LABORATORY OF FUNCTIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
UNIVERSITY PABLO DE OLAVIDE
Carretera de Utrera, Km.1
41013 Seville (SPAIN)

  
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The neocortex represents the most recent and sophisticated contribution of biological evolution to the functioning of the vertebrate brain.

Most of the cognitive functions and motor behaviors present in higher mammals rely on cell diversity, anatomical specialization, and complexity of connectivity patterns within the neocortex.

Understanding the rules governing the functioning of the neocortex necessarily requires knowledge integration from neurosciences and computational sciences.

 
   
Mission

The Laboratory of Functional Neuroscience aims at studying the functional anatomy of the human neocortex by exploring its oscillatory properties, anatomic and metabolic patterns in neurological disorders leading to cortical degeneration.

  
The model of study

Considering the Alzheimer's disease as working model, our research is devoted at determining neuroimaging and electrophysiological markers differentiating normal aging processes from prodromic stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To aim these goals, we use neuroimaging (RMN and PET) in combination with electrophysiological (EEG and event-related brain potentials) approaches.