The project
We are looking for a clinician scientist interested in studying the role of neuromodulators in shaping attentional processing.
Neuromodulators, such as serotonin, shape how the brain processes sensory information and how we focus our attention. The malfunction of different serotonin receptor types has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurological disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We have developed a behavioural task where are required to localize visual or auditory stimuli of different saliencies and generated unique, light-controllable proteins that allow us to mimic serotonin receptors in specific brain areas. Using these tools, we will study the mechanisms underlying serotonin modulation of attentional processing with unprecedented precision
