Synaptic Physiology

Our group studies the properties of the receptors that form the excitatory synapses and that make possible the transmission of information in the…

Ocular Neurobiology

to study the double role of sensory neurons innervating the ocular surface, responsible for the genesis of sensations evoked by stimulation of ocular…

Visual Neuroscience

We, like many other mammals, are essentially visual animals. Thus the visual system of our brains must achieve a daunting task: it creates, in real…

Plasticity of brain networks

Our laboratory is interested in brain mechanisms supporting global integration of information and its storage into enduring memories. Research over…

COORDINATING CELL CYCLE AND ASYMMETRIC DIVISION IN THE TRANSITION OF PRENEUROGENIC TO NEUROGENIC PROGENITORS BY MNB/DYRK1A, A DOWN SYNDROME AND MICROCEPHALY ASSOCIATED GENE

IDENTIFICATION OF THE RELEASE MACHINERY OF ENDOGENOUS OXYTOCIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF MEMORY FORMATION AND OTHER ENDURING BEHAVIORAL CHANGES

THE ROLE OF THE CALLOSAL CONNECTION MEDIATING THE INTERHEMISPHERIC COMMUNICATION OF THE BARREL CORTEX

ROLE OF THALAMOCORTICAL INPUT IN SENSORY CORTICAL MAPS DEVELOPMENT

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION IN DEVELOPMENT AND TUMORIGENESIS