A postdoctoral researcher in Marcos Frank's lab, she discusses her work examining astroglial biology in sleep and sleep homeostasis.
Sushmitha Gururaj | September 29, 2020Recent breakthroughs in optical-based imaging in nonhuman primates promise to fundamentally advance our understanding of brain…
Jonathan Nassi and Eric Trautmann | June 17, 2021
Since this is my first blog post, I think a brief introduction is in order! I am currently the Director of Translational Science…
Jonathan Nassi | April 28, 2020
Believe it or not, this post was on our editorial calendar way back in January, and not even in our wildest imagination had we…
Sushmitha Gururaj | March 31, 2020
We're two months into 2020 and our beloved circuit neuroscience community has already served up so many treats that we're…
Sushmitha Gururaj | March 2, 2020
Birdsong, Calcium Imaging, and Progress in Neuroscience
Richard 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…
Jami L. Milton | March 21, 2017
Parallel Neural Circuits Mediate Distinct Aspects of Fear Memory
Fundamental 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…
Alice Stamatakis | March 8, 2017
Flashing Neurons as Science Art
Check 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…
Jami L. Milton | March 2, 2017Dissecting Neural Circuits of Pain Perception
“Fifty years ago, biologists were putting together metabolic pathways. That’s what we’re doing now basically with neural circuits. We’re putting together neural circuit…
Jami L. Milton | February 27, 2017Top Five Reasons to Map Neural Circuits
Recently, we asked a renowned professor in neurobiology, “Why do you feel neural circuits are important to study?” Quick with an answer, he said, “Because everyone else…
Jami L. Milton | February 24, 2017
Bill Martin: The Promise for Neurobehavioral Therapies
The second video in our Neurovox series is an interview with Bill Martin, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Head of R&D at BlackThorn Therapeutics, a venture-…
Jami L. Milton | February 14, 2017