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Nikola Grujic is a Researcher affiliated with the Department of Neuroscience at ETH Zürich, part of the Professorship for Neuroscience. His research focuses on neurophysiological mechanisms underlying behavioral states, neural coding of metabolic and sensory signals, and the interplay between neural systems and behavior. Key interests include orexin neuron function, pupil-linked arousal dynamics, and decision-making processes in mammals.
Research Interests:
- Neural control of behavior
- Orexin/hypocretin system
- Pupil dynamics as a biomarker of arousal
- Metabolic regulation and neural signaling
- Cognitive behavioral neuroscience
- Neural coding of reward and uncertainty
Recent work emphasizes how hypothalamic neurons (e.g., orexin, MCH) encode physiological states and modulate exploratory behavior, attention, and decision-making. His studies employ advanced neurophysiological techniques in behaving animals to map neural circuits involved in arousal regulation and sensorimotor integration.
Publications reflect multidisciplinary approaches combining electrophysiology, behavioral analysis, and computational modeling to understand how neural systems process environmental and internal signals to guide adaptive behaviors.
