Neurobiology

Neurobiology

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

Hazel Sive
Faculty Spotlight

Hazel Sive

Professor Emerita; Dean of Science, Northeastern University

Hazel Sive studies fundamental mechanisms underlying vertebrate face and brain formation, as well as the molecular underpinnings for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Sparse, small, but diverse neural connections help make perception reliable, efficient

Providing new pathways for neuroscience research and education

New findings reveal how neurons build and maintain their capacity to communicate

Opioids and the brain: new insights through epigenetics

A single memory is stored across many connected brain regions

Introducing Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin

The model remodeler

‘What Were you Thinking?’