08/05/2013 - Dr. Riccardo Brambilla - "Derangement of Ras-GRF1 and ERK dependent cortico-striatal plasticity in L-DOPA induced Dyskinesia".
06/06/2013 - Dr. Manuel Mameli - "Cocaine-evoked synaptic potentiation in the lateral habenula: new avenues in dissecting neurocircuitry for addictive behaviors".
The focus of the NBT research is the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of neurotransmission and synaptic plasticity, from individual synapses to synaptic circuits up to brain diseases and to interfacing brain with chips.