NIH award to help Heiman unearth roots of Huntington’s pathology May 26, 2022 … projection neurons (SPNs) in a brain region called for the striatum. One study revealed how certain genes that regulate …
Genes & Disease December 14, 2020 … deaths of specific neurons in a brain region called the striatum, Heiman has been using new, unbiased techniques to … her lab knocked out all 22,000 genes found in the mouse striatum in a way in which any given cell had only about one …
Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms April 04, 2019 … to the brain’s ventral internal capsule and ventral striatum (VCVS) has shown mixed results in treating OCD and …
Scientists seek insight into Parkinson’s, addiction by tracking gene expression in the brain January 04, 2021
Alumnus gives MIT $4.5 million to establish the Broderick Fund for Phytocannabinoid Research April 30, 2019 … McGovern Institute, will examine how CB1 receptors in the striatum, a deep brain structure implicated in learning and …
'Risky' Research December 20, 2021 … is loo king at how activity in a region called the striatum may contribute to abnormally repetitive behaviors, …