Neurobiology

Neurobiology

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

Martha Constantine-Paton
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Martha Constantine-Paton

Professor Emerita

Martha Constantine-Paton uses a combination of classical and modern genetic tools in mice to study the contributions of specific brain regions to normal behavior.

Chimeras offer a new way to study childhood cancer in mice

With these neurons, extinguishing fear is its own reward

Whitehead Institute team develops new method to study human brain cells

MicroRNAs work together to tune gene expression in the brain

Study finds hub linking movement and motivation in the brain

Tasting Light

BRAIN grant will fund new tools to study astrocytes

How brain cells pick which connections to keep