Ljiljana Radovanović

My name is Ljiljana Radovanović, and I am currently working as a research assistant at the Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade. I completed my bachelor's degree in 2017 at the Faculty of Biology - University of Belgrade, on module Molecular Biology and Physiology, and obtained the professional title Bachelor of Biology. In the same faculty, I completed my Master's degree in the module Neurobiology in the academic year 2018/2019 and received the title Master of Biology. I am currently a PhD student on module Neurophysiology: from cell to behavior (NENS PhD Schools). Since June 1, 2019, I have been employed at the Institute of Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" as a research trainee and since February 3, 2022, I have held the position of a research assistant. I am currently in the final phase of my doctoral thesis. My research interests focus on studying the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, such as sleep disorders (especially local hippocampal sleep) and memory functions in different rat models of Parkinson's disease, with a particular interest in the role of GABA neurotransmission and synaptic reorganization in the hippocampus and reticulo-thalamic nucleus as the basis of pathophysiology.