The scientific activities of the Department of Neurobiology revolve around two major themes:

• the study of neuronal function at the molecular and cellular levels
• the study of the CNS at the system level

In this framework, research in the neurosciences in the Department of Neurobiology encompasses a wide variety of subjects, in areas including cellular and molecular biology, neuroanatomy, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), physiology, pharmacology, psychophysics, and computational sciences.

The department's state of the art laboratories conduct cutting-edge research into every aspect of modern neurobiological science.