Guest Editor Special Issue:
"Synaptic Plasticity in Health and Disease"
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Deadline: 31 August 2022
SYNAPTIC LOCAL TRANSLATION LAB
Departamento de Fisiología Médica y Biofísica. Universidad de Sevilla
Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS)
SPAIN
Local translation of synaptic mRNAs is a key process for axonal growth, dendritogenesis and synaptogenesis during nervous system development, and for synaptic plasticity in the adult brain. Relevance of local translation is illustrated by its direct implication in neuronal pathologies as Fragile X (a common intellectual disability disease) and SMA (involving degeneration of motor neurons).
Our lab is interested in elucidating the role of local translation in other diseases characterized by intellectual disability, trisomy 21 (Down’s syndrome) in particular. Using mouse models, our goal is to translate the obtained results to the corresponding human neuronal pathologies.
Synaptoneurosome preparation
Culture of hippocampal neurons
Microelectrode Array
(MEA)
Memory tests
Barnes maze
Object recognition
Copyrigth ML Montesinos