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Studio dell’Ippocampo: intervista alla Prof.ssa Lisa

Topolnik, Visiting Professor presso il
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e

Neuroscienze

Study of the Hippocampus: Interview with Prof. Lisa Topolnik, Visiting Professor at the Department
of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neuroscience Sciences
This article summarizes a seminar series in Modena focused on the hippocampus’s role in learning and
memory across four themes: molecular mechanisms, neural circuits, memory engrams, and systems-level
integration. Topics included long-term potentiation (LTP), hippocampal microcircuits, and visualization of
memory traces using advanced imaging and molecular tools. The discussions highlighted the hippocam-
pus’s interaction with the amygdala and neuromodulators in episodic memory. Students engaged actively,
especially in labs using human tissue and cutting-edge techniques. Collaboration between the visiting
professor and Unimore researchers fostered valuable exchanges in cognitive neuroscience. Key research
findings were presented on synaptic plasticity, VIP interneurons in memory regulation, and real-time neural
decoding tools. The hippocampus is underscored as a critical model for studying cognition, with relevance to
clinical and AI research.

el mese di maggio 2025 Memory: a hippocampal perspective”, con-
il Dipartimento di Scienze centrandosi sui meccanismi cellulari e di circuito

Biomediche, Metaboliche e che sottendono le funzioni di apprendimento spa-
Neuroscienze di Unimore ziale e di formazione di memorie episodiche.
Nha ospitato la Prof.ssa Lisa La Prof.ssa Dr. Lisa Topolnik è una Neuroscien-
Topolnik dell’Università Laval di Quebec, Cana- ziata e tra i massimi esperti mondiali di fisiologia
da, come visiting professor per un corso di 5 ippocampale. La sua ricerca si concentra sullo
lezioni (in lingua Inglese) su “Learning and
studio sperimentale dei meccanismi cellulari e

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