Student Projects
Role of genes in energy balance and feeding behavior
Aim: determine the role of genes in the brain by studying gene expression and local knockdown of genes by RNAi
Experimental work: injection of AAV in rat brain, behavioural analysis, neuroanatomy
Contact: Roger Adan
Unravelling mechanisms of overconsumption
Aim: determine the neural substrate that underlies overconsumption
Experimental work: behavioural analysis, neuroanatomical techniques (in situ hybridisation etc)
Contact: Roger Adan
In vivo electrophysiology and optogenetics to study food choice
Aim: apply in vivo electrophysiology and optogenetics to relate neuronal firing to feeding
Experimental work: viral vector technology, behavior, electrophysiology, optogenetics
Contact: Roger Adan
Neural mechanisms underlying anorectic behaviors
Aim: to understand which neural circuits and signaling pathways underly the loss of appetite
Experimental work: behavioral analysis, viral vector technology, neuroanatomy
Contact: Roger Adan
Optogenetics and DREADD technology to understand neural circuits of feeding behavior
Aim: determine the role of specific neural circuits in feeding
Experimental work: optogenetics, DREADD pharmacology, molecular biology
Contact: Roger Adan
Food reward and the role of dopamine in feeding
Aim: to delineate whether palatable food is addictive and determine neural circuits related to this
Experimental work: behavioral analysis, viral vector technology, neuroanatomy
Contact: Roger Adan
