| Cellular neurobiology group: Neurophysiology group. Neuropharmacology group. Neuroengineering group | - Cellular and circuital bases of epilepsy. Excitability control and synaptic plasticity modifications
- Cellular and molecular bases of memory and learning. Synaptic plasticity phenomena and their modifications in dementia (Alzheimer's disease), etc.
- Cellular and molecular bases of the physiology of the basal ganglia. Synaptic plasticity modifications in extra-pyramidal disorders such as Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, dyskinesias, etc.
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms for degeneration, adaptation and repair/regeneration in neurons deprived of synaptic inputs in models of deafness
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms for the adaptation of central auditory neurons to acoustic trauma
- Cellular and molecular pathways involved in neuro-degenerative diseases (Parkinson, Huntington, Alzheimer and ischemia)
- Cellular and sub-cellular bases of the function of potassium channels and receptors for neurotransmitters in the auditory system
- Cellular and sub-cellular localization of ion channels in the central nervous system
- Cellular and sub-cellular localization of receptors for neurotransmitters in the central nervous system
- Cellular neurobiology. Synaptogenesis, mechanisms regulating synaptic activity and mechanisms for adaptation, remodelling and plasticity in the nervous system
- Cochlear mechanics, physiology of cochlear nuclei, cochlear implants
- Development of artificial implants for peripheral nerve regeneration
- Dissection of and search for new pharmalogical targets. Study of the action mechanisms of potential new neuro-protective drugs. Participation of mitochondria and second messengers in neuro-degenerative processes
- Participation of mitochondria and second messengers in neuro-degenerative processes
- Regeneration in the CNS: nuclear receptors
- Study of the action mechanisms of potential new neuro-protective drugs
- Sub-cellular bases which mediate the association and functional coupling between receptors for neurotransmitters and ion channels in the central nervous system
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| Division of Neurosciences. Laboratory of functional neurosciences. Neuroscience and Behaviour | - Early detection of Alzheimer's disease based on the combination of different markers
- Functional relationships between the physiology of sleep and memory consolidation processes
- Genesis and control of motor commands with special emphasis on the extra-ocular and facial motor systems
- Learning and memory processes in the ¿Drosophila melanogaster¿
- Magnetoreception in the ¿Drosophila melanogaster¿: physiology of the detection of magnetic fields and the effects that such fields may have on living organisms
- Molecular and cellular bases of neural plasticity. Molecular and cellular mechanisms associated with long-term neural plasticity
- Neural processes underlying learning and memory in awake animals. Neural substrates of appetitive and exploratory behaviours
- Oscillatory properties of the cerebral cortex
- Physiology of synaptic transmission
- Procedures for the phenotyping of mice and rats by means of the use of electrophysiological recording techniques
- Role of the cortical (pre-frontal, pre-motor, motor, hippocampal), sub-cortical (striatum, amygdala, red nucleus, brainstem motor centres) and cerebellar structures in the acquisition of associative learning tasks
- Underlying brain mechanisms in memory processes and their deterioration
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| Functional Psychosis and Psychotherapy | - Psychiatry
- Psychosis, Personality Disorders, Child and Juvenile Mental Health
- Psychotic disorders: clinical epidemiology and neuro-cognition
- Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
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| Histology and Neurobiology Unit (UHN) | - Cellular neurobiology. Synaptogenesis, mechanisms regulating synaptic activity and mechanisms for adaptation, remodelling and plasticity in the nervous system
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| Integrated Unit of Clinical and Functional Structural Neuroscience | - Endocannabinoid system in a healthy and diseased brain
- Expression of factors preventing post-lesion regeneration of nerve connections by means of the application of small inhibitory molecules such as siRNAs and antagomirs
- Neural and connective organization of the cerebral cloister of mammals
- Recovery of the visual function in partial retinal lesions and experimental amblyopia models
- Study of the innervation of the axonal segment of the main neurons of the cerebral cortex
- Techniques for slow release of neuroactive substances incorporated into nanoparticles of biodegradable plastic materials for application in the central nervous system
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| Neurogenesis, Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection | - Anti-inflammatory drugs
- Microglial phagocytosis in the adult hippocampus in health and disease
- Multiple sclerosis genetics
- Neural stem cells and neurogenesis in aging and epilepsy
- Neurodegeneration and neuroprotection
- Stroke biomarkers
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| Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology | - Cerebral microvasculature: a study of its structure and function, the mechanisms involved in its maintenance, regulation, development, and plasticity in physiological and pathological conditions
- Neurobiology of pain
- Parkinson's disease and other Parkinsonisms / Dementias / Prion Diseases / Dysautonomia / Drug-resistant Epilepsies
- Participation of the Endogenous Cannabinoid System in Neural Differentiation
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| Neuroscience and Motor Control (NEUROcom) | - Neurophysiological mechanisms involved in the sleep-wake cycle and visual processing
- Non-pharmacological neurorehabilitation of motor control in adults and neurological patients
- Study of the mechanisms which guide visual attention and cortico-thalamic interactions
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