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Harnessing the power of placebo for pain relief

McGovern researchers are investigating the neural circuits that underlie placebos’ ability to relieve chronic and acute pain.

Categories: Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience, Systems Neuroscience, Fan Wang

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Finding some stability in adaptable brains

Two outstretched hands, each holding a matching pill; one is marked placebo.

Harnessing the power of placebo for pain relief

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Finding the way

Scientists find neurons that process language on different timescales

Three MIT professors named 2024 Vannevar Bush Fellows

Four MIT faculty named 2024 HHMI Investigators

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Mehrdad Jazayeri selected as an HHMI investigator

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Mehrdad Jazayeri selected as an HHMI investigator

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Polina Anikeeva named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Study reveals how an anesthesia drug induces unconsciousness