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Affective Cognitive Neuroscience Lab was established in 2013 as a subdivision of the Department of Behavioural Neuroscience and Drug Development at the Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2017 the laboratory was associated with the Department of Pharmacology. Our main research activity is aimed at investigating the behavioural, pharmacological, neuroanatomical, and neurochemical correlates of cognitive processing biases in animal models.

Interesting links:

https://www.polskieradio.pl/10/5366/Artykul/2693798,Dezinformacja-choroba-XXI-wieku

https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-rats-a-good-tickling-can-change-the-world-1468530323

http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news,410967,szczurzy-pesymisci-pomagaja-zrozumiec-depresje.htmlhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/28/hamster-mood-angry-study/30803989/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/for-rats-a-good-tickling-can-change-the-world-1468530323

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/06/30/pessimistic-rats-are-extra-sensitive-to-negative-feedback/

https://www.facebook.com/Pracownia-Neurobiologii-Emocji-i-Proces%C3%B3w-Poznawczych-231026933735026

https://www.wiz.pl/19,285.html

Achievements

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Award

Rafal Rygula: Prime Minister's award for habilitation

Professor Rafał Ryguła, PhD

Chronic Psychosocial Stress Causes Increased Anxiety-Like Behavior and Alters Endocannabinoid Levels in the Brain of C57Bl/6J Mice.

Bouter Y, Brzózka MM, Rygula R, Pahlisch F, Leweke FM, Havemann-Reinecke U, Rohleder C

DOI: 10.1089/can.2019.0041

Aberrant promoter methylation may be responsible for the control of CD146 (MCAM) gene expression during breast cancer progression

Paulina Dudzik, Sonia Elzbieta Trojan, Barbara Ostrowska, Małgorzata Lasota, Joanna Dulińska-Litewka, Piotr Laidler, Kinga Anna Kocemba-Pilarczyk

DOI: 10.18388/abp.2019_2907

Application of case study to introduce medical students to molecular biology techniques used in HIV diagnostics

kinga kocemba-pilarczyk, Barbara Ostrowska, Paulina Dudzik, Michał J. Markiewicz, Débora Sotirios Souza Pegos, Chaewon Lim

DOI: 10.1002/bmb.21232

Using rodents to model abnormal sensitivity to feedback in depression

Rygula, R., Noworyta-Sokolowska, K., Drozd, R., Kozub, A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.10.008

See also

Fundusze Europejskie Inteligentny Rozwój Rzeczpospolita Polska Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej Unia Europejska Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego Polska Akademia Nauk