SILS - Center for NeuroScience (SILS-CNS)

consists of the three groups within the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences (SILS) of the University of Amsterdam, that work in the field of neuroscience. SILS-CNS was established in 2005. The mission of SILS-CNS is to understand plasticity in the brain, in relation to epilepsy, stress and depression as well as cognition and emotion. The brain is studied in an integrated manner, from the level of the molecule, cell, network, all the way up to the organism.

Hormones and Brain Function


Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology


Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience


Partner in CSCA , the Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam
Member of Graduate School for NeuroSciences Amsterdam
Sponsored by Human Science Frontier Program