Research line

Physiopathology and toxicology of sensory and motor systems.

• Evaluation of the vestibular system in animal models: behavioural evaluation of vestibular dysfunction, analysis of vestibular system histopathology, identification of molecular targets in the vestibular periphery, vestibular toxicology and pharmacology.
• Animal models of sensory toxicity: auditory, visual, olfactory, dorsal root ganglia.
• Neurotoxicity assessment in animal models.

Capacities

• Disease / disorder characterization: Equilibrium disorders (animal models)
• Treatment discovery: New molecular targets in inner ear
• Assessment of new treatments: Drug testing in vertigo/disequilibrium models
• In vivo models: Ototoxicity, neurotoxicity
• Development of new tools / technologies / computational methods: High speed video for equilibrium disorders in animals
• Others: State-of-the-art evaluation of vestibular epithelium

Keywords: ototoxicity, vestibular system, sensory toxicity, neurotoxicity, animal.

Contact

Dr. Jordi Llorens

jllorens (at) ub.edu