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Scientist Profile – Professor Mark Howe
The Howe Lab studies how neural circuits motivate and direct actions to reach desired goals, and they have developed optical tools that allow them to study activity in a large structure located deep in the brain—called the striatum—which plays a critical role in such processes... More
Scientist Profile – Professor Steve Ramirez
The Ramirez Group, led by Professor Steve Ramirez, investigates how we process and retrieve memories as well as how those memories might be artificially modulated to treat mental health disorders... More
Scientist Profile – Professor Rachel Denison
The Denison Lab studies visual perception, attention, and decision-making—with a focus on temporal dynamics—to understand how the human brain generates our ongoing perceptual experience. More
Kilachand Community Research Photo Contest 2024
PhD student Quan Do, while working at the Hasselmo Lab at the Rajen Kilachand Center, carefully inserted a fiber optic cannula into the brain of a rat to provide laser stimulation to a precise neural region. More
Center for Systems Neuroscience Distinguished Fellows Application Opens for 2024
Scientist Profile – Professor Matthias Stangl
The Stangl Lab studies the neural basis of human cognition and behavior using a variety of neuroimaging techniques, several of which his team has pioneered. More
Scientist Profile – Professor Swathi Kiran
The Center for Brain Recovery is Boston University’s new research hub dedicated to enhancing diagnosis and improving treatments for people with neurological disorders including stroke, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. More
Meg Younger named 2024 Sloan Research Fellow
CSN and NPC researcher Meg Younger was named a 2024 Sloan Research Fellow in neuroscience for her ongoing work studying olfaction in mosquitoes... More
Molecular Basis of Cognition Funding Awarded to 7 Research Teams
CSN researchers Michael Economo and Ben Scott for being among the 17 researchers to receive awards from the RCSA Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition initiative More
Memory, Brain Function, and Behavior: Exploring the Intricate Connection Through Fear Memories
In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, Steve Ramirez (Center for Systems Neuroscience) and colleagues uncover connections between fear memories, brain function, and behavior... More