I use a multi-scale analysis, combining pharmacology, optogenetics and animal behavior, to study how the emotional and olfactory systems interact and converge in psychiatric disorders, notably depression and bipolar disorder. The ultimate goal is […]
I am studying the olfactory bulb to determine how the brain processes and decodes odor information. My thesis work concentrates on deciphering the nature and function of top-down inputs from the olfactory cortex to […]
Francois Schweisguth studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris (1983-88) and obtained a PhD in Developmental Biology in 1990 under the supervision of Jean-Antoine Lepesant (IJM, Paris) and Alain Vincent (CBD, Toulouse). He […]
Much of our adult behaviors reflect the state of neural circuits sculpted by sensory experience in infancy and early childhood. At no other time in life does the surrounding environment so potently shape most […]
