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Seminar: Guoping Feng: "TRN Dysfunction in Neurodevelopment Disorders"

The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), the major source of thalamic inhibition, is known to regulate thalamocortical interactions critical for sensory processing, attention and cognition.

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Nine MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2020

July 7, 2020

Nine MIT School of Science professors receive tenure for 2020

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School of Science

Beginning July 1, nine faculty members in the MIT School of Science have been granted tenure by MIT.

Universal musical harmony

July 1, 2020

Universal musical harmony

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Sabbi Lall | McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Many forms of Western music make use of harmony, or the sound created by certain pairs of notes.

How worms move: Dopamine helps nematodes coordinate motor behaviors

June 30, 2020

How worms move: Dopamine helps nematodes coordinate motor behaviors

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David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

For a nematode worm, a big lawn of the bacteria that it eats is a great place for it to disperse its eggs so that each hatchling can emerge into a nutritive environment.

Producing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand

June 29, 2020

Producing a gaseous messenger molecule inside the body, on demand

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David L. Chandler | MIT News Office

Nitric oxide is an important signaling molecule in the body, with a role in building nervous system connections that contribute to learning and memory.