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

Astill, R.G., Van der Heijden, K.B., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Van Someren E.J.W. Sleep, cognition, and behavioral problems in school-age children: a century of research meta-analyzed. Psychological Bulletin, in press. [abstract]

Van Koolwijk, L.M., Ramdas, W.D., Ikram, M.K., Jansonius, N.M., Pasutto, F., Hysi, P.G., Macgregor, S., Janssen, S.F., Hewitt, A.W., Viswanathan, A.C., Ten Brink, J.B., Hosseini, S.M., Amin, N., Despriet, D.D., Willemse-Assink, J.J., Kramer, R., Rivadeneira, F., Struchalin, M., Aulchenko, Y.S., Weisschuh, N., Zenkel, M., Mardin, C.Y., Gramer, E., Welge-Lüssen, U., Montgomery, G.W., Carbonaro, F., Young, T.L.; The DCCT/EDIC Research Group, Bellenguez, C., McGuffin, P., Foster, P.J., Topouzis, F., Mitchell, P., Wang, J.J., Wong, T.Y., Czudowska, M.A., Hofman, A., Uitterlinden, A.G., Wolfs, R.C., de Jong, P.T.V.M., Oostra, B.A., Paterson, A.D.; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2, Mackey, D.A., Bergen, A.A.B., Reis, A., Hammond, C.J., Vingerling, J.R., Lemij, H.G., Klaver, C.C., van Duijn, C.M. Common genetic determinants of intraocular pressure and primary open-angle glaucoma. PLoS Genetics 8 (2012) e1002611.

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Van Versendaal, D., Rajendran, R., Saiepour, M.H., Klooster, J., Smit-Rigter, L., Sommeijer, J.P., De Zeeuw, C.I., Hofer, S.B., Heimel, J.A., and Levelt, C.N. Elimination of inhibitory synapses is a major component of adult ocular dominance plasticity. Neuron 74 (2012) 374-383. [abstract]

Seja, P., Schonewille, M., Spitzmaul, G., Badura, A., Klein, I., Rudhard, Y., Wisden, W., Hübner, C.A., De Zeeuw, C.I., and Jentsch, T.J. Raising cytosolic Cl(-) in cerebellar granule cells affects their excitability and vestbulo-ocular learning. EMBO Journal 31 (2012) 1217-1230. [abstract]

Levelt, C.N., and Hübener, M. Critical-period plasticity in the visual cortex. Annual Review of Neuroscience, in press. [abstract]

Hasson, U., Ghazanfar, A.A., Galantucci, B., Garrod, S., and Keysers, C. Brain-to-brain coupling: a mechanism for creating and sharing a social world. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 16 (2012) 114-121. [abstract]

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News

1 March 2012

Dries Kalsbeek is appointed Professor in Experimental Neuro-endocrinology at the University of Amsterdam. His inaugural lecture will be held in the Lutherse kerk on December 7th 2012, 16:00 h.
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The article Ramaglia et al., in PNAS is highlighted in this month's issue of Nature Reviews Neuroscience 13 (2012) 154-155. [link]
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Chris De Zeeuw received an ERC Advanced Grant 2011 for his project: 'Cracking the Cerebellar Code'. See for complete list [pdf]

Events

13 June 2012, 16:00 h, Lutherse kerk, Amsterdam

Inaugural lecture by Elly Hol. [invitation]

Gestart op 20 januari 2012
Groot nationaal Slaaponderzoek
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