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

Matthew A. Wilson

Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience and Picower Scholar; Associate Department Head for Education, Brain & Cognitive Sciences

Matthew Wilson studies rodent learning and memory by recording and manipulating the activity of neurons during behavior and sleep.

How planarians rewire their eyes to their brains after injury

The story behind the science: How discovery develops

Like a treasure map, brain region emphasizes reward location

Study finds ‘volume dial’ for turning neural communication up or down

Neuroscientists find memory cells that help us interpret new situations

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