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• Fetal cardiac programming

  Directed by Fàtima Crispi Understanding the effect of pregnancy complications on fetal cardiac development will allow us to discover preventive st...

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• Fetal brain development

  Directed by Elisenda Eixarch We evaluate the prenatal brain development in the most detailed way possible to be able to select the best markers an...

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• Prematurity

  Directed by Montserrat Palacio Our purpose is to detect the patients with a real risk of premature birth to optimize their treatment and be able t...

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• Inflammation in preterm birth

  Directed by Teresa Cobo We want to predict intra-amniotic infection or inflammation in women at risk of preterm labor using rapid and non-invasive...

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• Fetal therapy & surgery

  Directed by Eduard Gratacós We want to develop new intrauterine therapies and interventions that overcome the current limitations of fetal surge....

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• Placental disease

  Directed by Francesc Figueras We improve the diagnosis and management of pregnancies with growth restrictions and therefore reduce possible altera...

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• Environment and pregnancy complications

  Directed by Oscar García-Algar How do environmental factors such as exposure to tobacco, alcohol, drugs and environmental toxins (heavy metals and...

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• Neurobiological basis of fast-acting antidepressant strategies

  We aim to identify brain circuits involved in fast-acting antidepressant strategies, such as deep brain stimulation or ketamine, which act primaril...

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• Use of RNA interference (RNAi) as a translational strategy in the study of major depressive disorder

  We are using RNAi strategies in vivo in order to modulate the expression of genes involved in the pathophysiology and treatment of major depressive...

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• Role of synucleins in the modulation of monoaminergic neurotransmission: involvement in psychiatric and cognitive aspects of Parkinson’s disease

  Using models of AAV vector-induced overexpression or of RNAi-induced knockdown of α- and γ-synucleins, we are studying their physiological role in...

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• Mechanism of action of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs: identification of new therapeutic targets and brain circuits involved

  As a general objective of the group, we aim at identifying the brain circuits involved in the therapeutic action of drugs used to treat major depre...

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• Molecular mechanisms of inflammation in chronic liver disease

  Studies investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying the inflammatory process commonly observed in chronic liver disease.

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• Therapeutic aspects

  The following lines are mainly focussed on clinical and diagnostic features of HIV & co-infection: HCV and HBV coinfection. Efficacy and safety...

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• Clinical and diagnostic aspects

  Pharmacogenomics and pharmacokinetics Opportunistic diseases associated to HIV infection: tuberculosis, human papillomavirus, anal cancer Sol...

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• Healthcare continuity and management of chronic diseases

  When several diseases coexist in the same patient (comorbidities), care management becomes substantially more complex. In general, there is a growi...

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• Use of healthcare services

  In Spain, which has high life expectancy, an aging population, and universal health care free at the point of use, both the number of persons with...

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• The fragility - geriatrics - dependency - home care axis

  The elderly population will increase in forthcoming decades, making frailty an increasing public health problem. There is evidence of the benefit o...

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• Use of medicines

  Irrational use of medicines is a major problem worldwide. WHO estimates that more than half of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or sold inap...

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• Primary care and autoimmunity

  Systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, although their epidemiological profile varies sig...

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• Atherogenesis, risk factors and cardiovascular diseases

  Hypertension (HT), smoking, and hypercholesterolemia are the three most common cardiovascular risk factors in Spain. Prevalence of HT in adults > 1...

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