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Neuroletter March 2024

Find here our news, the NeuroAgenda of March 2024 and our publications of February 2024.

Dopamine production is not behind vulnerability to cocaine abuse

A UNIGE team shows that our ability to produce dopamine – the «happiness hormone» – is not correlated with increased vulnerability to drugs. Index of dopamine synthesis capacity, in high- and low-impulsive rats before and after repeated cocaine self-administration. © 2024 Urueña-Ménedez et al. Why do some people who try drugs struggle with substance abuse … Continued

European consensus for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease

A team from the UNIGE, the HUG and the IRCCS has drawn up recommendations for the effective and individualised use of biomarkers in memory clinics for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. This diagnostic pathway has been developed on the basis of the scientific literature and from the practical experience of the specialists. © HUG A … Continued

Brain Research Support Award for UNIGE Master’s students

We are pleased to announce the launch in 2024 of a Brain Research Support Award for Master’s students in neuroscience at the University of Geneva. It is a great honor bestowed upon us by the Vasco Sanz Association, established in 2009 in memory of a young neuroscience student in our program, to add a momentum … Continued

How does social attention develop in autistic children?

A UNIGE team shows how visual social skills develop in a unique way in children with autistic disorders.  A cartoon depicting different interactions was shown to each child, with or without autistic spectrum disorders. Using an eye-tracking device attached to the screen, the researchers were able to assess the participants’ social attention. © Adobe Stock … Continued

Can we decode the language of our primate cousins?

A UNIGE team shows that the human brain is capable of identifying the vocalisations of certain primate species, if they are close to us and if the frequencies used are also close to our own.  The UNIGE team wanted to find out whether the frontal and orbitofrontal regions of our brain activate in the same … Continued

Habib Zaïdi honored with the John Mallard Award from IOMP

Professor Habib Zaidi, Associate Physicist in charge of the Instrumentation and Neuroimaging Laboratory, and Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva, has been awarded the John Mallard Award during the International Conference on Medical Physics (ICMP 2023) https://icmp2023.org/, held from December 6 to 9, 2024, in Mumbai, India. The award, … Continued

NeuroLetter — June 2022

Summary The Assemblée Générale of the Geneva University Neurocenter will take place on Friday, June 10th at 2.00 PM at Campus Biotech, following the NeuroMasterDay, where our their current research work in the form of posters. The Assemblée Générale will be the opportunity to appoint the new members of our Committee. Contact us to know … Continued

Nomination of the new director of the Neurocenter

The Geneva University Neurocenter is pleased to start this new year 2022 with a new director, Professor Daniel Huber. Daniel Huber replaces Denis Jabaudon who has been the director for the past four years. Thanks to Denis Jabaudon for his involvement in our current teaching, outreach and coordination activities. We hope to continue sharing with … Continued