Health-related behaviors, physical fitness, and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents 

    Solera Sánchez, Alba (Date of defense: 2022-09-05)

    Background. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multiple construct, affecting individual’s physical, mental, and social well-being. Its maintenance during childhood and adolescence is one of the major public health ...

    Influencia de las etapas del ciclo menstrual en el nivel de condición física manifestado en mujeres deportistas 

    Recacha-Ponce, Paula (Date of defense: 2023-12-18)

    La literatura basada en la investigación del nivel manifestado de condición física de la mujer deportista, en base a la fluctuación hormonal que su ciclo menstrual conlleva, ya sea natural o artificial, sigue sin estar ...

    Neuroinflammation and insulin resistance underly cognitive impairment. Sex differences and potential treatments 

    Sánchez Sarasúa de la Bárcena, Sandra (Date of defense: 2021-07-12)

    Neuroinflammation and insulin resistance are two correlated processes. Abscisic acid(ABA) is a phytohormone also found in mammals. In a model of neuroinflammation induced by high fat diet(HFD), ABA administration rescued ...

    Papel del Núcleo Incertus en el reconocimiento social a través de sus conexiones en el cerebro de rata 

    García Díaz, Cristina (Date of defense: 2021-03-29)

    Este trabajo se centra en estudiar la función del núcleo incertus (NI) en la memoria de reconocimiento social y como su lesión afecta a dicho proceso en un modelo animal con ratas. Se ha visto que el NI presenta proyecciones ...

    Ready for motherhood. Chemosensory, socio-sexual and motivational brain networks adjust their activity during pregnancy. 

    Navarro-Moreno, Cinta (Date of defense: 2022-11-22)

    Maternal behaviour is instinctively induced by pups during late gestation and postpartum, when hormonal changes elicit increased motivation towards offspring and aggressiveness towards potentially infanticidal intruders. ...

    Resultados del trasplante de páncreas en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 1 en la Comunidad Valenciana 

    Argente Pla, María (Date of defense: 2020-11-23)

    La hiperglucemia crónica característica de la diabetes mellitus(DM) se asocia, a largo plazo,con la aparición de complicaciones que van a disminuir la calidad y esperanza de vida del paciente. Existen diversos tipos de ...

    Turning on and off the cerebellum in drug-induced memory 

    Melchor Eixea, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2024-02-27)

    This thesis examines the role of the cerebellum in drug-induced memories and its connection to the addiction circuit. First, we identify changes in neuronal activity in the cerebellar vermis during the expression of ...