Ask a Caltech Expert: Neuroscience

Caltech brings together an interdisciplinary community of neuroscientists whose varied perspectives and expertise help expand understanding of the brain. Dive deeper into their specialties below.

"This is all made possible by being able to record, for the first time, from populations of neurons, which are the building blocks of the brain."

"Through work from many people over many years, we have learned so much about what causes neurodegenerative processes and resulting behavioral deficits, whether motor or cognitive or both. Recently, the picture has changed to where we can actually do something about it."

"The effects of nicotine, and the reasons people continue to smoke, depend on the fact that the drug acts on a group of receptors in various regions of the brain."

"Several genetic mechanisms and neural circuits have been identified that either promote wakefulness or promote sleep."