Troy Littleton
American neuroscientist, born 1967 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
J. Troy Littleton (born March 19, 1967) is an American neuroscientist and Menicon Professor of Neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He is also the co-director of MIT's Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Graduate Program.[1]
Littleton is affiliated with The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT. He is known for his research on synaptic function and its role in neurological disorders, utilizing the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model organism.[2]