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REMOVING AN ENDOGENOUS PROTOTOXIN RESTORES VISION

(L to R) Hirofumi Morishita and Takao K. Hensch Much of our behavior reflects the neural circuits sculpted by experience during early developmental critical periods. Such heightened brain…

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GABA NEURONS TURN A BLIND EYE

Takao Hensch A new study, published in this week's Nature, that helps tease apart the role of single cells in the neural circuit controlling vision is helping researchers…

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TRIGGER FOR BRAIN PLASTICITY IDENTIFIED

(L to R) Sayaka Sugiyama and Takao Hensch Researchers have long sought a factor that can trigger the brain’s ability to learn – and perhaps recapture the “sponge-like”…

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TAKAO HENSCH: LINKING NEUROSCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Takao Hensch Takao Hensch thinks of himself as a bridge-builder, and since his work spans continents, languages, and schools on the Harvard campus, it’s easy to see why.…

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