Laboratory of Action, Perception and Cognition (Lapco)

Our long-term goal is to understand the normal function of the brain and to discover cures for the nervous system ravaged by disease. The impressive advances in our knowledge of the nervous system and the promising developments in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders have made neuroscience one of the most active branches in modern biology and medicine. Scientists within the Division study the nervous system from many perspectives, spanning from the molecular level to behaviour and cognition, but always with the final aim of integrating basic research with clinical applications. The following main goals can be identified:

• understand the healthy nervous system;
• understand neurological and psychiatric diseases;
• enable early and routine diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric conditions;
• develop new therapeutic strategies;
• accelerate the process of therapy development;
• develop new technologies for observing the nervous system; (vii) develop new strategies to probe neural functions;
• implement databases and biobanks for neurological and psychiatric disorders.

• Axo-glia interactions – INSPE Unit, FISMCarla Taveggia, Group Leader
• Cell adhesion
  Ivan de Curtis, Head of Unit
• Cellular neurophysiology
  Fabio Grohovaz, Head of Unit
• Cerebrovascular disorders – INSPE Unit
  Vittorio Martinelli, Head of Unit (ad interim)
• Clinical neuroimmunology – INSPE Unit
  Roberto Furlan, Head of Unit
• Clinical psychology<
  Cesare Maffei, Group Leader
• Developmental neurogenetics
  Gian Giacomo Consalez, Head of Unit
• Experimental neurological intensive care
  Luigi Beretta, Head of Unit
• Experimental neuropathology – INSPE Unit
  Angelo Quattrini, Head of Unit
• Experimental neurophysiology and MAGICS Center – INSPE Unit
  Letizia Leocani, Group Leader
• Experimental psychology
  Claudio de’Sperati, Group Leader
• Eye repair
  Giulio Ferrari, Group Leader
• Functional neuroradiology
  Andrea Falini, Head of Unit
• Gene therapy of neurodegenerative diseases
  Michele Simonato, Group Leader
• Human genetics of neurological disorders – INSPE Unit
  Filippo Martinelli Boneschi, Group Leader
• Human inherited neuropathies – INSPE, Dulbecco Telethon Institute Unit
  Alessandra Bolino, Head of Unit
• Immunobiology of neurological disorders – INSPE Unit
  Cinthia Farina, Group Leader
• Inflammatory CNS disorders – INSPE Unit
  Vittorio Martinelli, Head of Unit
• In vivo human molecular and structural neuroimaging
  Daniela Perani, Head of Unit
• Memory disorders – INSPE Unit
  Giuseppe Magnani, Group Leader
• Molecular genetic of intellectual disabilities – Dulbecco Telethon Institute Unit
  Patrizia D’Adamo, Group Leader
• Molecular neurobiology<
  Dario Bonanomi, Group Leader
• Movement disorder – INSPE Unit
  Ubaldo Del Carro, Group Leader
• Neurobiology of learning
  Antonio Malgaroli, Head of Unit
• Neuroimaging of CNS white matter – INSPE Unit
  Maria Assunta Rocca, Group Leader
• Neuroimaging of neurodegenerative diseases – INSPE Unit
  Federica Agosta, Group Leader
• Neuroimaging research – INSPE Unit
  Massimo Filippi, Head of Unit
• Neuroimmunology – INSPE Unit
  Gianvito Martino, Head of Unit
• Neuromuscular disorder – INSPE Unit
  Raffaella Fazio, Group Leader
• Neuromuscular repair – INSPE Unit
  Stefano C. Previtali, Head of Unit
• Neuropsychopharmacology
  Flavia Valtorta, Head of Unit
• Neurothology
  Mario Bussi, Head of Unit
• Oncological and Regenerative Neurosurgery
  Pietro Mortini, Head of Unit
• Paroxysmal events – INSPE Unit
  Fabio Minicucci, Group Leader
• Proteomics of iron metabolism
  Sonia Levi, Head of Unit
• Psychiatry and clinical psychobiology
  Francesco Benedetti, Head of Unit
• Rett syndrome research
  Nicoletta Landsberger, Group Leader
• Sleep medicine
  Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Group Leader
• Stem cells and neurogenesis
  Vania Broccoli, Head of Unit