Retino-cortical processing in health and disease
This programme aims to understand visual function from the photoreceptor to visual cortical level, using multiple level conceptual and methodological perspectives, ranging from functional imaging, electrophysiological and psychophysical approaches, to characterize genetic photoreceptor degenerations and neural aging. Furthermore, this programme aims to explore higher level neural correlates of object recognition by means of the establishment of structure-function correlations within the visual ventral stream, striatal and limbic circuits in health and disease.
This programme is comprised of 3 sub-programmes:
Brain and retinal mapping in health and disease
Coordinator: Miguel Castelo-Branco
Molecular Imaging of the Brain in Ageing
Coordinator: Durval Campos Costa
New Methods of Functional Imaging in Retinal Diseases
Coordinator: José Paulo Pires Domingues