Basic research focuses on association areas of the cerebral cortex, and in motor systems.
Research in neuroscience focuses on the organization of the prefrontal cortex in primates and its role in central executive functions. Research involves investigation of neural pathways between prefrontal cortices and structures associated with sensory, cognitive, mnemonic and emotional processes. Experimental approaches involve labeling of neural pathways, combined with histochemical, immunocytochemical and molecular approaches to characterize their neurochemistry and synaptology, and computational mapping analyses to understand the organization of complex networks. In addition it has an electrophysiology laboratory, fully equipped for intracellular and extracellular in vitro and in vivo recordings, as well as facilities for electromyographic and kinematic analyses of movements. For information on the Neuroscience Faculty in the Department of Health Sciences please click here .