Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN)
Business focus: Fundamental neuroscience research with special emphasis on the brain and the visual system.
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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) Employees in Amsterdam: 160 |
Company Profile
Within the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) fundamental neuroscience research is carried out with special emphasis on the brain and the visual system.The research is multidisciplinary and comprises various levels of biological complexity: genetic and molecular approaches, cellular approaches, network function, and system approaches. The research is aimed at fundamental mechanisms, the development of normal functioning, the cause of disorders as well as the development of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
Science and Technologies or Services
Fields of research are: Molecular Ophthalmogenetics, Hypothalamic Integration Mechanisms, Clinical Ophthalmogenetics, Cellular Quality Control, Retinal Signal Processing, Molecular Visual Plasticity, Vision and Cognition, Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Ocular Signal Transduction, Sleep and Cognition, Neuroregeneration, Neuromedical Genetics
Alliances
The NIN is an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).Intense collaboration with the AMC, VUmc, VU, UvA and NKI as well as a large number of universities abroad.
Keywords
- Cognition
- Brain function
- Visual system
- Degeneration and regeneration
- Therapeutic strategies
- Blindness
- Brain disease
- Eye disease
