Valenti, Ornella
Department: Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology
Head: Valenti, Ornella, Assoc.Prof.Priv.Doz.Dr. , MSc
Research Area:
Adenosine; Cerebral Cortex; Cognitive Disorder/ Disability; Dopamine; GABAergic Neurons; Limbic System; Neuropharmacology; Neurophysiology and behavioral; Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; Psychiatry
Description:
My research revolves around disorders of cognition, motivation, and pro-social behavior. In addition, we are interested in how exposure to early-life stress enhances the risk of developing psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia.
To this end, we employ a system as well as a cellular oriented-approach in murine models. Thus, we examine network dynamics and synaptic operation within specific neuronal circuits by a battery of electrophysiological approaches, behavioral tests as well as pharmacological and chemogenetic manipulations. As part of Prof. Boehm group, we have access to confocal/ fluorescence microscopes, and to histology and molecular biology lab.