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

Dennis Kim

Ivan R. Cottrell Professor of Immunology

Dennis Kim considers the relationship between animals and their microbial environment — specifically, how bacteria influence the behavior and physiology of the simple animal host C. elegans.

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

Stem cell-derived zika model suggests mechanisms underlying microcephaly

Study: Fragile X syndrome neurons can be restored