Understanding communication in brain networks

The brain is a massively interconnected system and the mechanisms supporting information routing are not yet well known. In the lab we are focused on understanding communication in brain networks.

We use and develop state-of-the-art MRI tools to investigate the transformations that occur from the microscopic to the macroscopic organizational levels when a new memory is formed or a pathological process develops.

We investigate how modifications in synaptic activity, as those occurring during everyday life experience or those related to the consumption of drugs of abuse, shape the functional structure of the brain.