Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour

The specific behaviours shown by individuals provide the ultimate read-outs from the brain. These behaviours, happen through the interactions of different neuronal circuits, are judged by decisive or non-decisive actions performed by the individual. Our laboratory studies the key question of how different neuronal circuits shape perception and decision-making that leads to well-defined behaviours. We use rodent olfaction as a model and combine the state-of-art automated behavioural training, electrophysiology and optogenetics.