Brain Research

12 Days of Research at Mass General: She Watches Worms While They Sleep

By Brian Burns | December 12, 2017

In the 12 days leading up to our holiday hiatus, we are looking back on the past year and sharing some highlights in Massachusetts General Hospital research news from each month of 2017.

Jennifer Gatchel studying Alzheimer's disease

Gatchel Untangles the Causes of Mood and Anxiety Symptoms and Loss of Brain Function in Aging Populations

By Brian Burns | December 11, 2017

Mass General geriatric psychiatrist Jennifer Gatchel MD, PhD, is working to unravel the connections between mental illness and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Study Predicts Alzheimer’s Cases to Double in US by 2060. How Mass General Researchers are Fighting Back.

By Brian Burns | December 8, 2017

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released some unsettling new estimates about the number of individuals affected with Alzheimer’s disease this week—and how that number is expected to skyrocket in the near future.

New Screening Technique Makes Waves in Quest for Earlier Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

By Brian Burns | November 27, 2017

How could the study of patients under anesthesia lead to a new way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease? It could all come down to brainwaves.

Study Identifies New Targets for Huntington’s Disease Research

By Brian Burns | November 22, 2017

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain.

Kamryn Eddy Finds Hope for Patients with Eating Disorders

By Brian Burns | November 3, 2017

The people we encounter early in life can often have a profound impact on our future. For Massachusetts General Hospital psychologist Dr. Kamryn Eddy, a childhood friend influenced her career trajectory.

How a 3D Model of Alzheimer’s Disease is Providing New Hope in the Search for Treatments

By Brian Burns | October 30, 2017

Reigning in Alzheimer’s disease continues to be a challenge — more than 10 million families are affected by this degenerative neurological disease, and the number of patients dying from the disease has increased 68 percent since 2010. In the past decade, attempts at developing drugs to slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease have
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Wireless Sleep Monitoring System Could Make Sleep Studies Much Easier

By Brian Burns | October 23, 2017

Researchers from MIT and Mass General recently unveiled a wireless, portable system for monitoring individuals during sleep that could provide new insights into sleep disorders and reduce the need for time and cost-intensive overnight sleep studies in a clinical sleep lab.

Four Massachusetts General Hospital Researchers Receive Prestigious NIH Director’s Awards

By Brian Burns | October 12, 2017

Please join us in congratulating the four Mass General investigators who recently received director’s awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)!

Brain Imaging Studies Provide New Insights into Biological Basis of Behaviors in Schizophrenia and Autism

By Brian Burns | October 10, 2017

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are using brain imaging technology to learn more about how individuals with autism and schizophrenia view the world through different lenses.

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