Coordination of Neuroscience in Lyon. The leading neuroscience teams in Lyon (as reflected by the A+ evaluation of the AERES) are characterised by their involvement in the "Construction, Function and Cognitive Function and Rehabilitation of the Cortex". The "CORTEX" project was awarded 11.5M Euros. Directed by Henry Kennedy, it will run to December 2019. CORTEX is a rare and combined multidisciplinary effort to understand the cortex and human cognition, based on systems level studies of networks and interactions at multiple scales, from neurons to individuals. Understanding cognition and its biological roots, but also its pathologies requires a comprehension of cortical genesis, its structure, and its physiology. CORTEX pushes this integrative approach, which allows tapping into the resources of our cortex for rehabilitation; the design of new and successful therapeutic procedures including stem cell biotechnology. One further perspective will be to pave the way, via reverse engineering of the brain, to the emerging field of bio-inspired technologies.

Teams involved in the project "Construction, Function and Cognitive Function and Rehabilitation of the Cortex": (AERES evaluation scores in brackets)

Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute A+

Team Kennedy: Cortical architecture coding and Perception.
Team Savatier: Embryonic stem cells: Self Renewal and Early Commitment.
Team Dehay: Stem Cell and cortical development.
Team Procyk: Neurobiology of executive fonctions.

Cognitive Neuroscience Center A+

Team Duhamel: Neurophysiology of cognitive processes.
Team Dreher: Reward and decision making group.
Team Sirigu: Neuropsychology of action.
Team Tremblay: Physiopathologiy of basal ganglia.

Lyon Neuroscience Research Center A

Team Bertrand: Brain dynamics and cognition.
Team Pelisson: Integrative, multisensory, perception, action and cognition team.
Team Garcia-Larrea: Central integration of pain in humans.
Team Gervais: Olfaction, from coding to memory.

Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire A

Team Castellani: Neuronal fasciculation, motoneuron axon guidance.

Cognitive Mechanisms Laboratory ­ Koening A+

Groupe d'Analyse et de Theorie Economique ­ Villeval A+

For further information, see the website of the ministry and their LabEx CORTEX description.