Research group of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics
About
Welcome to the website of the research group Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics of the K.U.Leuven! Together with the research group of Insect Fysiology and Molecular Ethology, the research group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, the researchgroup ok Molecular Developmental Fysiology and Signal Transduction and the research group of Comparative Endocrinology we form the Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section of the Department of Biology. Our lab is located in the historical Zoological Institute in the very heart of Leuven.
Optogenetics: shedding light on brain function.
Following movie shows successful manipulation of neuronal activity in the visual cortex of the mouse.
In the right hand corner you see how flashes of blue light are delivered into the mouse brain by an optrode.
The main screen demonstrates that the bursts of action potentials fired by neurons in the visual cortex as measured
by single cell electrophysiology coincide with the blue light pulses.
Thus, optogenetics enables us to control brain cells and to unravel their functional properties.
Recent papers
Van Brussel et al. Hu et al. Paulussen et al.
Contact details & road map
Research group of Neuroplasticity and Neuroproteomics
Naamsestraat 59
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
Tel. +32 16 32 42 60
Fax +32 16 32 39 02
E-mail: Lut.Arckens@bio.kuleuven.be
