Laboratory of Action, Perception and Cognition (Lapco)
Director: Flavia Valtorta
Deputy Director: Carla Taveggia
Clinical Research Coordinator: Andrea Falini
Organization
The Division of Neuroscience is made up of more then 300 scientists – rostered in 21 basic research units and 17 clinical research units – working together to investigate key issues in all main neuroscience areas. Among the units affiliated to the Division, those involved in translational medicine (11 basic research units and 6 clinical research groups) have been assembled into the Institute of Experimental Neurology (INSPE). Three clinical departments are affiliated to the Division of Neuroscience: the Department of Neurology, the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and the Department of Head and Neck. Members of the Division are part of the faculty of the Schools of Medicine, Biotechnology, Psychology and Philosophy. In addition, the Division is actively involved in the training of graduate students, organizing PhD Courses in Neuroscience, Experimental Neurology, Neurobiotechnology, Developmental Psychopathology, and taking part in the PhD Course in Cellular and Molecular Biology.
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


