Manuel Valero García
CountrySpain
Society affiliation Sociedad Española de Neurociencia
Position Principal Investigator/Group Leader
University/Organisation Hospital del Mar Research Institute
Domain Circuit Dynamics and Oscillations
Sub domains Learning and memory
Lab description
The main goal of our laboratory is to provide a deep understanding of how groups of neurons interact and tune their connections to generate neural representations of the world and, ultimately, learning and memories. We seek to reveal the neuronal mechanisms underlying cognition and how imbalances in the network lead to pathological conditions.
Addressing these questions calls for complementary approaches and novel technologies, so we are implementing and developing electrophysiological, optogenetic, and computation tools for accessing the activity of neurons at a large scale in animal models and humans solving memory tasks.