NCCR-Synapsy

The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases

Biaggi de Blasys 2016 Award to Sebastiano Bariselli

The Biaggi de Blasys Award for the best thesis in neuroscience in 2016 went to two LNDS alumni: Dr. Sebastiano BARISELLI (right) for his thesis “SHANK3 CONTROLS MATURATION OF SOCIAL REWARD CIRCUITS IN THE VTA” defended at the University of Read more…


SHANK3 controls maturation of social reward circuits in the VTA

shShank3 Imagery

The autism spectrum disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders whose main characteristic alterations in social communication, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. If the assumptions to identify alterations in brain circuits that could be responsible for autism disorders are Read more…