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

Troy Littleton

Elly Nedivi

Edward Scolnick

Hazel Sive

Susumu Tonegawa

Matthew A. Wilson

Faculty Spotlight

Troy Littleton

Menicon Professor of Biology and The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

Troy Littleton is interested in how neuronal connections form and function, and how neurological disease disrupts synaptic communication.

New gene regulation model provides insight into brain development

To distinguish contexts, animals think probabilistically, study suggests

Seemingly similar, two neurons show distinct styles as they interact with the same muscle partner

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