Insitute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona
@ubneuro.bsky.social
At UBneuro, researchers pursue a comprehensive understanding of the nervous system, from the neuron and neural circuits to the global function of the brain.
🎧 New SciPod episode on the GlioLighT Consortium, with UBneuro researchers contributing to this EU-driven effort to advance new therapies for brain tumours.
Explore the science, the challenges, and the future of these innovative approaches 👇
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Explore the science, the challenges, and the future of these innovative approaches 👇
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Lighting the Path: How the GlioLighT Consortium Is Exploring New Ways to Treat Brain Tumours • scipod.global
Across the world, scientists are still trying to answer one of medicine’s most difficult questions: how can we safely and effectively treat brain cancers such as glioma? Despite decades of effort, out...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎧 New SciPod episode on the GlioLighT Consortium, with UBneuro researchers contributing to this EU-driven effort to advance new therapies for brain tumours.
Explore the science, the challenges, and the future of these innovative approaches 👇
www.scipod.global/lighting-the...
Explore the science, the challenges, and the future of these innovative approaches 👇
www.scipod.global/lighting-the...
UBneuro is proud to sponsor the workshop “NMDAR Hypofunction at the Crossroads of Psychosis and Cognition.”
Experts will explore how NMDAR dysfunction links schizophrenia and anti-NMDAR encephalitis, from molecular mechanisms to working memory deficits.
Experts will explore how NMDAR dysfunction links schizophrenia and anti-NMDAR encephalitis, from molecular mechanisms to working memory deficits.
🧠🔬 International workshop!
Join us on 9-10/12 for “NMDAR hypofunction at the crossroads of psychosis and cognition”
📍 Esteve auditorium, CEK
📌 Poster abstract submission open!
👉https://f.mtr.cool/fhowakvylo
Join us on 9-10/12 for “NMDAR hypofunction at the crossroads of psychosis and cognition”
📍 Esteve auditorium, CEK
📌 Poster abstract submission open!
👉https://f.mtr.cool/fhowakvylo
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
UBneuro is proud to sponsor the workshop “NMDAR Hypofunction at the Crossroads of Psychosis and Cognition.”
Experts will explore how NMDAR dysfunction links schizophrenia and anti-NMDAR encephalitis, from molecular mechanisms to working memory deficits.
Experts will explore how NMDAR dysfunction links schizophrenia and anti-NMDAR encephalitis, from molecular mechanisms to working memory deficits.
Great training at our Cognitive Neuroscience Unit!
Thanks to Gonzalo García-Castro and Chiara Santolín (Sant Joan de Déu) for sharing their expertise in fNIRS with newborns and infants. This will help boost our early brain research.
Thanks to Gonzalo García-Castro and Chiara Santolín (Sant Joan de Déu) for sharing their expertise in fNIRS with newborns and infants. This will help boost our early brain research.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Great training at our Cognitive Neuroscience Unit!
Thanks to Gonzalo García-Castro and Chiara Santolín (Sant Joan de Déu) for sharing their expertise in fNIRS with newborns and infants. This will help boost our early brain research.
Thanks to Gonzalo García-Castro and Chiara Santolín (Sant Joan de Déu) for sharing their expertise in fNIRS with newborns and infants. This will help boost our early brain research.
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🎉Our last paper, BDNF Overexpression Enhances Neuronal Activity and Axonal Growth in Human iPSC-Derived Neural Cultures, has been featured on the @ub.edu website!
The article highlights our recent work on stem cell-based therapies for brain damage. @ubneuro.bsky.social 🔬🧠🧫
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The article highlights our recent work on stem cell-based therapies for brain damage. @ubneuro.bsky.social 🔬🧠🧫
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New advances to boost regeneration and plasticity of brain neurons
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October 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🎉Our last paper, BDNF Overexpression Enhances Neuronal Activity and Axonal Growth in Human iPSC-Derived Neural Cultures, has been featured on the @ub.edu website!
The article highlights our recent work on stem cell-based therapies for brain damage. @ubneuro.bsky.social 🔬🧠🧫
web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...
The article highlights our recent work on stem cell-based therapies for brain damage. @ubneuro.bsky.social 🔬🧠🧫
web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...
