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Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences. Investigate biophysical, molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity under normal and pathological conditions-link between gene function and brain disorders-crucial step in the development of novel efficient therapies.
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Cellular and Molecular Neurosciences Investigate biophysical, molecular and cellular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity under normal and pathological conditions-link between gene function and brain disorders-crucial step in the development of novel efficient therapies. Faculties:YoavGothilf, IlanaLotan, Pablo Blinder, Nathan Dascal, Moshe Rehavi, Uri Ashery, IzhakMichaelevski, Inna Slutsky, Ari Barzilai, Bernard Attali Research Techniques: Electrophysiology, Slice recording, Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), multi-photon imaging, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), Molecular genetics and Biochemistry, Proteomics, Mass-Spectrometry, Model simulation, Immunohistochemistry, MRI, Behavioral tests
YoavGothilf The circadian clock system: underlying molecular mechanisms, functional development and light entrainment. Hypothalamic control of sexual maturation and reproduction. Zebrafish as a model to study Alzheimer's disease
IlanaLotan voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels in transmitter and hormone release
Pablo Blinder physiology and structure of the neurovascular interface under normal and pathological conditions
Nathan Dascal Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction by neurotransmitters in neurons, and their relation to cell function and to human disease
Moshe Rehavi molecular mechanisms of drugs for neuropsychiatric disorders
The synaptic vesicle cycle Uri Ashery molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity under normal conditions, during neurodegenerative diseases and in aging
IzhakMichaelevski Molecular and Functional Neurobiology of Mechanisms of the Episodic Memory and its impairment
Inna Slutsky Regulation of Hippocampal Plasticity: From Single Synapse Dynamics to Alzheimer’s Disease
Ari Barzilai Effects of mal-functioning DNA damage response on neuro-glio-vascular units in brain diseases. Molecular mechanisms of optic nerve degeneration and regeneration
Bernard Attali Structure, biophysics and physiology of normal and diseased potassium channels in the brain and heart Epilepsy