How key brain receptor works in hostile conditions May 9, 2018 A structural variation enables a key brain receptor to function in a hostile environment
Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse April 27, 2018 A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field
Detailed images of NMDA receptor show how zinc and a potential drug affect its function December 1, 2016 Drugs precisely targeting portions of the NMDA receptor may have applications in Alzheimer’s, depression and schizophrenia.
Innovative tools will shed clarifying light on inhibitory neurons September 21, 2016 Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory created a set of tools that combine genetic markers and virus particles to target GABA cell types.
Thinking about cognition with recent graduate Kristen Delevich April 8, 2015 Watson School graduate Kristen Delevich studies how different brain regions communicate with one another.
Scientists discover important communication mechanism between two brain areas implicated in schizophrenia April 7, 2015 Researchers discover an inhibitory connection between certain brain areas that can control the timing of information flow to the prefrontal cortex
Research sees overlap in altered genes found in schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disability April 28, 2014 New evidence supports theory that some cases of schizophrenia and autism have malfunctions in some of the same genes are contributing to pathology.
Scientists discover two proteins that control chandelier cell architecture January 16, 2014 Chandelier cells, a group of powerful inhibitory neurons, are important in epilepsy and schizophrenia
4 CSHL neuroscientists win NARSAD Young Investigator awards to study autism, schizophrenia August 14, 2013 Four early-career neuroscientists have been awarded prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator grants
One experiment: A journey to human biology’s final frontier, the brain December 1, 2012 Professor Partha Mitra and team work on the first brain circuit map of a mouse's brain to identify circuit alterations in neurological disorders.
CSHL’s sequencing power gets a fresh boost August 12, 2011 W. Richard McCombie discusses the evolution of genomic sequencing technology and the use of new third generation machines.
Neuroscientists gather on Long Island June 24, 2011 Several CSHL neuroscientists met to discuss innovative research in the field at a local symposium.
Collaboration column: SMA therapeutics and potential drug target for schizophrenia March 11, 2011 CSHL's Adrian Krainer works on treatment for spinal muscular atrophy that reverses the disease's symptoms.
CSHL-led team discovers rare mutation dramatically increasing schizophrenia risk October 26, 2009 Gene copy number variations of the same region, 16p11.2, are already linked to autism.
CSHL neuroscientists propose project to comprehensively map mammalian brain circuits March 31, 2009 A whole-brain circuit map would likely provide powerful insights about what goes wrong in autism, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders
