ANTICIPATION AND ITS TROUBLES

 

 

                 

Research

Team

Collaborations

Publications

 

RESEARCH

 

My research activity is devoted to the study of anticipatory eye movements. In order to better understand the neuronal bases of anticipation, behavioral and electrophysiological experiments are realized. The role of the cortical region referred to as the ‘Supplementary Eye Field’ in anticipation is investigated with electrophysiological methods (single neuron recordings, EEG). Moreover, we also carry out an important set of behavioral studies in Parkinson’s disease patients. The dual approach consisting in studying fundamental processes in healthy subjects and at the same time doing experiments with Parkinson’s disease patients is particularly fruitful and improves our understanding of anticipation and temporal cognition in health and disease.

The current projects are : 

• Dopamine and temporal expectation,
• NMDA receptors and temporal expectation,
• Anticipation and causality perception.

 

TEAM

 

Principal investigator

• Marcus MISSAL, PhD (Head of the research group)

Postdoctorate Fellow

• Jodie Butler, PhD

PhD-Student

• Anna DROZDZEWSKA

Technical and administrative staff

• Leila AZZAZ, accountant
• Cathy Friand, administrative assistant
• Benvenuto JACOB, computer scientist
• Cécile LOMBART, industrial engineer
• Christian LEBEGUE, electronics technician
• Sébastien WILMET, computer scientist

 

COLLABORATIONS

 

 

 

International collaboration

• Institut du cerveau et de la moëlle épinière (ICM), CR-ICM, UMR 7225 CNRS, UMRS 975 INSERM, UMPC, Paris, France.