Speakers - NWC 2024

Biography

Roberto De Luca is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, working in the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. My primary research focuses on comprehending the mechanisms and neuronal circuits involved in the brain's control over wake-sleep states and their reciprocal transitions. My ongoing experiments aim to shed light on the synaptic circuits and neural foundations responsible for regulating arousal and sleep within the brain. My research seeks to establish connections between the activity of neurochemically-identified circuits and physiological responses observed in behaving animals.