Gregoriou Georgia
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Gregoriou Georgia
Professor of Physiology
Medical School, University of Crete, P.C. 71003 Heraklion, Crete
Georgia Gregoriou is a Professor of Physiology at the Medical School of the University of Crete and a collaborating researcher with the Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FO.R.T.H.). She is the Director of the Physiology of Cognitive Functions Laboratory.
Dr Gregoriou, holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, a M.Sc. in Basic Neurosciences and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Crete. She did postdoctoral research at the Institute of Human Physiology, University of Parma, Italy and subsequently in the U.S.A, first at the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health (NIMH, NIH) and then at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
1997-2001: Ph.D. in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece.
1994-1997: M.Sc. in Basic Neuroscience, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece.
1989-1994: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece.
Research in Dr Gregoriou’s lab focuses on the neural mechanisms of perceptual and cognitive functions with a particular emphasis on visual attention and working memory. She is employing multi-channel electrophysiological recordings from multiple brain areas and advanced computational analysis methods to study the neural code of cognitive functions. Her goal is to elucidate how the representation of sensory and cognitive variables changes depending on behavioral goals and how flexible behavior is implemented in the brain despite the rigid anatomical connections. She is also particularly interested in the way the temporal structure of neuronal activity contributes to the formation of functional networks according to behavioral demands and the role of neural synchrony in long-range communication among selected neuronal populations.
Selected Publications (for a full list see:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=S-fhzD4AAAAJ&hl=en)
- P. Sapountzis, A. Antoniadou, G.G. Gregoriou (2025) Diverse neuronal activity patterns contribute to the control of distraction in the prefrontal and parietal cortex PLoS Biology 23 (1), e3003008 doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3003008
- 2. P. Sapountzis, S. Paneri, S. Papadopoulos and G.G. Gregoriou. (2022) Dynamic and stable population coding of attentional instructions coexist in the prefrontal cortex Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 119 (40) e2202564119 doi: 10.1073/pnas.2202564119
- 3. P. Sapountzis, S. Paneri and G.G. Gregoriou. (2018) Distinct roles of prefrontal and parietal areas in the encoding of attentional priority. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115(37):E8755-E8764 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1804643115
- 4. P. Sapountzis and G.G. Gregoriou (2018) Neural signatures of attention: insights from decoding population activity patterns. Front. Biosci., Landmark Edition, Invited Review, 23:221-246, doi: 10.2741/4588.
- 5. S. Paneri and G.G. Gregoriou (2017) Top-down control of visual attention by the prefrontal cortex. Functional specialization and long-range interactions. Front. Neurosci, Invited Article, Research topic “Prefrontal cortex and executive functions”, 11:545, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00545
- 6. G.G. Gregoriou, A.F. Rossi, L.G. Ungerleider and R. Desimone (2014) Lesions of prefrontal cortex reduce attentional modulation of neuronal responses and synchrony in V4. Nature Neurosci. 17:1003-1011. doi: 10.1038/nn.3742
- 7. G.G. Gregoriou, S.J. Gotts and R. Desimone (2012) Cell-type specific synchronization of neural activity in FEF with V4 during attention. Neuron 72(3): 581-594. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.12.019
- G.G. Gregoriou, S.J. Gotts, H. Zhou and R. Desimone. (2009) High frequency long-range coupling between prefrontal and visual cortex during attention. Science, 324:1207-1210. doi: 10.1126/science.1171402
Hellenic Society for Neuroscience (HSfN)
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
European Brain and Behavior Society (EBBS)
International Neuropsychology Symposium (INS-elected member)
