visits the MIT Innovation Exhibition in Boston. May 18, 2018
Prime Minister Trudeau visits the MIT Innovation Exhibition in Boston. May 18, 2018.///Le premier ministre Trudeau visite l’Exposition sur l’innovation au MIT, à Boston. 18 mai 2018. Credit: Adam Scotti
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How flashing lights and pink noise might banish Alzheimer’s, improve memory and more
Nature News feature 2.28.2018
