Research
CSBN researchers have made outstanding contributions to the study of molecular, neuronal, hormonal, physiological and psychological processes that contribute to behavior and disease.
Major research areas at the CSBN are described below.
Addiction and reward
Researchers explore basic mechanisms of reward seeking and the role of the nervous system in drug use, abuse and relapse.
Andreas Arvanitogiannis, Paul Clarke, Marco Leyton, Uri Shalev, Peter Shizgal
Learning and memory
Researchers investigate how memories are acquired and where they are stored in the brain, as well as the neurobiology of learning.
Wayne Brake, Andrew Chapman, Thien Dang-Vu, Mihaela Iordanova, Jon Sakata, Peter Shizgal
Biological rhythms and neurophysiology
CSBN members study circadian influences and patterns of neural activity elicited during learning, sleep, wakefulness and behaviour.
Shimon Amir, Andrew Chapman, Richard Courtemanche, Mihaela Iordanova, Uri Shalev, Thien Dang-Vu
