Mission

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) carries out fundamental neuroscience research with special emphasis on the brain and the visual system. Our research focusses on development, plasticity and ageing and it is often linked to clinical research questions.

The scientific structure comprises three levels of biological complexity:

genetic and molecular approaches
cellular approaches and network function
system approaches

The research program is carried out in 20 research groups.
In addition, the NIN includes the Netherlands Brain Bank

Scientific Director	Pieter R. Roelfsema, PhD
Vice Director	Chris I. de Zeeuw, PhD
Managing Director	Ronald van der Neut, PhD

Recent publications

Siegel, F., Heimel, J.A., Peters, J., and Lohmann, C. Peripheral and central inputs shape network dynamics in the developing visual cortex in vivo. Current Biology, in press. [abstract]

Kole, M.H.P. and Stuart, G.J. Signal processing in the axon initial segment. Neuron 73 (2012) 235-247. [abstract]

Ramaglia, V., Hughes, T.R.,Donev, R.M., Ruseva, M.M., Wu, X., Huitinga, I., Baas, F., Neal, J.W., and Morgan, B.P. C3-dependent mechanism of microglial priming relevant to multiple sclerosis. PNAS, in press. [abstract]

Kleindienst, T., Winnubst, J., Roth-Alpermann, C., Bonhoeffer, T., Lohmann, C. Activity-dependent clustering of functional synaptic inputs on developing hippocampal dendrites. Neuron 72 (2011) 1012-1024. [abstract]

Mathiesen C., Caesar K., Thomsen K., Hoogland T.M., Witgen B.M., Brazhe A., Lauritzen M. Activity-dependent Increases in Local Oxygen Consumption Correlate with Postsynaptic Currents in the Mouse Cerebellum In Vivo. Journal of Neuroscience 31 (2011) 18327-18337. [abstract]

Park, B., Alves, C.H., Lundvig, D.M., Tanimoto, N., Beck, S.C., Huber, G., Richard, F., Klooster, J., Andlauer, T.F., Swindell, E.C., Jamrich, M., Le Bivic, A., Seeliger, M.W. and Wijnholds, J. PALS1 is essential for retinal pigment epithelium structure and neural retina stratification. Journal of Neuroscience 31(2011) 17230-17241. [abstract]

Van den Berge, S.A., Van Strien, M.E., Korecka, J.A., Dijkstra, A.A., Sluijs, J.A., Kooijman, L., Eggers, R., De Filippis, L., Vescovi, A.L., Verhaagen, J., Van de Berg, W.D.J., and Hol, E.M. The proliferative capacity of the subventricular zone is maintained in the parkinsonian brain. Brain 134 (2011) 3249-3263. [abstract]

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