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Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
FRAXA Research Foundation
Freedom Together Foundation
National Institutes of Health (NEI)
National Institutes of Health (NIMH)
Picower Institute Innovation Fund
Research to Prevent Blindness
The Simons Foundation

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge MA 02139-4307

ABOUT

We seek to address the following
questions:

How do sensory experience and
deprivation modify synaptic connections
in the brain?

Can we apply this knowledge to develop
novel treatments for brain diseases?

CURRENT RESEARCH

Pathophysiology and correction of
amblyopia, a prevalent form of visual
impairment

The synaptic substrates of visual
recognition memory

The pathophysiology and correction of
fragile X syndrome and other causes of
autism

CONTACT

Bear Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
43 Vassar Street, 46-3301
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.324.7003

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