[Source: Spectrum | Nicholette Zeliadt, March 29, 2018] Deleting one copy of a gene called MVP, or major vault […]
[Source: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, March 20, 2018] Study IDs important role for specific gene in 16p11.2 deletion […]
[Source: MIT News, David Orenstein | Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, February 12, 2018] With a new grant, a Picower […]
Rajeev has successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations to him on a job well done!
[Source: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, October 16, 2015] Taking advantage of genetic heterogeneity in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders could […]
Deletion of the 500KB 16p11.2 region has been discovered as a major risk factor for autism spectrum disorder. Our laboratory […]
Rett Syndrome (RTT) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder and the leading known genetic cause of autism in girls. Mutations in […]
Our laboratory has revealed novel and critical roles for astrocytes in brain function. By two-photon imaging of neurons and astrocytes […]
Inhibitory interneurons of the visual cortex powerfully shape the responses of their target cells. As our knowledge of cortical inhibitory […]
We use several model systems to study developmental plasticity in the cortex and its mechanisms. The first, which we pioneered, […]