Site Search

New Picower Investigator advances optical methods to study learning and memory

January 02, 2024

… on the neural basis of encoding knowledge. hippocampus plasticity spatial memory Assistant Professor Linlin Fan … demonstrated the synaptic basis for “behavioral time-scale plasticity,” which is a fundamental transformation for …

Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, Stanford University

… activity is a critical regulator of development and plasticity. Activity-dependent proliferation of healthy glial … oligodendrocytes contributes to adaptive myelination. This plasticity of myelin tunes neural circuit function and … that dysregulated or “hijacked” mechanisms of myelin plasticity might similarly promote malignant cell …

Picower Lecture with Fred "Rusty" Gage, PhD

… , MA 02139 United States The Picower Lectures Neural Plasticity Public Event Fred "Rusty" Gage, PhD is a Professor … on the adult central nervous system, and unexpected plasticity and adaptability to environmental stimulation that …

How synapses change

… the brain flexible and adaptable (a property called “plasticity”). If it weren’t, we couldn’t learn or remember … and “post-” synaptic sides of a synapse interact to set plasticity in motion. In 2005, for example, Littleton and lab … the same muscle differ in their ability to engage in plasticity. Phasic neurons, which emit big bursts of the …

Talented high schoolers excel while they explore the brain

August 14, 2024

Linlin Fan

Two Decades of Discovery and Impact

… and Memory Motivation and Behavior Neural Circuits Neural Plasticity Public Event Join us in celebrating the Picower … Neuroscience" 10:45-11:45 - SESSION 2 - DEVELOPMENT & PLASTICITY (Moderated by Morgan Sheng , Professor, Broad … Chen , Boston University, "Investigating Learning and Plasticity Through Vertically Integrated Neuroscience" …