Unfolding the Mystery of our Brain and Mind
Neuroscience Research
Neuroscience research is one of the fastest developing direction at Ariel University. Currently, about 20 laboratories from different faculties and departments are united as IBSCA members. Research interests of the faculty members are extremely wide providing a solid foundation for successful interdisciplinary collaboration and cooperation.
Molecular & Functional Neuroscience
Neuronal and synaptic plasticity, molecular mechanisms of memory formation, neurogenesis, motor and high neural functions, addiction, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders are are intensively studied by multiple research groups of IBSCA. The following faculty members form a core of the Molecular & Functional Neuroscience group:
Behavioral Neuroscience
The group of behavioral neuroscience investiages a wide spectrum of behavioral changes accopanying alterations in neural network and neurotransmission pathways activity, animal behavioral models to describe and investigate mechanisms of a wide variety of psychiatric disorders and discover the ways of their treatment. The most prominent among others are the Dominant-Submissive mouse model developed by Prof. Pinhasov for study bipolar disorders and depression related neurodegenerative diseases. The following faculty members form a core of the Behavioral Neuroscience group:
Neural Code and Neural Network
Using empirical observation, electrophysiology, functional MRI, psychological and behavioral neuroscience methods in combination of mathematical modeling, the group of Neural Code and Neural Network endeavors to uncover the mistery of the ways how the brain encodes modalities, retains and retrieve information and process it. The following faculty members form a core of the Neural Code & Neural Network group:
- Prof. Alexander Domoshnitsky
Sensory Neuroscience
Sensory information processing, perception and multisensory integration is the major directions of the Sensory Neuroscience groups, currently counting two excellent faculty members:
Cognitive and Social Neuroscience
Perception, cognition, decision making, dynamic changes in neural networks activity, social interaction and its impact on cognition are the major research directions of the faculty members united in this group. The following faculty members form a core of the Cognitive & Social Neuroscience group:
Brain Disorders, Rehabilitation and Neurodevelopment
From neurodegenerative to neurodevelopment related diseases, from psychiatric disorders to traumatic brain injury and the ways of neurorehabilitation are the major interest of the research. The following faculty members form a core of the Brain Disorders, Rehabilitation & Neurodevelpment group:
Neuromethodology and Technology
Development of new methodologies and thier implementation into the brain research is the major goal of this group. The following faculty members form a core of the Neuromethodology & Technology group: