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October 24, 2024
New research in mice from Pascal Kaeser, Nao Uchida, and colleagues, first authors Xintong Cai and Changliang Liuexplains why levodopa, a drug commonly used to treat Parkinson's Disease, works to alleviate some symptoms but not others.
Original article in: Nature >
July 3, 2024
Scientists create realistic virtual rodent with digital neural network to study how the brain controls complex, coordinated movement.
Original article in: Nature >
March 9, 2022
Jenny Lu and colleagues in Rachel Wilson’s lab share new work on a neural circuit in the fly that transforms velocity from body-centric to world-centric reference frames. This work reveals how vector computations can be performed in the brain.
Original article in: Nature >
February 25, 2022
Allison E. Hamilos from the lab of John Assad shares new insights into the role of dopaminergic signaling in modulating the moment-to-moment probability of planned movement.
Original article in: eLife >
February 24, 2022
Harvard Gazette article on a recent panel sponsored by the Harvard Mind Brain Behavior Initiative featuring Kirk R. Daffner, Daniel L. Schacter, and Susanna C. Siegel using the plot of the film Memento to discuss memory, amnesia, and personality.
Original article in: eLife >
September 14, 2021
Harvard Gazette Q+A with Michael Pollan on his new book investigating how opium, caffeine, and mescaline affect the mind.
Original article in: eLife >
September 14, 2021
Boston Children's Hospital Answers article on new research from the labs of Basil Darras and colleagues showing that the oral drug Risdiplam improves motor function in infants, including the ability to sit unassisted for a period of time. They were also more likely than the controls to achieve motor milestones and lived longer than would be expected.
Original article in: New England Journal of Medicine >
August 11, 2021
Round up of awards and honors earned by the HBI community.
Original article in: New England Journal of Medicine >
August 11, 2021
Harvard Gazette article on new research from the lab of Paul Shamble, first author Massimo De Agrò, demonstrating that jumping spiders can distinguish between animate and inanimate objects — an ability previously detected only in humans and other vertebrates.
Original article in: PLOS Biology >
March 24, 2021
Jesse Marshall (Olveczky Lab) shares research on a new technique they developed, CAPTURE, that allowed them to continuously track the position of the head, trunk, and limbs of freely behaving rats over days and weeks. CAPTURE provides an unprecedentedly detailed portrait of rat behavior, and opens the door to new advances in understanding the mathematical structure of natural behavior, the behavioral effects of drugs and disease, and the relationship between movement and the brain.
Original article in: Neuron >