National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIMH
Perceptual decision-making involves multiple cognitive components and diverse brain regions. To perform a perceptual decision, an individual must process an incoming sensory percept, retain this [...]
Fifteen MIT scientists receive NIH BRAIN Initiative grants
Ian Wickersham and co-PIs Robert Desimone (McGovern Institute, MIT), Li-Huei Tsai (Picower Institute, MIT), and Kay Tye (Picower Institute, MIT) have been awarded an NIH BRAIN Initiative grant. [...]
National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIMH, NEI
This project consists of engineering a system for causing expression of optogenetic molecules selectively within targeted neuron populations in wild-type (i.e., not genetically modified) animals [...]