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… efforts to understand how the prefrontal cortex governs cognitive functions like working memory and selective … monitor patient EEG readings to help anesthesiologists control dosing so patients can stay properly anesthetized … sensory cortices. Miller continues to explore how other cognitive functions like working memory are also implemented …

… professor of biological engineering and of brain and cognitive sciences; a McGovern Institute investigator; … to enable drug delivery from surfaces with spatio-temporal control. She also investigates novel responsive polymer …

… brain levels of KYNA associate with psychotic features and cognitive dysfunctions. Studies in rodents demonstrate that … and dopaminergic neurotransmission to induce psychosis and cognitive dysfunction.   We have now investigated the status … aminotransferases (KAT) II significantly reduces KYNA in control rats, recent data from our lab reveal though that …

… whether the “presynaptic” neurons that sending signals to control muscle contraction will be “phasic,” meaning they … Institute and MIT’s Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences. “Diversity in the ability of different … he found that tonic neurons lacking tomosyn, just like control phasic neurons, could not trigger this form of …

… Alzheimer’s disease leads to neurodegeneration and cognitive decline, the best time for intervention may be …

… Investigator Associate Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Investigator in The Picower Institute for … in the Picower Institute and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Neural Circuits Optogenetics Genetic … alter the outputs of the neural circuits that control these states.  The goal of our laboratory is to …

… since 1994. These samples included 146 people with no cognitive impairment, 102 with mild cognitive impairment, and 144 diagnosed with … also start to group genes into regulatory circuits that control specific cell functions such as synaptic …

… professor of neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, an affiliate member of The Picower …