The human brain is a highly organized structure containing myriad axon tracts that follow precise pathways and make predictable connections, yet only a handful of human disorders clearly resulting from errors in axon growth and guidance have been...
As we age, our brains lose neurons, which cannot be replenished. When neuronal loss reaches above certain threshold, people develop devastating symptoms, such as dementia for Alzheimer's and movement disability for Parkinson's. There is no disease...
Mammalian Circadian Clocks
Circadian clocks are molecular oscillators with ~24-hour periods that drive daily biological rhythms. Such clocks are found in all of the major branches of life, and they likely represent ancient timekeeping systems important...
Vik Khurana M.D. Ph.D. is the inaugural incumbent of the Tracy T. Batchelor Endowed Chair in Neurology at MassGeneral Brigham, Chief of the Movement Disorders Division at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Associate Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical...
Our interactions with the outside world trigger changes that are critical for proper brain development and higher cognitive function. The Greenberg laboratory has a long-standing interest in the ways in which experience-driven neural activity shapes the...
Dr. Michael Levy, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Neurology who was recently recruited to lead the research unit in the new Division of Neuroimmunology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His mission is to build a combined clinical and research...