https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(24)01513-4

Emotional words evoke brain patterns

"…More broadly, these data support the notion that the ancient systems that evolved to keep us alive by assessing positive and negative stimuli in the environment may extend to the processing of words—which are arguably equally critical to human survival…the dynamic orchestration of the #neurochemical signaling that underlies uniquely human abilities and point to a potentially more nuanced picture of #neuromodulator function…"

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"Structural and neurophysiological alterations in Parkinson's disease are aligned with cortical neurochemical systems"
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.04.23288137v1

#Neuroscience #Multimodal #Neuroimaging #MEG #Neurochemical #Parkinsons

Incredible work, as always!

New #introduction for neuromatch.social 🙂​

My group investigates and defines cell types and neural circuits of the #thalamus, #hippocampus, and #cortex that contribute to spatial #memory processes.
These processes break down in #Alzheimer's disease. To understand the causes/triggers of #neurodegeneration, we study early-stage #Tau #pathology in the human #brain and in mouse models.

I previously defined various types of retinal ganglion cells using ex vivo #patchclamp recordings during my PhD in #Basel, before moving to #Oxford to work on #GABAergic #neurons of the #hippocampus, followed by the #medialseptum. My favourite technique is in vivo #extracellular recordings and #juxtacellular labelling as it enables identification of single #cells based on their firing patterns, #axon terminal distribution, and #neurochemical profile.

As an #experimentalist, my expertise is primarily in vivo #neurophysiology and #neuroanatomy. I am also interested in #consciousness, the origins of #memory, and regulation of #neuronal activity and #behaviour by #neuropeptides.