Archive page - 2017
Neuromodulation and Challenges Facing Translational Neuroscience
Jami L. Milton | April 26, 2017In the next video of our Neurovox series, we feature Kip Ludwig, PhD, Associate Director, Mayo Neural Engineering Laboratories. Kip runs a research lab in bioelectronic…
Inscopix in the News! Check Out Our Miniature Microscope Technology Feature
Inscopix | April 19, 2017Bloomberg visited Inscopix laboratories and made this fantastic video of our miniature microscope technology. Check out how our technology reads brain activity in real…
Seven Neuroscience Experts Give Career Advice
Jami L. Milton | April 18, 2017We asked seven neuroscience experts for their advice to anyone desiring to make their mark, either at the research bench or outside of academia. Much of what they said…
Neuroscientists Identify Brain Circuit Necessary for Memory Formation
Anne Trafton | April 10, 2017When we visit a friend or go to the beach, our brain stores a short-term memory of the experience in a part of the brain called the hippocampus. Those memories are later…
The Importance of Studying Neural Circuits for Understanding Psychiatric Disorders
Jami L. Milton | April 4, 2017In another segment of our Neurovox series, Vania Cao, PhD, interviews Amar Sahay, PhD, an Assistant Professor at Massachusetts General Hospital, Center of Regenerative…
Grant Submissions, Research, Publications...We Can Help.
Jacqueline DeRose | March 29, 2017After more than 15 years in academia, I recently crossed over to industry and joined Inscopix. Our company has the singular vision to accelerate fundamental discoveries…
Stanford Scientists Use Calcium Imaging to Study Pavlovian Conditioning in Neural Networks
Taylor Kubota | March 27, 2017In the decades following the work by physiologist Ivan Pavlov and his famous salivating dogs, scientists have discovered how molecules and cells in the brain learn to…
Birdsong, Calcium Imaging, and Progress in Neuroscience
Jami L. Milton | March 21, 2017Richard Mooney, the George Barth Geller Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University, and a leader in birdsong neuroscience sat down recently with our very own Vania Cao…
Parallel Neural Circuits Mediate Distinct Aspects of Fear Memory
Alice Stamatakis | March 8, 2017Fundamental aspects of learning and memory are well conserved among species and are necessary for survival. The hippocampus and amygdala are key regions of the brain…
Flashing Neurons as Science Art
Jami L. Milton | March 2, 2017Check out this great blog post by Dr. Francis Collins highlighting Caitlin Vander Weele's research in Kay M. Tye’s MIT lab using our miniature microscope to show how…