Labs¶
IIT - Gozzi Lab¶
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy
The laboratory uses advanced tools like functional imaging, functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI), optogenetics, chemogenetics, electrophysiology and behavioral paradigms to map and manipulate brain network activity in the mouse. Crucially, the use of non-invasive functional imaging methods like fMRI enable us to translate findings across species. Supported by two back-to-back European Research Council (ERC) grants, the work seeks to understand the fundamental principles governing brain network activity, and its role in developmental disorders like autism.
Tags: Behavior, Chemogenetic, Functional Connectivity, Mouse, Optogenetic, ePhys, fMRI, fUSI
Links: Website
INSERM - Lenkei Lab¶
INSERM, Paris, France
The team’s previous projects were mainly focused on deciphering the closely intertwined relationship between cannabinoid receptor activation and sub-neuronal targeting, using quantitative in vitro imaging approaches of neurons. In recent years, the lab became increasingly interested in understanding cannabinoid-mediated regulation of neuronal structure. Current projects are targeted at developing and using new tools to better understand, at multiple spatio-temporal scales, the role of the highly dynamic actomyosin cytoskeleton in neuronal function and neuropsychiatric pathogenesis. Ultrafast functional Ultrasound (fUS) imaging has also revealed itself as highly adapted to access nervous system function through imaging the neurovascular coupling, so an important part of current efforts is focused on further developing this powerful tool.
Tags: Functional Connectivity, Mouse, fUSI, pharmacology
Links: Website