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RESEARCH GROUPS
Group 2
Programme: Therapeutic Innovation; Depression
Lead Researcher: Artigas Pérez, Francesc Group members
STAFF MEMBERS: Jaramillo Muñumer, María | Paz Silva, Verónica | Santana Ramos, Noemí
ASSOCIATED MEMBERS: Bortolozzi Biasoni, Analia | Campa Montobbio, Leticia | Castañe Forn, Anna | Ce- lada Pedrosa, María Paz | Ferres Coy, Albert | Galofre Centelles, Mireia | Gasull Camós, Júlia | Llado Pelfort, Laia | Masana Nadal, Merce | Riga, Maurizio | Ruiz Bronchal, Esther .
Main lines of research
• Neurobiological basis and treatment for severe psychiatric disorders: study of neurotransmitters, re- ceptors and brain circuits involved .
• Mechanism of action of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs: brain circuits involved . • Study on the brain circuits involved in the psychotomimetic action of non-competitive NMDA receptor
antagonists .
• Neurobiological basis of new novel antidepressant strategies (deep brain stimulation, interference RNA, ketamine) .
• Transgenic mouse models of schizophrenia . • Neurochemistry and neuropharmacology of brain neurotransmitters .
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