Neurobiology Program
Our Stories
| Breaking into the autistic brain |
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 A prismatic research approach sheds light on the biology of autism spectrum disordersIn one laboratory, nerve cells in a plastic dish glow green and red under a microscope, revealing their shapes and the locations of specific molecules. In another laboratory, mice that have grown up in the dark... [click to read more] |
| Flying in the face of pain |
 Fruit flies aid in the hunt for human pain genesEver wonder why some people are less sensitive to pain than others? It's not simply that they're brave, and the rest of us are wimps... [click to read more] |
| Can drugs improve cognitive outcomes? |
 Clinical trials for genetic disorders linked to autism take aim at symptoms previously considered irreversibleSix-year-old Ryan is an expert chef. He especially likes cooking turkey in the toy microwave in the playroom of Boston Children's Hospital's Clinical and Translational Study Unit... [click to read more] |
| Proteins that rise and fall together |
 Proteomics and bioinformatics help identify elusive drug targetsToo much junk building up in your Inbox? Just like you might go through your thousands of messages and flag the ones to delete, your cells have a system for sorting through their thousands of proteins and marking the ones to trash... [click to read more] |
| Synapses: The cells behind the scenes |
 "Supporting" cells drive the formation of neural connectionsGlial cells are the Cinderellas of neuroscience. Although their beautiful variety and structural intricacy were noted over a century ago by Nobel laureate Ramon y Cajal, these abundant nervous system cells were until recently cast into the shadows... [click to read more] |
| TUBB3: Axons walk this way in the developing brain |
 A rare disorder sheds light on how our brains are wired upA gene whose mutation leads to droopy eyelids and restricted eye movement turns out to have a lot to do with how the nervous system as a whole establishes and maintains nerve connections. And it works in an unusual way... [visit the Genetics/Genomics site to read more] |
