2017

In 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 associate two stimuli, like Pavlov’s bell and the resulting food. What they haven’t been able to study is how whole groups of neurons work together to form that

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 for an interview while he was attending our DECODE Summit as a DECODE awardee. You can read the full interview below, or watch a video snippet. VC: How

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 underlying learning and memory processes. While the hippocampus is crucial for memory formation, the amygdala is involved in emotional processing and assigns valence to salient stimuli. Importantly, these two

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 neuronal activity in the medial prefrontal cortex changes as a function of behavior in real-time! Caitlin was recently a winner in the Federation of American Societies for

“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 pathways.” – Richard Palmiter, PhD Watch Richard talk about the neural circuits underlying the experience of pain, and how his research group is dissecting pain circuits in the brain.

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 is!” His quip revealed some truth, in that it captured a major ongoing movement in neuroscience. So why are so many neuroscientists now pushing the boundaries to study

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-backed company that focuses on creating novel therapies for treating neurobehavioral and psychiatric diseases, ranging from Alzheimer’s to schizophrenia. Dr. Martin heads research and development, and has a long history

When I was a graduate student in the 1990’s, and brave enough to raise my hand after a seminar, I asked the founder of neurophilosophy Patricia Churchland, “If we could record from every synapse of the human brain, would that tell us how consciousness emerges?” At the time, this suggestion bordered on preposterous, but her

We proudly announce the inaugural video of a new interview series: “Neurovox: Conversations with the Neuroscience Community.” Leveraging our unique position at the intersection of neuroscience, industry and entrepreneurship, we take a great interest in connecting with and advocating for the neuroscience community. To support open science, we interview members of the neuroscience community, including

We have a special treat for you — two videos you can watch about Dr. Jonathan Whitlock’s research on action perception, action planning and action observation in the posterior parietal cortex. Dr. Whitlock is a part of the Inscopix community, and his lab uses our nVista large-scale calcium imaging system to look at action representation