Mechanisms and therapeutics for Rett Syndrome … therapeutics for Rett Syndrome Rett syndrome is a severe, autism-like neurodevelopmental disorder in girls …
A new model for how working memory gets you through the day October 24, 2018 … it is diminished by disorders such as schizophrenia or autism. But MIT neuroscientist Earl Miller also sees a …
To understand working memory, scientists must resolve this debate August 08, 2018 … in common psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism, it’s important that the field achieve a true …
Eight School of Science faculty appointed to named professorships September 22, 2016 … several neurological diseases, including epilepsy, autism and Huntington’s disease. Using Drosophila as a …
Visual Recognition Memory … kind of memory appears to be disrupted in conditions like autism and schizophrenia. In 2003 Bear Lab graduate student …
What separates the strong from the weak among connections in the brain July 10, 2018 … or plasticity, have a role in many brain diseases such as autism or intellectual disability, said senior author Troy …
Areas of Need … further our work on a range of brain-related disorders—autism, dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder …
Fruit fly models of human disease … connections, or synapses, leading to excessive growth. Autism spectrum disorders may at least in part be the result … at junctions called synapses. In a 2016 study of the autism-linked gene Shank3, which encodes a protein that helps …
Seemingly similar, two neurons show distinct styles as they interact with the same muscle partner July 07, 2020 … in of the process are likely central to disorders such as autism. “By seeing that these two different types of motor …