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#RecercaUB | 🧠 Una nova estratègia basada en la teràpia amb cèl·lules mare podria potenciar la regeneració neuronal i la neuroplasticitat quan el cervell es danya
➡️ Lideren la recerca Daniel Tornero i Alba Ortega, de @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social i @ubneuro.bsky.social.
➡️ Lideren la recerca Daniel Tornero i Alba Ortega, de @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social i @ubneuro.bsky.social.
Nous avenços per impulsar la regeneració i la plasticitat de les neurones cerebrals
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October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#RecercaUB | 🧠 Una nova estratègia basada en la teràpia amb cèl·lules mare podria potenciar la regeneració neuronal i la neuroplasticitat quan el cervell es danya
➡️ Lideren la recerca Daniel Tornero i Alba Ortega, de @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social i @ubneuro.bsky.social.
➡️ Lideren la recerca Daniel Tornero i Alba Ortega, de @medicinacs-ub.bsky.social i @ubneuro.bsky.social.
🧬 UBneuro researchers Daniel Tornero & Alba Ortega Gascó describe a new stem cell–based strategy that boosts neuronal regeneration and plasticity using BDNF. doi.org/10.3390/ijms...
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#Neuroscience #StemCells #BDNF #Neuroplasticity #UBneuro
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#Neuroscience #StemCells #BDNF #Neuroplasticity #UBneuro
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October 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🧬 UBneuro researchers Daniel Tornero & Alba Ortega Gascó describe a new stem cell–based strategy that boosts neuronal regeneration and plasticity using BDNF. doi.org/10.3390/ijms...
🔗 Read more: neurociencies.ub.edu/ubneuro-rese...
#Neuroscience #StemCells #BDNF #Neuroplasticity #UBneuro
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#Neuroscience #StemCells #BDNF #Neuroplasticity #UBneuro
Hiring! Join Dr. @claudiapenaloza.bsky.social ' s lab (UB) as a Research Assistant in a project on language processing and recovery in bilinguals with aphasia.
📅 Nov 1–Dec 31, 2025 | ⏰ 20h/week | 💶 €21.7K/year | 📍 UB, Barcelona | Deadline: Oct 16
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📅 Nov 1–Dec 31, 2025 | ⏰ 20h/week | 💶 €21.7K/year | 📍 UB, Barcelona | Deadline: Oct 16
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Universitat de Barcelona - seu electrònica
Seu electrònica
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October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hiring! Join Dr. @claudiapenaloza.bsky.social ' s lab (UB) as a Research Assistant in a project on language processing and recovery in bilinguals with aphasia.
📅 Nov 1–Dec 31, 2025 | ⏰ 20h/week | 💶 €21.7K/year | 📍 UB, Barcelona | Deadline: Oct 16
seu.ub.edu/ofertaPublic...
📅 Nov 1–Dec 31, 2025 | ⏰ 20h/week | 💶 €21.7K/year | 📍 UB, Barcelona | Deadline: Oct 16
seu.ub.edu/ofertaPublic...
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We are very happy to share with you this review pubished in @jneurochem.bsky.social @WileyGlobal.bsky.social . Very proud of all the students in the lab who contributed to craft this manuscript! EVs, mTOR and neuroinflammation. @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social
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Tiny Messengers, Huge Consequences: Extracellular Vesicles and mTOR Signaling in Neuroinflammation
Neuroinflammation is a crucial mediator in the pathogenesis of multiple neurodegenerative diseases, acting not only as a consequence but also as a driver of disease progression. Yet, much remains to ....
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October 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
We are very happy to share with you this review pubished in @jneurochem.bsky.social @WileyGlobal.bsky.social . Very proud of all the students in the lab who contributed to craft this manuscript! EVs, mTOR and neuroinflammation. @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🔙🎶🧠Recap: The International Musicality Genomics Consortium Meeting in Barcelona www.neurociencies.ub.edu/recap-the-in...
Recap: The International Musicality Genomics Consortium Meeting in Barcelona - Institute of Neurosciences of the Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, 17/09/2025 On September 17, Barcelona hosted the international meeting of the Musicality Genomics Consortium (MusicGens), a groundbreaking project that explores the relationship between gen...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🔙🎶🧠Recap: The International Musicality Genomics Consortium Meeting in Barcelona www.neurociencies.ub.edu/recap-the-in...
