Centre de Neurosciences de Paris-Sud (Center of Neuroscience Paris-Sud University)

Title of COE

Title of PI Centre de Neurosciences de Paris-Sud (Center of Neuroscience Paris-Sud University)

Mission of COE
FOCUS 1 : Identification of cellular and synaptic changes linked to learning and to the functional characterisation of the role of signalling cascades, transcription factors, and the regulation of genes and proteins underlying different phases of plasticity and forms of memory. The research projects cover many different facets of plasticity and memory, ranging from synaptic mechanisms to neurogenesis or early learning in utero, complemented by the analysis of the cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory dysfunction associated with ageing, certain genetic diseases or Alzheimer’s disease.
FOCUS 2 : Memory processes: from normal to pathology: involvement of the limbo-cortico-striatal system in memory deficits resulting from brain lesions or from pathologies, such as Parkinson, Huntington or Alzheimer diseases, or retrieval alterations such as those associated with relapse in drug seeking behaviour and post traumatic stress disorder. The aim is to perform studies on memory disruption in human patients and in animal models of these memory pathologies by using conceptually similar memory tests in both species (Wisconcin Card Sorting Test, Stroop Test, free and cued recall, reaction time) and cerebral imagery techniques such as metabolic brain activity, gene transcription or unit recording.
Director

Title Professor
First name Serge
Last name Laroche

COE Principal Investigators

Title First name Last name
Professor Serge Laroche
Docteur Gisquet-Verrier Pascale

Address of institution where award is held

Institution CNRS, UMR 8195
Street Address
City Orsay
Postcode 91405

Country

  • France

    • Date that the CoE was established
    01-01-2011
    If it has specific relevance to a neurodegenerative disease please select up to three of the following

  • Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

    • Start date for current core award
    01-01-2011
    Duration of current core award (months)
    48
    Funding amount of current core award (Euro)
    0
    Website address
    http://www.cnps.u-psud.fr/

    Centre de Neurosciences de Paris-Sud (Center of Neuroscience Paris-Sud University)

     

     

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