EmTech: Meet the Innovators Under 35 – Group 4
Identifying how the connections between regions of the brain contribute to anxiety. Kay Tye began her education as an undergraduate research assistant at MIT from 1999-2003. She continued her [...]
Kay Tye Named to Tech Review’s Top-Innovators List
Today, MIT Technology Review revealed its annual list of Innovators Under 35. For more than a decade, the publication has recognized a list of exceptionally talented technologists whose work has [...]
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 [...]
Depression Eraser
Stimulating dopamine-releasing neurons immediately extinguishes depression in mice. MIT and Stanford University researchers recently pinpointed brain cells that could be new targets for treating [...]
An On-Off Switch for Anxiety
Researchers discover a brain circuit that can instantly dampen—or exacerbate—anxiety in mice. With the flick of a precisely placed light switch, mice can be induced to cower in a corner in fear [...]