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Simons Center for the Social Brain at MIT
43 Vassar St. Cambridge, MA
Joined August 2013
#RettSyndrome study finds mechanisms underlying its visual deficits https://t.co/VAv7gZPdqZ via @sharethis #thankyou @SimonsCenterMIT
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Today at 4 PM: Francesca Happé, Ph.D. presents ‘Theory of mind’ and Autism: 30 years on. SCSB Colloquium, 46-3002.
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Rudolf Jaenisch on growing human cells in mice. Such chimeras 'help us assess possible therapies' for human disease:
thetransmitter.org
Despite ethical concerns, watching how human neurons develop in the mouse brain could help scientists understand conditions such as autism.
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Kathryn Harris, @JTroyLittleton show Shank role in synapse maturation, link to Wnt: https://t.co/7S0LmJFRiX,
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MIT neuroscientists have found that loss of the autism-linked Shank gene prevents brain synapses from maturing, in a study of fruit flies.
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TODAY at 4PM: SCSB Colloquium with David G. Amaral, PhD: The Pursuit of Neurophenotypes in Autism Spectrum Disorder:
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TODAY at 4PM: SCSB Colloquium with Maiken Nedergaard, PhD: Ionostatic control of the sleep-wake cycle:
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New @NatureNeuro review from B. Barak and G. Feng connects neurobiology, behavior in autism and Williams syndrome:
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TODAY @ 4pm: SCSB Colloquium with Dr. Nenad Sestan: Development and Evolution of Neocortical Projection Systems:
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The Tye lab's Gillian Matthews has found neurons that motivate increased sociability following periods of isolation:
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MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain region that represents feelings of loneliness or distress after being deprived of contact with others. The research may help scientists better understand...
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Feng lab reverses some behavioral phenotypes, induces neuroplasticity in striatum of adult Shank3 model mice:
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UCSF's Stephan Sanders presents 'From genes to etiology in autism.' SCSB Colloquium, tomorrow at 4PM in 46-3002
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Catherine Lord speaks on Early Regression and Worsening in ASDs at the SCSB Colloquium, today at 4 PM in 46-3002:
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Ted Abel: Deficits in reward learning in mouse models of autism. SCSB Colloquium 4PM Wednesday, 1/20/16 in 46-3002:
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Watch Ben Neale's Nov. 18 SCSB Colloquium talk 'Genetic influences on ASD across the frequency spectrum' at https://t.co/67pu10Jqz0
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Today at 4PM: Harvard/MGH's Randy Buckner discusses retiring the 'Average Brain' in favor of individual phenotyping.
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.@SimonsCenterMIT Colloquium Series: Randy Buckner on recent efforts for phenotyping in individuals. Weds 12/2, 4pm.
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SCSB Colloquium today feat. Ben Neale, PhD: Genetic influences on ASD across the frequency spectrum. 4PM in 46-3002.
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