Research teams

The Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience is composed of 12 research teams including 5 emerging teams * which are devoted to studying the physiological and pathological processes of the nervous system and to developing the innovative techniques with which to investigate them.

	Team "Neurocytoskeleton Dynamics and Structure" Directors : Isabelle ARNAL and Annie ANDRIEUX The objective of the team “Neuro-cytoskeleton Dynamics and Structure” is to elucidate the mechanisms underlying cytoskeleton organisation in neuronal development and plasticity, and to understand how these mechanisms are deregulated in pathological conditions. Read more
	Team "Brain, Behavior and Neuromodulation" Director : Julien BASTIN Deciphering the circuits in our brain that underlie human decisions at the electrophysiological level, and utlimately repairing these circuits in neuropsychiatric illnesses. Read more
	Team "Translation regulation in normal and pathological conditions" * Manager : Stéphane BELIN Understanding how the translational complex and translation regulation can control key processes in neuroprotection and/or central nervous system regenerationResearch themesA major challenge in Biology is to understand how genes are expressed and regulated in space and time in order to ensure cell specificity, homeostasis and organism development. Read more
	Team "Neuropathologies and Synaptic Dysfunctions" Director : Alain BUISSON The team "Neuropathologies and synaptic dysfunctions" develops a project to characterize the molecular mechanisms underlying early Alzheimer's disease by focusing on the synapse which represents the first target of the disease. Read more
	Team "Physiopathology of Motivation" * Manager : Sébastien CARNICELLA The major aim of our group is to uncover the physiopathological mechanisms underlying the development of neuropsychiatric symptoms in neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD). Read more
	Team "Brain aging and repair" * Manager : Michael DECRESSAC Decipher the molecular signals governing neuronal senescence and Elucidate the pathogenic mechanisms underlying age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease. Read more
	Team "Wireless Neural Implants" * Manager : Clément HEBERT The team develops many kinds of neural implants with a main focus on wireless and battery-free concept for neural circuit reformation after an injury. Read more
	Team "Functional Neuroimaging and Brain Perfusion" Directors : Benjamin LEMASSON and Thomas CHRISTEN Our multidisciplinary team works on the development of innovative techniques for acquisition and analysis for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (MRI and MRS) and on their preclinical and clinical evaluation in neurosciences. Read more
	Team CMyPath – "Cellular Myology and Pathologies" Director : Isabelle MARTY The team "Cellular Myology and Pathologies" gathers basic scientists, geneticists and clinicians, working on muscle pathologies related to defect in muscle calcium release. Read more
	Team "Central nervous system: From development to repair" * Manager : Homaira NAWABI The aim of the team “Central nervous system: from development to repair” is to uncover the mechanisms underlying axon regeneration and guidance in the central nervous system (CNS) by using the eye as a window to the brain and spinal cord. Read more
	Team "Intracellular Dynamics and Neurodegeneration" Director : Frédéric SAUDOU Our aim is to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which the huntingtin protein (whose mutation is at the origin of Huntington's disease) is involved in the control of intracellular dynamics, and how these dynamics are disrupted in pathological situations, in order to propose new therapeutic approaches. Read more
	Team "Neurotechnology and Network Dynamics" Director : Blaise YVERT In progress... Read more