Institute of Mediterranean Neurobiology

The Institute of Mediterranean Neurobiology (INMED) is a Neuroscience Centre affiliated to INSERM and Aix-Marseille University . It is a member of the Turing Center for Living Systems. Research done by INMED labs aims at gaining circuit-level understanding of the plasticity that operates during development, learning and pathogenesis (eg. epilepsy, autism, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia). Therefore, INMED labs share a common scientific goal, but with complementary experimental strategies covering the full spectrum of brain description from molecules to behavior with a strong core of electrophysiological and imaging approaches. One particularly original aspect of research done at INMED is the ability to bridge the gap between early developmental programs and information coding in adult brain circuits from behaving animals at mesoscale level. Such systems developmental approach is quite unique, given that developmental neuroscience and circuit neurophysiology are traditionally studied separately. This approach allows for an original analysis of the developmental timeline of circuit dysfunction in brain developmental disorders.
Research done in INMED labs is supported by five technological platforms: 4 in-house (animal facility, Circuitphotonics, molecular and cellular biology, Tous Chercheurs) and one shared within the Turing Center (multi-engineering platform).

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