Neurobiology

Neurobiology

synapse formation, maintenance, and pruning • learning and memory • behavior • neuronal cell fate and diversity • axonal guidance • diseases of the nervous system

Sara Prescott
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Sara Prescott

Gerald D. Laubach Career Development Professor; Investigator, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Sara Prescott investigates how sensory inputs from within the body control mammalian physiology and behavior.

Neural activity helps circuit connections mature into optimal signal transmitters

Dopamine signals when a fear can be forgotten

Manipulating time with torpor

Cellular interactions help explain vascular complications due to COVID-19 virus infection

Study suggests how the brain, with sleep, learns meaningful maps of spaces

Research findings: Open technology platform enables new versatility for neuroscience research with more naturalistic behavior

A cell protector collaborates with a killer

Bat cells possess a unique antiviral mechanism, preventing the SARS-CoV-2 virus from taking control