I joined the PhD program in the Neurobiology and Anatomy Department at Drexel University College of Medicine in Dr. Wen-Jun Gao's Laboratory in 2014. Dr. Gao's laboratory focuses on understanding the ...

Vision shapes behavior, and a new study by MIT neuroscientists finds behavior and internal states shape vision. The research, published in Neuron, finds in mice that, via specific circuits, the ...

Researchers have investigated the impact of 10-min very light exercise on pupil size and prefrontal function. Their findings provide the first evidence that changes in pupil size during exercise can ...

A new MIT study illustrates how areas within the brain’s executive control center tailor their messages in specific circuits with other brain regions to influence them with information about behavior ...

Doctors may not be able to identify damages to the prefrontal cortex at first sight, and the outcomes for the patient can be everlasting. As one of our most important organs, the brain oversees vital ...