Mutations in Shank3 are strongly associated with autism spectrum disorders and neural
circuit changes in several brain areas, but the cellular mechanisms that underlie these defects …

Mice are opportunistic omnivores that readily learn to hunt and eat insects such as crickets.
The details of how mice learn these behaviors and how these behaviors may differ in strains …

Long-term memory formation is known to be critically dependent upon de novo gene expression
in the brain. As a consequence, pharmacological enhancement of the transcriptional …

… This dissertation, directed and approved by Chelsea Groves Kuhnle’s Committee, has
been accepted and approved by the Faculty of Brandeis University in partial fulfillment of the …

Human prion disease is a fatal, currently untreatable neurodegenerative disease. Across
subtypes–which include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), fatal familial insomnia (FFI), and …

… We thank Daniel Tuller and Chelsea Groves Kuhnle for their assistance throughout the
research process, and Elizabeth Mullen, Alexander H. Jordan, Julia Tobias, and members of the …

… I also enjoyed the time spent with Derek Wise, Andrea Stacy, Chelsea Groves Kuhnle, Sarah
Richards and Marjena Popovic, for topics inside and outside science, which was always a …

Four studies demonstrated that increasing a desirable commodity's scarcity (ie, decreasing
its supply or increasing demand for it) can inhibit people from claiming the commodity for …

… We thank Elizabeth Mullen and Linda Skitka for helpful feedback on a previous draft, Emily
Zitek for statistical advice, and Chelsea Groves Kuhnle, Max Halvorson, and Benjamin Philips …

Prion disease is a fatal, incurable neurodegenerative disease caused by a conformational
change in the prion protein (PrP). Reducing brain PrP expression is a well-supported …