Neurobiology

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

Faculty

Martha Constantine-Paton

Frank B. Gertler

H. Robert Horvitz

Rudolf Jaenisch

Dennis Kim

Troy Littleton

Elly Nedivi

Edward Scolnick

Hazel Sive

Susumu Tonegawa

Matthew A. Wilson

Faculty Spotlight

Edward Scolnick

Professor of the Practice Emeritus; Chief Scientist, Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute

Edward Scolnick has provided critical insights into the genetic underpinnings of a variety of psychiatric disorders, including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism.

Study reveals how glial cells may play key epilepsy role

Study shows how specific gene variants may raise bipolar disorder risk

Real-time readouts of thinking in rats

How returning to a prior context briefly heightens memory recall

Biologists discover an unusual hallmark of aging in neurons

Only in Your Head

Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons

Altering Neuronal Activity at Will