The CNCR focuses on the mechanistic understanding of gene function in the context of cognitive function.
We provide Neuroscience research training programs at Bachelor, Master, PhD and Postdoc levels
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Wiep Scheper talks about her research to Alzheimer’s in the latest podcast of Brainwave, listen to it here!
Douglas Wightman (PhD student CNCR-CTG) publishes his first results in Nature Genetics. The large scale genetic study resulted in the discovery of novel genes and biological mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease.
Michel van den Oever and Esther Visser were involved in a study on compulsive alcohol use led by Markus Heilig and Esi Domi at the Linköping University in Sweden. Using the viral-TRAP technique developed by the CNCR Memory Circuits team, they identified a small population of PKC-delta-expressing neurons in the central amygdala that drives footshock-punished alcohol intake. Their findings are published in Science Advances.