Shining Light on Madness
Drugs for psychiatric illnesses aren’t very effective. But new research is offering renewed hope for better medicines. Novartis’s research lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a large incubator-like [...]
A Common Brain Pathway for Anxiety and Social Behavior
MIT neuroscientist Kay Tye finds a discrete brain circuit that controls social interaction, which is impaired in many brain disorders. Impaired social interaction is a common feature of autism, [...]
Distinct Functions of Specific Projections in Motivated Behaviors
Kay Tye gave a talk at Duke Institute for Brain Sciences: “Distinct Functions of Specific Projections in Motivated Behaviors”… Event Link »