Benito, my yellow Lab, was admitted to Harvard University last week — only it was for a research project into dog brains. Who knew that the storied institution studies pooches and their minds?

Pulsing Light Silences Overactive Neurons Date: March 28, 2007 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: Scientists have invented a way to reversibly silence brain cells using pulses ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step toward replicating the complexity of the human brain.

Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a powerful new class of tools to reversibly shut down brain activity using different colors of light. When targeted to ...