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Camilla Bellone

Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine

Group name: Synaptic brain dysfunctions

Domains: Development and Plasticity

Keywords: autism, child development, neuropsychiatric disorders, synapse

Department of Basic Neurosciences

Research activities

Our lab is interested in investigating the molecular mechanisms and the circuits underlying behavioural traits in neuropsychiatric disorders.

In mouse animal model, combining electrophysiological techniques with molecular approaches and behavioral paradigms, we investigate how the reward system during the postnatal development encodes experience and how defect in these processes may lead to neuropsychiatric disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

Latest publications

Inhibition of Trpv4 rescues circuit and social deficits unmasked by acute inflammatory response in a Shank3 mouse model of Autism.

Tzanoulinou S , Musardo S , Contestabile A , Bariselli S , Casarotto G , Magrinelli E , Jiang YH , Jabaudon D , Bellone C

Molecular psychiatry - Jan 2022

VTA dopamine neuron activity encodes social interaction and promotes reinforcement learning through social prediction error.

Solié C , Girard B , Righetti B , Tapparel M , Bellone C

Nature neuroscience - 01 2022

Temporal controls over inter-areal cortical projection neuron fate diversity.

Klingler E , Tomasello U , Prados J , Kebschull JM , Contestabile A , Galiñanes GL , Fièvre S , Santinha A , Platt R , Huber D , Dayer A , Bellone C , Jabaudon D

Nature - 11 2021

RAB39B-mediated trafficking of the GluA2-AMPAR subunit controls dendritic spine maturation and intellectual disability-related behaviour.

Mignogna ML , Musardo S , Ranieri G , Gelmini S , Espinosa P , Marra P , Belloli S , Murtaj V , Moresco RM , Bellone C , D'Adamo P

Molecular psychiatry - Nov 2021

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Prof. Camilla Bellone

Group leader

CMU - D08.1544.A
+41 22 37 95 433
camilla.bellone@unige.ch

Sarah Ayash

Visiting scientist

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sarah.ayash@unige.ch

Nabil Benzina

Scientific collaborator

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nabil.benzina@unige.ch

Giulia Casarotto

Graduate student

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giulia.casarotto@unige.ch

Giuseppe Chindemi

Postdoc

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giuseppe.chindemi@unige.ch

Alessandro Contestabile

Graduate student

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+41 22 37 95 424
alessandro.contestabile@unige.ch

Pedro Espinosa Ahumada

Graduate student

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+41 22 37 95 424
pedro.espinosa@unige.ch

Benoit Girard

Assistant

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benoit.girard@unige.ch

Lorena Jourdain

Lab technician

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lorena.jourdain@unige.ch

Mattia Lucchini

Graduate student

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+41 22 37 95 424
mattia.lucchini@unige.ch

Stefano Musardo

Postdoc

CMU - D08.1545.A
+41 22 37 95 424
stefano.musardo@unige.ch

Bastien Redon

Postdoc

CMU - C08.1539.A
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bastien.redon@unige.ch

Clémence Simonnet

Postdoc

CMU - D08.1539.A
+41 22 37 95 844
clemence.simonnet@unige.ch

Videos

De l'ecstasy contre les troubles du spectre autistique

L'altération des interactions sociales dans l’autisme

Rencontre avec Camilla Bellone, une spécialiste des interactions sociales

Contact

Département des Neurosciences Fondamentales

CMU

Rue Michel-Servet 1

Email: camilla.bellone@unige.ch