Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN)
The Centre for Integrative Neuroscience at Maastricht University is a collaboration between the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN), the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Science (FHML), the School of Business and Economics (SBE), and the Maastricht University Center of Neuroeconomics (MU-CEN) at SBE. Here all expertise, infrastructure, and research lines are bundled under one overarching umbrella, in order to strengthen the inter-faculty research cooperation.
Contact us via: cin@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Fast facts
- Collaboration between FPN, MHeNs at FHML, SBE and MU-CEN at SBE
- Directed by Prof. Bart Rutten, Prof. Alexander Sack, and Prof. Arno Riedl
- Initiated by Prof. Bernadette Jansma and Prof. Harry Steinbusch
Maastricht University is at the cutting-edge of neuroscience research, hosting an wide-ranging spectrum of excellent laboratories and a state-of-the-art neuroscience infrastructure used and developed by various complementary research groups comprised of world-renowned experts.
The inter-faculty Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), consisting of the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNS) of FHML, the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN), the School of Business and Economics (SBE), and the Maastricht University CEnter of Neuroeconomics at SBE, further enhances the visibility, recognition, and appreciation of Neuroscience Research at Maastricht University. CIN acts as a bridging platform between expertise, infrastructure, and research lines. Via CIN, Maastricht University integrates and efficiently highlights its strong neuroscience profile to the world and at the same time structurally strengthens the much needed inter-faculty research cooperation in this field.
CIN projects
Molecular, cellular and electrophysiological effects of TMS in living human neurons
PhD: Alix Thomson
Completed: 2020
Project team:
• Bart Rutten (FHML)
• Gunther Kenis (FHML)
• Alexander Sack (FPN)
• Tom de Graaf (FPN)
Brain miRNA as markers of drug induced changes in neural integrity
PhD: Manon van de Berg
Completed: 2022
Project team:
• Jos Prickaerts (FHML)
• Jos Kleinjans (FHML)
• Jan Ramaekers (FPN)
Mapping cortico-hippocampal synchronization and cognition using ECoG in epilepsy patients
PhD: Hannah Bernhard
Started: 2018
Project team:
• Vivianne van Kranen-Mastenbroek (FHML)
• Rob Rouhl (MUMC+)
• Mark Roberts (FPN)
• Peter de Weerd (FPN)
• Bernadette Jansma (FPN)
Hungry for reward: using evaluative conditioning to repair food and taste reward processing in the anorectic brain
PhD: Kamilah St. Paul
Started: 2018
Project team:
• Rudolf Ponds (FHML)
• Anne Roefs (FPN)
• Anita Jansen (FPN)
The locus coeruleus hits the bull’s eye: stress-vulnerability as a predictor for cognitive decline
PhD: Linda Pagen
Completed: 2021
Project team:
• Frans Verhey (FHML)
• Heidi Jacobs (FHML)
• Benedikt Poser (FPN)
• Rainer Goebel (FPN)
Memory Bias In Decision-making (MEMOBID): Multi-modal assessment of hippocampal function during economic decision-making
PhD: Sophocles Goulis
Started: 2021
Project team:
• Vincent van de Ven (FPN)
• Matthias Wibral (SBE)
• Alexander Vostroknutov (SBE)
• Christian Herff (FHML)
• Dennis Hernaus (FHML)
Levelling the playing field: Empowering fatigued brains in economic decision making
PhD: James Wilkinson
Started: 2022
Project team:
• Tobias Otto (FPN)
• Fred Zijlstra (FPN)
• Jona Linde (SBE)
Unraveling the co-localisation of neurotransmitter receptor alterations and pathology in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases through advanced 3D imaging
PhD: Anja Schöttler
Started: 2022
Project team:
• Alard Roebroeck (FPN)
• Pilar Martinez (FHML)
• Mario Losen (FHML)
Mechanisms of action of Deep Brain Stimulation in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
PhD: Tatyana Branco
Started: 2023
Project team:
• Sonja Kotz (FPN)
• Yasin Temel (FHML)
• Lies Goossens (FHML)
• Koen Schruers (FHML)
Dissecting the pro-social effects of oxytocin (Oxy-Pro)
PhD: Charlotte Kroll
Started: 2022
Project team:
• Dennis Hernaus (FHML)
• Arno Riedl (SBE)
• Federico De Martino (FPN)
Understanding sensory processing sensitivity from an integrated psychological, economic and health science perspective
PhD: Marilien Marzolla
Started: 2021
Project team:
• Caroline van Heugten (FPN/FHML)
• Petra Hurks (FPN)
• Lex Borghans (SBE)
Ultra-high field MR neuroimaging in genetic high-risk groups for psychotic and cognitive symptoms
PhD: Amy Sylvester
Started: 2023
Project team:
• Therese van Amelsvoort (MHeNs/FPN)
• Claudia Vingerhoets (MHeNs/FPN)
• Benedikt Poser, Dimo Ivanov (FPN)
Novel behavioral and molecular biosignatures for future patient stratification in psychedelic medicine
PhD: Igor Magaraggia
Project team:
• Jacco Briedé (MHeNs)
• Rudy Schreiber, Jan Ramaekers (FPN)
The Directors
Prof. Alexander Sack
Professor of Brain Stimulation and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Prof. Bart Rutten
Professor - Key domain chair, Psychiatrie & Neuropsychologie, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences
Prof. Arno Riedl
Professor of Economics, Microeconomics & Public Economics, School of Business and Economics