Un Institut à l'interface entre la recherche fondamentale et la recherche clinique sur le fonctionnement normal et pathologique du cerveau.

L'Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée (INCM) est une unité mixte de recherche (UMR) créée par le CNRS et l'Université de la Méditerranée. Notre principal objectif est de développer des recherches interdisciplinaires, à l'interface entre les approches fondamentale et clinique, sur les mécanismes cérébraux de la perception, les émotions, la cognition et l'action.

Le programme de recherche de l'Institut repose sur 5 atouts majeurs :

1. Un concept de traitements neuronaux dynamiques, dépendants du contexte
2. Interdisciplinarité de proximité
3. Une concentration unique de spécialistes en primates non humains
4. Une interaction étroite entre chercheurs et cliniciens, et
5. Des plates formes technologiques modernes (plate forme IRMf 3T, Imagerie optique chez le primate vigile, Systèmes d'enregistrements multi-electrodes, la stimulation magnétique transcrânienne, MEG et EEG).

Driss Boussaoud

Sélection de publications

• Hamaguchi, K; Riehle, A; Brunel, N (2010 in press), «Estimating network parameters from combined dynamics of firing rate and irregularity of single neurons», Journal of Neurophysiology,
• Kilavik,B.E.; Confais,J.; Ponce-Alvarez, A.; Diesmann, M.; Riehle, A. (2010 in press), «Evoked potentials in motor cortical LFPs reflect task timing and behavioral performance», Journal of Neurophysiology,
• Ponce-Alvarez, A; Kilavik, BE; Riehle, A (2010), «Comparison of local measures of spike time irregularity and relating variability to firing rate in motor cortical neurons», Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 29: 351-365
• Perrinet L. (2010), «Role of homeostasis in learning sparse representations», Neural Computation, in press
• Guerrasio, L; Quinet, J; Büttner, U; Goffart, L (2010), «The fastigial oculomotor region and the control of foveation during fixation», Journal of Neurophysiology , in press
• Kilavik,B.E.; Riehle, A. (2010), «Timing structures neuronal activity during preparation for action», In: K. Nobre, J. Coull (eds), Attention and Time, Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 257-271,
• Denker, M.; Riehle, A.; Diesmann, M.; Grün, S. (2010), «Estimating the contribution of assembly activity to cortical dynamics from spike and population measures», J Comput Neurosci, in press
• Denker, M.; Roux, S.; Lindén, H.; Diesmann, M.; Riehle, A.; Grün, S. (2010), «The local field potential reflects surplus spike synchrony», link at: arXiv:1005.0361v1,
• Riehle, A., Roux, S., Kilavik, B.E.; Grün, S. (2010), «Dynamics of motor cortical networks: the complementarity of spike synchrony and firing rate», In: Danion F, Latash ML (eds), Motor Control: Theories, experiments, and applications, Oxford University Press: New York, in press
• Vanzetta, I; Slovin, H (2010), «A BOLD Assumption», Frontiers in Neuroenergetics, 2. pii: 24
• Tlapale E, Masson GS, Kornprobst P (2010), «Modelling the dynamics of motion integration with a new luminance-gated diffusion mechanism», Vision Research, 50: 1676-1692
• Kremkow J, Perrinet LU, Masson GS, Aertsen A (2010), «Functional consequences of correlated excitatory and inhibitory conductances», Journal of Computational Neurosciences, 28: 579-594
• Barthélemy FV, Fleuriet J, Masson GS (2010), «Temporal dynamics of 2D motion integration for ocular following in macaque monkeys», Journal of Neurophysiology, 103: 1275-1282
• Vanzetta, I; Flynn, C; Ivanov, AI; Bernard, C; Bénar, CG (2010), «Investigation of linear coupling between single-event blood flow responses and interictal discharges in a model of experimental epilepsy», J Neurophysiology, 103: 3139-3152
• Reynaud, A; Takerkart, S; Masson, GS; Chavane, F (2010), «Linear model decomposition for voltage-sensitive dye imaging signals : application in awake behaving monkey», NeuroImage , (in press)
• Rickert,J; Riehle, A; Aertsen, A; Rotter, S;Nawrot, MP (2009), «Dynamic encoding of movement direction in motor cortical neurons», Journal of Neuroscience, 29: 13870-13882
• Kilavik, BE; Roux,S;Ponce-Alvarez, A;Confais,J;Grün,S;Riehle, A (2009), «Long-term modifications in motor cortical dynamics induced by intensive practice», Journal of Neuroscience, 29: 12653-12663
• Quinet, J; Goffart, L (2009), «Electrical microstimulation of the fastigial oculomotor region in the head unrestrained monkey», Journal of Neurophysiology , 102: 320-336, 2009.
• Hafed, Z.M; Goffart, L; Krauzlis, R.J (2009), «A neural mechanism for microsaccade generation in the primate superior colliculus», Science, 323: 940-943
• Escobar MJ, Masson GS, Vieville T, Kornprobst P (2009), «Action recognition using a bio-inspired feedforward spiking network», International Journal of Computer Vision, 82: 284-301
• Longcamp, M; Boucard, C; Gilhodes, J.C; Nazarian, B; Anton, J.L; Roth, M; Velay, J.L (2008), «Learning through hand- or type-writing influences visual recognition of new graphic shapes: behavioral and functional imaging evidences», Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20(5) 802-15
• De Graaf, J; Frolov, A; Fiocchi, M; Nazarian, B; Anton, J.L; Pailhous, J; Bonnard, M (2008), «Preparing for a motor perturbation : early implication of primary motor and somatosensory cortices.», Human Brain Mapping, in press
• Brovelli, A; Laksiri, N; Nazarian, B; Meunier, M; Boussaoud, D (2008), «Understanding the neural computations of arbitrary visuomotor learning through fMRI and associative learning theory », Cereb Cortex, 18(7):1485-95
• Barthélemy, F; Perrinet, LU;Castet, E; Masson, GS (2008), «Dynamics of distributed 1D and 2D motion representations for short-latency ocular following», Vision Research, 48(4):501-22
• Schön, D; Boyer, M; Moreno, S; Besson, M; Peretz, I; Kolinsky, R (2008), «Songs as an aid for language acquisition», Cognition , 975–983