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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.

Was it better or worse than you expected? Your basal ganglia know – so you can act accordingly

September 21, 2016

Researchers have uncovered a neural circuit that processes evaluations and have succeeded in identifying its sources.

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.

Our brain uses statistics to calculate confidence, make decisions

May 4, 2016

The brain produces feelings of confidence that inform decisions the same way statistics pulls patterns out of noisy data.

First structural views of the NMDA receptor in action will aid drug development

May 2, 2016

Structural biologists obtained snapshots of the activation of an important type of brain-cell receptor.

CSHL scientists Bo Li and Je Lee win HFSP Research Grant awards

April 12, 2016

Associate Professor Bo Li and Assistant Professor Je Lee, are among 25 teams that have won Human Frontier Science Program Research Program Grants

Discovery of a new X-linked intellectual disability syndrome is aided by web communication tools

December 3, 2015

A geneticist uses social media and online tools to help confirm, document and describe in precise clinical detail a new genetic syndrome in young

Surprised? Cholinergic neurons send brain-wide broadcasts enabling us to learn from the unexpected

August 25, 2015

Researchers find dedicated neurons that rapidly informing multiple subregions in the brain of any surprising rewards or punishments.

Drs. Kepecs and Li honored with 2015 NARSAD Independent Investigator grant awards

May 12, 2015

Dr. Kepecs and Dr. Li received two-year grants to fund their important research.

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

A new brain circuit that controls fear is identified

January 19, 2015

Researchers discover a pathway in that mouse brain that regulates fear memory and behavior

Imaging method linking brainwide cell activation & behavior shows what it means for mice to have sex in mind

January 5, 2015

Automated method detects activity of neurons during specific behaviors, brainwide, at cellular resolution

Neuronal circuits filter out distractions in the brain

December 15, 2014

Scientists identify a neural pathway that controls attention, with implications for psychiatric disorders

4 CSHL scientists will contribute to President’s BRAIN Initiative under new NIH grants

September 30, 2014

Four scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) will perform research in President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative under two new CSHL grants

A shift in the code: New method reveals hidden genetic landscape

August 18, 2014

Scientists develop algorithm to uncover genomic insertions and deletions involved in autism, OCD

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