Brain receptor pulls open electrical gate like a puppet master 6/30/2020 When stimulated by a neurotransmitter or drug, the NMDA receptor pulls open an ion gate that allows ions to flow. Read the story »
How chandelier cells light up the brain 6/18/2020 Until now, chandelier cells were largely enigmatic, but new technology makes them accessible to researchers. Read the story »
Interview with a neuroscientist 5/31/2019 CSHL Professor Bo Li’s lab studies the biology behind mental disorders. Learn more about how Li’s work is changing the way we think about mental health. Read the story »
How key brain receptor works in hostile conditions 5/9/2018 A structural variation enables a key brain receptor to function in a hostile environment Read the story »
Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse 4/27/2018 A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field Read the story »
Detailed images of NMDA receptor show how zinc and a potential drug affect its function 12/1/2016 Drugs precisely targeting portions of the NMDA receptor may have applications in Alzheimer’s, depression and schizophrenia. Read the story »
Innovative tools will shed clarifying light on inhibitory neurons 9/21/2016 Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory created a set of tools that combine genetic markers and virus particles to target GABA cell types. Read the story »
Thinking about cognition with recent graduate Kristen Delevich 4/8/2015 Watson School graduate Kristen Delevich studies how different brain regions communicate with one another. Read the story »
Scientists discover important communication mechanism between two brain areas implicated in schizophrenia 4/7/2015 Researchers discover an inhibitory connection between certain brain areas that can control the timing of information flow to the prefrontal cortex Read the story »
Research sees overlap in altered genes found in schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disability 4/28/2014 New evidence supports theory that some cases of schizophrenia and autism have malfunctions in some of the same genes are contributing to pathology. Read the story »
Scientists discover two proteins that control chandelier cell architecture 1/16/2014 Chandelier cells, a group of powerful inhibitory neurons, are important in epilepsy and schizophrenia Read the story »
4 CSHL neuroscientists win NARSAD Young Investigator awards to study autism, schizophrenia 8/14/2013 Four early-career neuroscientists have been awarded prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator grants Read the story »
One experiment: A journey to human biology’s final frontier, the brain 12/1/2012 Professor Partha Mitra and team work on the first brain circuit map of a mouse's brain to identify circuit alterations in neurological disorders. Read the story »
CSHL’s sequencing power gets a fresh boost 8/12/2011 W. Richard McCombie discusses the evolution of genomic sequencing technology and the use of new third generation machines. Read the story »