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

H. Robert Horvitz

David H. Koch Professor; Member, McGovern Institute for Brain Research; Member, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

H. Robert Horvitz analyzes the roles of genes in animal development and behavior, gaining insight into human disease.

How brain cells pick which connections to keep

Speeding up drug discovery for brain diseases

Study reveals how glial cells may play key epilepsy role

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

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