Taberner Pérez, Laura (Date of defense: 2019-11-29)
Cranial sensory ganglia are groups of neurons located in the head of chordates outside the central nervous system that allow individuals to sense and perceive information from the outer world. The ...
Fargas Madriles, Laura (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
L’orella interna dels vertebrats és una estructura altament organitzada i complexa on cadascun dels específics tipus cel•lulars és generat a dominis concrets. Per aquest motiu, l’especificació cel•lular ...
Khatri, Safia (Date of defense: 2009-03-23)
En els darrers anys s'ha produït un gran avenç en l'enteniment dels mecanismes implicats en la inducció de la placoda òtica. Tanmateix, poc es coneix encara de com s'estableix un domini amb competència ...
Rubbini, Davide (Date of defense: 2016-04-29)
Hair cell damage, caused by various insults, results in hearing loss in humans, one of the major health problems nowadays. In mammals damaged hair cells cannot regenerate, whereas lower vertebrates have ...
Bañón González, Aitor (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)
The statoacoustic ganglion (SAG) is a complex 3D structure composed by neurons in charge of transmitting the information from inner ear hair cells to the CNS. During development, SAG copes with otic ...
Radosevic, Marija (Date of defense: 2011-07-12)
Sensory neurons are key mediators of the transduction of external stimuli from the ear to the brain, essential for the sense of balance and hearing. Understanding when, where and how the sensory nervous ...
Abelló Sumpsi, Gina (Date of defense: 2008-01-25)
Otic neuronal precursors are specified in the otic placode but interestingly do so only in the anterior domain of the otic placode, the proneural domain. In the present study, we have explored why only ...