Àngels Garcia-Cazorla
About Àngels Garcia-Cazorla

Paediatric neurologist, Master in Neuroscience, PI of the “Synaptic Metabolism Laboratory” at the Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona. Founder of the “Connecting the growing brain” project.

14 posts published by Àngels Garcia-Cazorla

Cholinergic neurotransmission and the developing brain

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What do you know about acetylcholine?  What about its role in the developing brain?   Are there diseases of the central nervous system due to abnormal cholinergic transmission in paediatrics? Our current knowledge about disorders of neurotransmission in children is focused on transmitters such as dopamine, serotonin or GABA. By contrast little is known about the […]

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Serotonin and cortical architecture

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The neurotransmitters sculpt the brain Serotonin is an abundant neurotransmitter in the brain. During development, serotonin regulates processes such as neuronal migration and dendrite differentiation through some particular 5HT receptors. Abnormal serotoninergic neurotransmission during early periods of life may disrupt the construction of  cortical circuits and contribute to neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders.   The human […]

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Calcium: is all about control and precision

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The precise GABAergic calcium control plays a key role in neuronal plasticity       The perisomatic inhibitory control is already known, which can control the action potential output from the post-synaptic cell. The precise level at which this is done, is for the first time described, demonstrating an exquisite compartmentalized control on the heads of dendrite […]

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