Assistant Professor
The Presynaptic Dimension of Brain Pathologies:from the Neurotransmitter Release Machinery to Microcircuits
Beatrice Terni
Assistant Professor
Pablo Martinez
Postdoctoral Researcher
Marta Casas
Early Stage Researcher
Celia Velasco
Early Stage Researcher
Our reserach aims to understand how synapses process information in the brain by gaining knowledge on their contribution to cognition, sensory adaptation, learning and memory. To address the study of the cellular and molecular bases of synaptic function in health and disease, we use a multidisciplinary set of approaches based on the combination of electrophysiology, imaging and molecular assays. Major research interests include: the study of the action of bacterial toxins and particularly, epsilon toxin, on the nervous system, the importance of synaptic stability in information processing, the interactions established among proteins involved in neurotransmitter release and the study of synaptic (dys)function in the experimental model of X. tropicalis tadpoles.