🌿 Next week marks the 4th edition of the Health Research Meeting, organized by @caixaresearch.bsky.social
We’re proud that Prof. Josep M. Canals will join this year’s event!
#HealthResearch #CaixaResearch #UBneuro #Neuroscience #ResearchExcellence
We’re proud that Prof. Josep M. Canals will join this year’s event!
#HealthResearch #CaixaResearch #UBneuro #Neuroscience #ResearchExcellence
October 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🌿 Next week marks the 4th edition of the Health Research Meeting, organized by @caixaresearch.bsky.social
We’re proud that Prof. Josep M. Canals will join this year’s event!
#HealthResearch #CaixaResearch #UBneuro #Neuroscience #ResearchExcellence
We’re proud that Prof. Josep M. Canals will join this year’s event!
#HealthResearch #CaixaResearch #UBneuro #Neuroscience #ResearchExcellence
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Buscamos participantes para nuestro estudio IDENTITY-ABI. El estudio ofrece una intervención psicológica gratuita para acompañar los cambios en la #identidad en personas que ha sufrido #dañocerebral. Ayúdanos a difundir el estudio. Consulta este folleto para más información!
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Buscamos participantes para nuestro estudio IDENTITY-ABI. El estudio ofrece una intervención psicológica gratuita para acompañar los cambios en la #identidad en personas que ha sufrido #dañocerebral. Ayúdanos a difundir el estudio. Consulta este folleto para más información!
🎓 Are you interested in a PhD position in Language Neuroscience?
Join Cristina Baus' Language, taking part in the project “From neural to linguistic alignment: human–human, human–robot multilingual interactions”
Deadline to apply: October 7, 2025
Join Cristina Baus' Language, taking part in the project “From neural to linguistic alignment: human–human, human–robot multilingual interactions”
Deadline to apply: October 7, 2025
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🎓 Are you interested in a PhD position in Language Neuroscience?
Join Cristina Baus' Language, taking part in the project “From neural to linguistic alignment: human–human, human–robot multilingual interactions”
Deadline to apply: October 7, 2025
Join Cristina Baus' Language, taking part in the project “From neural to linguistic alignment: human–human, human–robot multilingual interactions”
Deadline to apply: October 7, 2025
📅 Wednesday, 1st October at 12:00 h, Dr. Sergio Gascón (Cajal Institute, CSIC, Madrid) will present:
“Unleashing neural lineage plasticity for neuronal reprogramming in the adult brain”
📍 Aula 14 Dolors Aleu, UB Medicine Faculty
#Neuroscience #NeuralPlasticity #CellReprogramming #UBneuro
“Unleashing neural lineage plasticity for neuronal reprogramming in the adult brain”
📍 Aula 14 Dolors Aleu, UB Medicine Faculty
#Neuroscience #NeuralPlasticity #CellReprogramming #UBneuro
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📅 Wednesday, 1st October at 12:00 h, Dr. Sergio Gascón (Cajal Institute, CSIC, Madrid) will present:
“Unleashing neural lineage plasticity for neuronal reprogramming in the adult brain”
📍 Aula 14 Dolors Aleu, UB Medicine Faculty
#Neuroscience #NeuralPlasticity #CellReprogramming #UBneuro
“Unleashing neural lineage plasticity for neuronal reprogramming in the adult brain”
📍 Aula 14 Dolors Aleu, UB Medicine Faculty
#Neuroscience #NeuralPlasticity #CellReprogramming #UBneuro
📅 Today, at 15:00 pm, Dr. Dario Arnaldi (Univ. of Genoa, Italy) will present: “The clinical and research value of molecular imaging in REM sleep behavior disorder as a prodromal alpha-synucleinopathy stage.”
#Neuroscience #MolecularImaging #Sleep #UBneuro
#Neuroscience #MolecularImaging #Sleep #UBneuro
September 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
📅 Today, at 15:00 pm, Dr. Dario Arnaldi (Univ. of Genoa, Italy) will present: “The clinical and research value of molecular imaging in REM sleep behavior disorder as a prodromal alpha-synucleinopathy stage.”
