events, seminars
November 5th, 2021 – Brice Bathellier (Institut de l’Audition, Paris) – Distinctive computational features of a sensory cortex and their role in perception
The cortex is modern invention of the mammalian brain and a major focus of modern neuroscience. Yet, its role in important functions such as sensory perception has been challenged by numerous cortical inactivation experiments resulting in a lack of effect… Continue reading
events, seminars
October 29th, 2021 – Daniel Schulz (Neuro-PSI, Paris-Saclay University ) – Studying tactile feature encoding in the somatosensory cortex for optimizing a closed-loop brain-machine interface in mice
Tactile information is acquired and processed in the brain through concerted interactions between movement and sensation. We study neuronal processes responsible for the coding of sensorimotor information in the barrel cortex of rodents by using a comprehensive approach including electrophysiological,… Continue reading
events, INC Meetings
October 21, 2021 – INC Day 2021 – The Brain in Action
This year the INC DAY will focus on the observation of the brain as it performs real tasks. Mickael Tanter (Physics for Medicine, Paris) will give the keynote lecture , that will followed by presentations of nine other French or… Continue reading
events, seminars
October 22nd, 2021 – Anita Lüthi (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) – When the locus coeruleus speaks up in sleep: advancing the neurobiology of sensory vigilance
There is no doubt that sleep is quite the opposite of wakefulness. Behaviorally, meaningful interactions with the environment are suppressed; neurobiologically, wake-promoting brain areas are silent. However, since decades we know that at least some wake-promoting areas continue to discharge action potentials… Continue reading
events, seminars
October 15th, 2021 – German Sumbre (ENS, Paris) – Principles of functional circuit connectivity: Insights from the zebrafish optic tectum
Spontaneous neuronal activity in sensory brain regions is spatiotemporally structured, suggesting that this ongoing activity may have a functional role. Nevertheless, the neuronal interactions underlying these spontaneous activity patterns, and their biological relevance, remain elusive. We addressed these questions using… Continue reading
events, seminars
October 8th, 2021 – Laurent Venance (Collège de France, Paris) – Striatal synaptic plasticity and procedural learning
Our main interest is how neural networks of the brain support its cognitive capacities. We are focusing on the procedural learning, i.e. the acquisition of skills through repeated performance and practice of a behavior in response to external cues. Cortex/thamus-basal… Continue reading
events, seminars
October 1st, 2021 – Alberto Bacci (ICM, Paris) – Connectivity and plasticity of neocortical basket cells
In the neocortex, perisomatic inhibition onto principal pyramidal neurons (PNs) determines the dynamic range of pyramidal neuron responses during sensory processing and drive several forms of network oscillations, believed to be the network correlate of several cognitive functions. The inhibitory… Continue reading
events, seminars
September 24, 2021 – Séverine Boillée (ICM, Paris) – Modifying macrophages at the periphery has the capacity to modify microglial reactivity and to extend ALS mouse survival
Microglia, the macrophage of the CNS and peripheral macrophages, combined, have been implicated in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease, but without discriminating their respective roles. Since we have shown that microglial cells participated to… Continue reading
facts
New teams join the INC!
We are glad to inform you that several labs have recently joined us:
LAPSYDé (UMR CNRS 8240; Director: Grégoire Borst)
Regulation of glycemia by the central nervous system(REGLYS) headed by Christophe Magnan (UMR CNRS 8251, Biologie fonctionnelle et adaptative, BFA)… Continue reading
grants, opportunities
Two Open Mind internship grants awarded in 2021
The INC has attributed two second year Masters student grants in 2021.
The first laureate is Solène Moreau, whose project Development of a model of peripheral myelination by compartmentalized co-culture of neuron and Scwann cell on a thermoplastic chip… Continue reading