Michel Akselrod
Background
Michel Akselrod studied bio-engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) and specialized in neuro-engineering. He obtained his PhD from the doctoral school of Neuroscience at EPFL. During his thesis, he used high resolution fMRI to study the plasticity of body representations in amputees with potential applications in the field of neuroprosthetics. Since 2017, his research at the MySpace Lab focuses on studying plasticity of multisensory body representations, as well as their link to cognitive functions and subjective experience in various clinical conditions like amputation, stroke, CRPS and addiction.
Selected publications
• Mastria G, Scaliti E, Mehring C, Burdet E, Becchio C, Serino A, Akselrod M. Morphology, Connectivity, and Encoding Features of Tactile and Motor Representations of the Fingers in the Human Precentral and Postcentral Gyrus. J Neurosci. 2023 Mar 1;43(9):1
• Mehring C*, Akselrod M*, Bashford L, Mace M, Choi H, Blüher M, Buschhoff AS, et al. “Augmented manipulation ability in humans with six-fingered hands.” Nature communications 10, no. 1 (2019): 2401. (* these authors contributed equally to the study).
• Serino A*, Akselrod M*, Salomon R, Martuzzi R, Blefari ML, Canzoneri E, Rognini G, van der Zwaag W, Iakova M, Luthi F, Amoresano A, Kuiken T, Blanke O. (2017) Upper limb cortical maps in amputees with targeted muscle and sensory reinnervation: a 7T fMRI
Department of
Clinical Neuroscience
Bâtiment Champ de l'Air
Rue du Bugnon 21
1011 Lausanne
+41 21 314 1111
Clinical Neuroscience
Bâtiment Champ de l'Air
Rue du Bugnon 21
1011 Lausanne
+41 21 314 1111
Department of
Clinical Neuroscience
Bâtiment Champ de l'Air
Rue du Bugnon 21
1011 Lausanne
+41 21 314 1111
Clinical Neuroscience
Bâtiment Champ de l'Air
Rue du Bugnon 21
1011 Lausanne
+41 21 314 1111