Fernández Blanco, Álvaro (Date of defense: 2023-04-13)
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic form of intellectual disability and arises from the partial or total trisomy of the Homo Sapiens Autosome 21. The cellular and molecular mechanisms that ...
D'Amico, Davide (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)
Estudios genéticos en pacientes sugieren que el gen del receptor tirosina quinasa de la neurotrofina de tipo 3 (NTRK3) podría contribuir en la patología del trastorno de pánico (PAND), un trastorno de ...
Catuara Solarz, Silvina (Date of defense: 2016-09-16)
This Thesis aims at addressing the therapeutic potential of a neuroplasticity-targeted treatment for intellectual disability (ID) in Down syndrome (DS). The therapy consisted of the administration of ...
Molas Casacuberta, Susanna (Date of defense: 2012-06-22)
The CHRNA5/A3/B4 genomic cluster encodes for the alpha5, alpha3 and beta4 subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs). Human genetic studies have revealed a significant association of ...
Quevedo Díaz, Marcos (Date of defense: 2017-12-21)
Understanding the neural basis of conscious perception is still one of the central unsolved problems in neuroscience. Current theoretical models of conscious processing include the Global Workspace ...
Pons Espinal, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2013-10-18)
Synaptic connections in the brain respond throughout their lives to the activity of incoming neurons, adjusting their biological properties to increment activity-dependent changes. Hippocampal neuronal ...