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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.

Richard Andersen: How Do Brain–Machine Interfaces Work?

"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."

Viviana Gradinaru: How Do Neurodegenerative Diseases Happen and What Treatments Are Emerging?

"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."

Henry Lester: What Are the Effects of Nicotine Addiction on the Brain?

"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."

David Prober: What Happens in the Brain While We Sleep?

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

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