#Neuroscience #MolecularImaging #Sleep #UBneuro
#Neuroscience #MolecularImaging #Sleep #UBneuro
🧠 Dr. @mpallas.bsky.social receives a CaixaImpulse 2025 funding to develop a new drug targeting core Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms 👩🔬
🔗 neurociencies.ub.edu/merce-pallas...
#AutismResearch #CaixaImpulse #UBneuro #Innovation #ASD #Neuroscience
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#AutismResearch #CaixaImpulse #UBneuro #Innovation #ASD #Neuroscience
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September 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🧠 Dr. @mpallas.bsky.social receives a CaixaImpulse 2025 funding to develop a new drug targeting core Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) symptoms 👩🔬
🔗 neurociencies.ub.edu/merce-pallas...
#AutismResearch #CaixaImpulse #UBneuro #Innovation #ASD #Neuroscience
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#AutismResearch #CaixaImpulse #UBneuro #Innovation #ASD #Neuroscience
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Thanks to #caixaimpuls for trusting our project on new therapies for #autism. @farmaciaub.bsky.social @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social
#RecercaUB | 🧠 Un projecte per millorar el tractament de l'autisme, liderat per @mpallas.bsky.social, de @farmaciaub.bsky.social i @ubneuro.bsky.social, rep suport del programa #CaixaImpulse.
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@caixaresearch.bsky.social
El programa CaixaImpulse finança un projecte de la UB per millorar el tractament de l’autisme
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September 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thanks to #caixaimpuls for trusting our project on new therapies for #autism. @farmaciaub.bsky.social @ub.edu @ubneuro.bsky.social
🖥️ Prof. Petia Radeva (UBneuro) joins the LaIA 2025 – DONADIGITAL list, highlighting top women shaping tech in Catalonia. 👩💻
Her recognised work in AI and its biomedical applications inspires future women in STEM.
🔗: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/professor-pe...
#WomenInTech #STEM #UBneuro #LaIA2025
Her recognised work in AI and its biomedical applications inspires future women in STEM.
🔗: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/professor-pe...
#WomenInTech #STEM #UBneuro #LaIA2025
Professor Petia Radeva distinguished in the LaIA 2025 List of Women Leaders in ICT - Institute of Neurosciences of the Universitat de Barcelona
Professor Petia Radeva of UBneuro is recognized in the LaIA 2025 list of leading women in ICT, inspiring future generations in STEM and AI research.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🖥️ Prof. Petia Radeva (UBneuro) joins the LaIA 2025 – DONADIGITAL list, highlighting top women shaping tech in Catalonia. 👩💻
Her recognised work in AI and its biomedical applications inspires future women in STEM.
🔗: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/professor-pe...
#WomenInTech #STEM #UBneuro #LaIA2025
Her recognised work in AI and its biomedical applications inspires future women in STEM.
🔗: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/professor-pe...
#WomenInTech #STEM #UBneuro #LaIA2025
What if your love of music was written in your DNA?
On Sept 17, we're bringing together world-leading researchers from the #MusicGens project for a public roundtable in Barcelona.
📍 Palau de la Música
🕕 18:00h
🎟️ Free w/ ticket
More: www.palaumusica.cat/en/the-music... @palaumusicacat.bsky.social
On Sept 17, we're bringing together world-leading researchers from the #MusicGens project for a public roundtable in Barcelona.
📍 Palau de la Música
🕕 18:00h
🎟️ Free w/ ticket
More: www.palaumusica.cat/en/the-music... @palaumusicacat.bsky.social
The Musical Genome - Roundtable- Do we carry music in our genes?
Do we carry music in our genes? 17th September 2025.
www.palaumusica.cat
July 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
What if your love of music was written in your DNA?
On Sept 17, we're bringing together world-leading researchers from the #MusicGens project for a public roundtable in Barcelona.
📍 Palau de la Música
🕕 18:00h
🎟️ Free w/ ticket
More: www.palaumusica.cat/en/the-music... @palaumusicacat.bsky.social
On Sept 17, we're bringing together world-leading researchers from the #MusicGens project for a public roundtable in Barcelona.
📍 Palau de la Música
🕕 18:00h
🎟️ Free w/ ticket
More: www.palaumusica.cat/en/the-music... @palaumusicacat.bsky.social
🎓 Are you interested in a PhD position in Neuroimmunology?
