Authors Michael Fox (left) and Josh Sanes The synapse is the heart of the nervous system, the site at which information is processed and passed between cells. Proper…
First-author Florence Bareyre A tragic truth is that the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) has very limited ability to regenerate following injury. There is intense interest in trying…
Development paper MCB authors Josh Sanes and Michael Fox The synapse is the heart of the nervous system, the site at which information is processed and passed between…
A recent study by Kishi et al. shows how research programs can take unexpected directions. The authors wanted to study how small parts of neuronal processes become specialized…
Joshua R. Sanes, Director for Harvard's Center for Brain Science In 1967, Harvard University Press published The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees, Karl von Frisch’s landmark account…
Neurons analyze and transmit information in the brain. Information is transferred from one neuron to another through the functional contact sites called synapses. When a neuron is activated,…
Josh Sanes Jeff Lichtman GALLERY(click on image to see large version) The synapse is where the magic happens. Information zaps across the synapse from one neuron to the…