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

Frank B. Gertler

Professor of Biology; Charles Ross Scholar

Frank B. Gertler considers the role of cell shape and movement in developmental defects and diseases.

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

What separates the strong from weak among connections in the brain