Join the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Neuronal Diseases group. Be part of impactful research at the intersection of neuroscience and immunology.
📅 Deadline to apply: July 27, 2025
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/361939
Join the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Neuronal Diseases group. Be part of impactful research at the intersection of neuroscience and immunology.
📅 Deadline to apply: July 27, 2025
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/361939
PhD Position in Neuroimmunology – ERC-Funded Project on Neuroimmunology & Translational Neuroscience (IDIBAPS, Barcelona)
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our interdisciplinary research team at the IDIBAPS Institute for Biomedical Research in Barcelona, Spain.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
July 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎓 Are you interested in a PhD position in Neuroimmunology?
Join the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Neuronal Diseases group. Be part of impactful research at the intersection of neuroscience and immunology.
📅 Deadline to apply: July 27, 2025
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/361939
Join the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Neuronal Diseases group. Be part of impactful research at the intersection of neuroscience and immunology.
📅 Deadline to apply: July 27, 2025
🔗 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/361939
Today we launch the in-person #DeepTech Summer School 🧠
We’re starting with applications in basic neuroscience: AI, VR, fNIRS, EEG, motion capture and more — all hands-on.
Check out our neuroscience facilities and research unit here:
www.neurociencies.ub.edu/innovation/?...
We’re starting with applications in basic neuroscience: AI, VR, fNIRS, EEG, motion capture and more — all hands-on.
Check out our neuroscience facilities and research unit here:
www.neurociencies.ub.edu/innovation/?...
Innovation - Institute of Neurosciences of the Universitat de Barcelona
www.neurociencies.ub.edu
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today we launch the in-person #DeepTech Summer School 🧠
We’re starting with applications in basic neuroscience: AI, VR, fNIRS, EEG, motion capture and more — all hands-on.
Check out our neuroscience facilities and research unit here:
www.neurociencies.ub.edu/innovation/?...
We’re starting with applications in basic neuroscience: AI, VR, fNIRS, EEG, motion capture and more — all hands-on.
Check out our neuroscience facilities and research unit here:
www.neurociencies.ub.edu/innovation/?...
🧠 How does your brain know when one memory ends and another begins?
Researchers from UB, UBneuro & IDIBELL found that ripple brain waves mark these boundaries — like punctuation in your mental narrative.
📰 Published in Nature Communications.
Link: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ub-idibell-s...
Researchers from UB, UBneuro & IDIBELL found that ripple brain waves mark these boundaries — like punctuation in your mental narrative.
📰 Published in Nature Communications.
Link: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ub-idibell-s...
July 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🧠 How does your brain know when one memory ends and another begins?
Researchers from UB, UBneuro & IDIBELL found that ripple brain waves mark these boundaries — like punctuation in your mental narrative.
📰 Published in Nature Communications.
Link: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ub-idibell-s...
Researchers from UB, UBneuro & IDIBELL found that ripple brain waves mark these boundaries — like punctuation in your mental narrative.
📰 Published in Nature Communications.
Link: www.neurociencies.ub.edu/ub-idibell-s...
🚀 Starting the round table: “From Bench to Leadership”. Honest discussions on the challenges and rewards of becoming a junior PI. Huge thanks to our panel for sharing their journeys and advice! 🔥
#AcademicLife #JuniorPI #Mentorship
#AcademicLife #JuniorPI #Mentorship
July 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🚀 Starting the round table: “From Bench to Leadership”. Honest discussions on the challenges and rewards of becoming a junior PI. Huge thanks to our panel for sharing their journeys and advice! 🔥
#AcademicLife #JuniorPI #Mentorship
#AcademicLife #JuniorPI #Mentorship
🧬 Alberto Ortega wraps up the session discussing human modeling of neurological disorders, bridging the gap between lab research and patient relevance through advanced cellular models.
July 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🧬 Alberto Ortega wraps up the session discussing human modeling of neurological disorders, bridging the gap between lab research and patient relevance through advanced cellular models.
🔥 Gerard Callejo presents on the neurobiology of pain, addressing how the nervous system perceives and processes pain, and mechanisms behind chronic pain disorders.
July 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🔥 Gerard Callejo presents on the neurobiology of pain, addressing how the nervous system perceives and processes pain, and mechanisms behind chronic pain disorders.