Molecular Neurobiology and Neuropathology
The Molecular Neurobiology and Neuropathology Department investigates the biological basis of brain disorders. We study rare and prevalent psychiatric and neurological diseases using a combination of behavioral and electrophysionlogical analyses, cellular and molecular biology techniques, and high-throuughput “omics” approaches. Our collective effort seeks to better understand the molecular and environmental grounds of brain malfunction to improve current therapeutic strategies for brain disorders.
Director: Jose Pascual López-Atalaya Martínez
Research Groups
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Molecular control of neuronal axon myelination (PI: H. Cabedo)
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Functional Epi-Genomics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease (PI: JV. Sánchez Mut)
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Altered molecular mechanism in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (PI: J. Sáez-Valero; MS. García-Ayllón)
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Molecular mechanisms in neurosecretion (PI: LM. Gutiérrez; M. Criado)
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Transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms of neuronal plasticity (PI: A. Barco)
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Neuropharmacology, Molecular Immunobiology and Behavior (PI: T. Femenía)
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Translational neuropsychopharmacology of neurological and psychiatric diseases (PI: J. Manzanares)
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Cellular plasticity and neuropathology (PI: JP. López-Atalaya)
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Translational Imaging Biomarkers (PI: S. De Santis)