The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT is led by a team of world-renowned neuroscientists committed to meeting two great challenges of modern science: understanding how the brain works and discovering new ways to prevent or treat brain disorders.
(29:56) Robert Desimone, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, gives a keynote address at the Institute's 10th anniversary celebration on October 14, 2010. Learn more about the McGovern Institute >>
Satra Ghosh is a research scientist in John Gabrieli's lab at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. In this video, Satra talks about his research on mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. soldiers. [Stock footage/music: U.S. Department of Defense, Satra Ghosh, shockwave-sound.com]
(2:49) This short video, narrated by Director Robert Desimone, provides an overview of the Institute including our goals, our research interests, and our accomplishments. Key interviews include McGovern Investigators Ann Graybiel, James DiCarlo, Ki Goosens, and Nancy ...
McGovern Institute investigator Michale Fee studies the music of songbirds -- and what it tells us about how the brain learns complex sequential behavior.
McGovern Institute investigator John Gabrieli discusses the capacity of the human brain to change over the course of a lifetime.
(01:18:09) On April 14, 2011, The McGovern Institute partnered with Autism Speaks, an advocacy organization dedicated to increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families, as part of an evening seminar series called, ...
(01:17:03) On March 23, 2011, The McGovern Institute partnered with Families for Depression Awareness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recognize and cope with depression, as part of an evening seminar series called, "Understanding Brain ...
(4:35) The mission of the McGovern Institute is to understand the brain in health and disease. In this video, McGovern Investigator, Nancy Kanwisher discusses her role in an ambitious research project to understand the brain basis of autism. Learn more about the McGovern Institute >> ...
Following injection of a nucleus accumbens slice with HSV-GCaMP3, glutamate was applied to stimulate calcium signaling. This movie shows a cell body and a spine in a time-lapse series. Movie courtesy of Daniel Christoffel in the laboratory of Scott Russo.
Astrocytes transduced with BacMam-GFP in mouse visual cortex. Notice the astrocytes are wrapped around the blood vessels.This in vivo 2-photon image was created using viral vectors from the viral gene transfer core, a facility established in 2008 by the Picower Institute and the McGovern ...
3d rotation of apical dendrites transduced with HSV-GFP in P14-15 mouse visual cortex.This movie was created using viral vectors from the viral gene transfer core, a facility established in 2008 by the Picower Institute and the McGovern Institute to make viral vectors accessible to the MIT ...
3D rotation showing neurons transduced with HSV-GFP in P14-15 mouse visual cortex.This movie was created using viral vectors from the viral gene transfer core, a facility established in 2008 by the Picower Institute and the McGovern Institute to make viral vectors accessible to the MIT ...
(00:38) The Gertler lab at the Koch Institute is studying migration of neurons and their growth cones, actin-rich structures that guide developing axons and dendrites to their targets. In this video, lab members visualized dorsal root ganglia growth cones by infecting neurons with ...
(20:11) This award-winning video provides viewers with an intimate tour of the McGovern Institute and it explores the tools our researchers are using to unlock the mystery of the human brain. It shows how our research is pushing the frontiers of technology and providing new insights into ...
