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Research Center on Animal Cognition
The Research Center on Animal Cognition (CRCA) is part of the Center for Integrative Biology in Toulouse (CBI Toulouse). The main goal of the CRCA is the multidisciplinary and comparative study of cognitive processing in different animal models, from invertebrates to vertebrates.
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Moving in a single file
Sheep in the field alternate graphing phases when they are static or moving slowly and phases when they are moving, at a higher speed, in most cases collectively in a single file. We investigate the rules that could explain these intermittent file movements.
Female fruit flies copy the acceptance, but not the rejection, of a mate
Female flies rely on the choice of male partners made by other female flies, but lose interest in abandoned males
Insulin modulates emotional behavior through a serotonin-dependent mechanism
This study published in "Molecular Psychiatry" demonstrates that serotonin neurons are sensitive to insulin.
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Flora D’OLIVEIRA DA SILVA - PhD defense
"Involvement of the Nociceptin/OrphaninFQ-NOP system in the deleterious effects of chronic stress on memory and hippocampus plasticity"
13 January 2023
Guillaume BOUISSET - PhD defense
"Remodelage des interneurones à parvalbumine et de leur matrice extracellulaire : restauration de la mémoire dans un modèle murin de la maladie d’Alzheimer"