Ill-Raga, Gerard (Date of defense: 2010-09-28)
Nitric oxide (NO) is a neurotransmitter involved in memory processes. Currently, the only recognized physiological signalling pathway controlled by NO is the activation of guanylyl cyclase. In this ...
Sánchez Danés, Adriana (Date of defense: 2012-05-21)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable, chronically progressive neurodegenerative disease leading to premature invalidity and death. The locomotor disability of PD patients is mainly rooted in the ...
Santamaría-García, Hernando (Date of defense: 2014-01-31)
The present research is aimed at analyzing how human’s brain jointly computes cognitive and social interactions in presence of implicit social stimuli and/or in presence of socially neutral stimuli. ...
Plaza-Zabala, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2012-11-26)
Hypocretin-1 and hypocretin-2, also known as orexin-A and orexin-B, are 2 neuropeptides that are exclusively expressed by a small subset of neurons of the lateral hypothalamic area. Despite their ...
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 ...
Viñals Álvarez, Xavier (Date of defense: 2015-04-09)
El cànnabis i l’èxtasi són dues drogues d’ús recreatiu, les quals usualment es solen consumir de forma conjunta. Degut al seu ús combinat, resulta difícil esclarir les conseqüències que té cada droga a ...
Sengupta, Pallabi (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)
Communication amongst various regions of our brain makes it possible for us to perform a wide array of cognitive tasks. To capture these communications at a local level has remained challenging in the ...
Vidal, Alice (Date of defense: 2024-02-23)
Prendre decisions es un repte, i a la par un aspecte inevitable a les nostres vides. D’entre totes les opcions viables, hom ha de sotmetre a escrutini i avaluació les diverses alternatives en tant ...
Pérez Crespo, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-03-22)
Environmental noise pollution has become a major public health concern due to its increase during the last decades as a result of urbanization processes. Environmental noise can be produced by different ...
Bergadà Martínez, Araceli (Date of defense: 2024-03-08)
Cognition is a physiological brain function that refers to the process of acquiring and managing knowledge and understanding. It embraces multiple domains, including memory. Intellectual disability ...