Affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus
Abstract
We are investigating the neural circuits that give rise to hunger by mapping and manipulating neural circuits of starvation-sensitive neurons in the mouse. These neurons and their circuits provide insight into the motivational mechanisms that underlie basic survival needs.
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Affiliation:
Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Other: Massachusetts Mental Health Center
Research Interests:
Quantifying mental events and correlating them with quantified brain events, with special reference to waking, sleeping and dreaming.