Richard Tsien

Professor
New York University

Richard Tsien is professor of neuroscience and director of the Neuroscience Institute at the New York University School of Medicine.

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Spectrum

By Ann Griswold

22 March 2016

6 min read

Autism may stem from faulty feedback loops in the brain, like an air conditioning system gone awry.

Spectrum

By Ann Griswold

22 March 2016 | 6 min read

By Natalia Mesa

2 April 2026

5 min read

The sphinx, with a worm’s brain and a fly’s body, illustrates the potential pitfalls of using deep-learning techniques to model biological processes.

Systems neuroscience

The sphinx, with a worm’s brain and a fly’s body, illustrates the potential pitfalls of using deep-learning techniques to model biological processes.

By Natalia Mesa

2 April 2026 | 5 min read

Spectrum

By The Transmitter

2 April 2026

2 min read

These glial cells are increasingly linked to neurodevelopmental conditions and the regulation of social behaviors and anxiety.

Spectrum

These glial cells are increasingly linked to neurodevelopmental conditions and the regulation of social behaviors and anxiety.

By The Transmitter

2 April 2026 | 2 min read

By Helena Kudiabor

1 April 2026

5 min read

Catherine Carr explains her discovery that geckos retain a vibration-sensing pathway previously thought to be lost when animals moved onto land.

Neuro’s ark

Catherine Carr explains her discovery that geckos retain a vibration-sensing pathway previously thought to be lost when animals moved onto land.

By Helena Kudiabor

1 April 2026 | 5 min read