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… Biology Investigator in The Picower Institute for Learnng and Memory Sara Prescott investigates how sensory inputs from … are essential for autonomic health, yet their underlying cellular and molecular components remain poorly defined. We employ a …

… From molecular to whole-brain scale in a simple animal, study … May 15, 2023 Research Findings With full genetic control and visibility into neural activity and behavior, MIT … calcium imaging in freely-moving animals with knowledge of cellular identity during serotonin release, providing, for …

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… Neuroscience Director, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Co-Director, Alana Down Syndrome Center Professor, … therapeutics. We study disease pathogenesis both on the cellular and on the systems level, using a multidisciplinary approach that combines molecular biology and electrophysiology with computational …

… Recent Events Cross-cutting examples of disease pathology, cellular breakdowns highlight joint conference of MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative and Alana Down Syndrome Center neurodegeneration amyloid beta … and Technology Professor Nancy Yuk-Yu Ip detailed another molecular method of helping microglia combat Alzheimer’s. Her …