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Dr. Camille Giacometti

research associate, acad. degree: M.Sc. Fundamental and Clinical Neuroscience


Research interests:

  • 'My research focus lies in understanding what makes the human brain unique, a question I approach through the lens of comparative neuroscience. During my PhD, I investigated the complex anatomo-functional organization of the amygdala-frontal network in both humans and macaque monkeys using structural and functional MRI. This method, which is consistent across species, provides crucial insights into brain-wide structural and functional organization. Currently, I aim to deepen this research by adopting a multiscale approach, combining fMRI with microscopic and high-resolution techniques, including autoradiography and cytoarchitecture. This will allow me to explore the microscopic organization underlying larger-scale brain structures and functions.'

Methodological focus: 

  • Comparative Neurosciences with a specific focus on primates’ species
  • Brain anatomo-functional organization: local (e.g., areal level) to large-scale organization (e.g., connectivity at the network level)
  • Neuroimaging: structural and functional MRI


+49 (0)2461 61 96739


Contact: INM-1, bldg. 15.9, E1, Room:2005


List of publications:

Ducret M, Giacometti C, Dirheimer M, Dureux A, Autran-Clavagnier D, Hadj-Bouziane F, Verstraete C, Lamberton F, Wilson CRE, Amiez C, Procyk E. 2024. Medial to lateral frontal functional connectivity mapping reveals the organization of cingulate cortex. Cerebral Cortex: 34(8). doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae322

Giacometti C, Giacometti C, Autran-Clavagnier D, Viñales L, Lamberton F, Dureux A, Procyk E, Wilson CRE, Amiez C*, Hadj-Bouziane F*. 2024. Differential functional organization of amygdala-medial prefrontal cortex networks in macaque and human. Commun Biol. 2024, https://doi:10.1038/s42003-024-05918-y

Giacometti C, Amiez C*, Hadj-Bouziane F*. Multiple routes of communication within the amygdala-mPFC network: a comparative approach in humans and macaques. Current Research in Neurobiology 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crneur.2023.100103

Giacometti C*, Dureux A*, Autran-Clavagnier D, Wilson CRE, Sallet J, Dirheimer M, Procyk E, Hadj-Bouziane F, Amiez C. 2022. Frontal cortical functional connectivity is impacted by anaesthesia in macaques. Cerebral Cortex. 32(18):4050–4067. doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab465

Amiez C, Sallet J, Giacometti C, Verstraete C, Gandaux C, Morel-Latour V, Meguerditchian A, Hadj-Bouziane F, Ben Hamed S, Hopkins WD, et al. 2023. A revised perspective on the evolution of the lateral frontal cortex in primates. Sci Adv. 9(20). doi:10.1126/sciadv.adf9445

Amiez C, Sallet J, Novek J, Hadj-Bouziane F, Giacometti C, Andersson J, Hopkins WD, Petrides M. 2021. Chimpanzee histology and functional brain imaging show that the paracingulate sulcus is not human-specific. Commun Biol. 4(1):1–12. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01571-3


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