Alexandre Dayer
Affiliations: Faculty of Medecine, Department of Basic Neurosciences
Group name: Psychiatry and Developmental Neuroplasticity
Domains: Development and Plasticity
Keywords: brain development, migrating neurons, psychiatric disorders
Research activities
Neurodevelopmental abnormalities are thought to play a key role in the etiology of major psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Among these developmental abnormalities, defects in the migration and differentiation of GABAergic interneurons have been suggested. In the laboratory we aim to study psychiatric-relevant molecular factors that control the migration and differentiation of cortical GABAergic interneurons during the embyronic period and the early postnatal period. For this purpose, we use mutant mice for genes implicated in cortical development as well as transgenic mice expressing GFP in cortical GABAergic interneurons. We apply a broad array of techniques including in vitro migration essays and confocal live imaging to directly monitor interneuron migration in cortical slices.
Latest publications
Eye-gaze processing in the broader bipolar phenotype revealed by electrical neuroimaging.
Psychiatric disorders among offspring of patients with Bipolar and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Increased Reactivity of the Mesolimbic Reward System after Ketamine Injection in Patients with Treatment-resistant Major Depressive Disorder.
Rumination related activity in brain networks mediating attentional switching in euthymic bipolar patients.
Contact
Département de psychiatrie
HUG
Email: Alexandre.Dayer@unige.ch