Dalmases Cleries, Mireia (Date of defense: 2016-09-20)
El síndrome de apneas-hipopneas del sueño (SAHS) es una enfermedad crónica cuya prevalencia aumenta a medida que avanza la edad. Sin embargo, se dispone de pocos estudios que evalúen el impacto del SAHS ...
Anusha, Koneti (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
Mitochondria dysfunction is documented in the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease (PD), a region which plays a central role in the characteristic motor manifestations of the disease. Mitochondria! ...
Szczesna, Karolina (Date of defense: 2014-09-26)
INTRODUCTION: In 1966, Rett syndrome (RTT, OMIM#312750) was for the first time described as a clinical issue by Dr. Andreas Rett, an Austrian pediatrician. He has observed in 22 patients similar ...
Pérez Poyato, María del Socorro (Date of defense: 2012-07-02)
Las lipofuscinosis neuronal ceroidea (LNCs) constituyen uno de los grupos de enfermedades neurodegenerativas de herencia autosómica recesiva más frecuentes en la infancia. Presentan variabilidad en la ...
Rabaneda Lombarte, Neus (Date of defense: 2019-07-22)
Neuroinflammation is present in practically all neurological disorders. Microglial cells, the main representatives of the endogenous immune system of the brain, play a key role in neuroinflammation, ...
Risco Vilarasau, Ester (Date of defense: 2015-11-30)
INTRODUCCIÓ: Per tal de dissenyar noves estratègies per estabilitzar la situació de les persones que tenen un diagnòstic de demència i que viuen en el domicili, s'ha desenvolupat un estudi que descriu ...
Rebollo González, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2017-06-14)
The cerebral cortex is organized in complex circuits of neurons strongly interconnected in a conductive medium. During deep sleep stage, this neuronal connectivity generates recurrent synchronized ...
Martínez Hernàndez, Rebeca (Date of defense: 2012-11-23)
BACKGROUND: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by degeneration and loss of spinal cord motor neurons leading to denervation and muscular atrophy. It is caused by ...
Jercog, Daniel Alejandro (Date of defense: 2013-10-24)
Spontaneous activity in the cerebral cortex changes in different brain states. During desynchronized brain states (e.g. wakefulness, REM sleep), populations of neurons in the cerebral cortex fire action ...
Font Nieves de La Vega, Miriam Aurora (Date of defense: 2011-07-25)
Determinades situacions patològiques en el cervell així com estímuls inflamatoris provoquen un augment en l’expressió de la COX-2. En el context de la isquèmia cerebral, l’augment en l’expressió de la ...