Zamani Mozafarabadi, AmirPasha (Date of defense: 2022-12-16)
[eng] Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is the most frequent antibody-mediated encephalitis known to date, in which patients develop specific antibodies directed against the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) ...
Pardo Muñoz, Mònica (Date of defense: 2015-11-12)
The striatum is one of the brain structures that controls body movement. In humans the striatum consists of two nuclei, the caudate and putamen which are separated by the internal capsule, while in mice ...
Solé Padullés, Cristina (Date of defense: 2007-11-09)
L'interès general d'aquest projecte de tesi doctoral es centra en l'estudi dels patrons d'activació cerebral subjacents a l'envelliment cognitiu, tant en condicions clíniques normals com patològiques ...
Grau Olivares, Marta (Date of defense: 2008-06-25)
L’infart cerebral és la segona causa de mort, així com d’incapacitació a nivell mundial (Di Carlo et al.,2000), essent responsable de múltiples seqüeles físiques i cognitives, incloent la demència. ...
Portella Moll, Maria J. (Date of defense: 2005-06-01)
OF THE THESIS: <br/><br/>Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common of the affective disorders and ranks among the major causes of disability worldwide. Some vulnerability factors for the ...
Ruiz Mejías, Marcel (Date of defense: 2013-09-23)
The present Thesis addressed different questions concerning spontaneous oscillatory activity in the cerebral cortex, including functional comparative studies, studies of mechanisms generating this ...
Petit Pedrol, Mar (Date of defense: 2018-07-25)
BACKGROUND: The autoimmune encephalitis represents a new category of immune- mediated diseases of the brain that are mediated by antibodies against neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels or neuronal ...
Sánchez Castañeda, Cristina (Date of defense: 2009-11-27)
La enfermedad de Parkinson (EP), la enfermedad de Parkinson con Demencia (EPD) y la Demencia con Cuerpos de Lewy (DCL) presentan una alteración del metabolismo de la alfa-sinucleína que provoca la ...
Zagmutt Caroca, Sebastián (Date of defense: 2020-11-09)
Food intake and whole-body energy balance are regulated by the brain through a sophisticated neuronal network located mostly in the hypothalamus. In particular, the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) ...
Barbero Castillo, Almudena (Date of defense: 2020-07-17)
Throughout various brain states, billions of neurons interact resulting in a variety of cortical rhythms accompanied by switches between behavioral states (Gervasoni et al., 2004). As a result ...