Grupo de Investigación en Psiquiatría y Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas

Responsable de la Unidad de Investigación:

Áreas de investigación

Identifying risk-associated polymorphisms in psychosis and affective disorders
Epigenetic studies of candidate genes involved in psychosis and other mental illnesses
Research using animal models to study severe mental illness
Development of models for studying neurodegenerative diseases (Friedreich Ataxia) using invertebrate animals (Drosophila)
Study of mutations in monogenic neurodegenerative diseases
Identifying genetic and environmental risk factors in affective and psychotic disorders
Identifying abnormal patterns in neuroimaging (morphometry, functional, spectroscopy) in patients with psychosis
Design and coordination of clinical, genetic and neuroimaging data bases oriented to performing multicenter projects
Development of interactive systems for improving therapeutic adherence ** Study on the efficiency of psycho-social intervention techniques in serious mental illness