Neurobiology

Neurobiology

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

Troy Littleton
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Troy Littleton

Menicon Professor of Biology and The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Troy Littleton is interested in how neuronal connections form and function, and how neurological disease disrupts synaptic communication.

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

Brain cell types are affected differently by Rett Syndrome mutation