David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Electric fields shared among neurons via “ephaptic coupling” provide the coordination necessary to assemble the engrams that represent remembered information.
Sihan Chen, a PhD student in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, studies the social and environmental factors that shape the development of languages.
David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Scientists find a protein common to flies and people is essential for supporting the structure of axons that neurons project to make circuit connections.