Esther M. Berrocoso Domínguez
esther.berrocoso@uca.es
- Study of correlations between depression and pain by means of neuroimaging techniques in animal models.
- Study of synergistic interactions between opioids and monoamines in depressive disorders using different experimental models of depression.
- Neurohistochemical markers in chronic pain models, their modification by antidepressants and their distribution in brain regions related to pain and depression (galanin, glutamate and gaba receptors mrnas).
- Effects of psychopharmaceuticals on mu-opioid receptor knockout and nfat knockout mice by means of animal models of depression and pain.
- Use of semi-synthetic and plant-derived natural products as psychopharmaceuticals and/or analgesics.
- Effectiveness and mechanisms of action of antidepressants in treating symptoms of pain in depression and other neurological-related diseases.
