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Neurobiology
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general
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https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/neurobiology/
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https://biology.mit.edu/
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2026-03-09T04:16:56+00:00
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Neurobiology

Source: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/neurobiology/ Parent: https://biology.mit.edu/

synapse formation, maintenance, and pruning • learning and memory • behavior • neuronal cell fate and diversity • axonal guidance • diseases of the nervous system

Faculty

H. Robert Horvitz

Siniša Hrvatin

Rudolf Jaenisch

Troy Littleton

Elly Nedivi

Sara Prescott

Zuri Sullivan

Susumu Tonegawa

Brandon (Brady) Weissbourd

Matthew A. Wilson

Faculty Spotlight

Elly Nedivi

William R. (1964) and Linda R. Young Professor of Neuroscience

Elly Nedivi studies the mechanisms underlying brain circuit plasticity — characterizing the genes and proteins involved, as well as visualizing synaptic and neuronal remodeling in the living mouse brain.