Brain collection for psychiatric diseases and addiction disorders.
Biochemical and functional in vitro techniques for the study of neurotransmitter receptors (ligand binding, scintillation proximity assays (SPA), intra-cellular signalling responses, etc.).
Protein assessment techniques (western-blot, immunohistochemistry, ELISA, etc.) and metabolites.
Analysis of mRNA integrity (RIN number determination) and expression by quantitative RT-PCR.
Stereotactic surgery in rat and mouse.
Cerebral microdialysis in awake animal.
Electrochemical HPLC detection of monoamines and aminoacids.
Clinical microdialysis in human brain.
Ischemia and reperfusion techniques in rat brain.
Behavioural animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders and response to psychopharmacological treatments: locomotor activity, anxiety, cognitive impairment, social interaction, stress, PPI, etc.
Cell culture of olfactory neuroepithelium and other cell types from patients.
