Research line
Physiopathology and toxicology of sensory and motor systems.
- Evaluation of the vestibular system in animal models: behavioural evaluation of vestibular dysfunction, analysis of vestibular system histopathology, identification of molecular targets in the vestibular periphery, vestibular toxicology and pharmacology.
- Animal models of sensory toxicity: auditory, visual, olfactory, dorsal root ganglia.
- Neurotoxicity assessment in animal models.
Capacities
- Disease / disorder characterization: Equilibrium disorders (animal models)
- Treatment discovery: New molecular targets in inner ear
- Assessment of new treatments: Drug testing in vertigo/disequilibrium models
- In vivo models: Ototoxicity, neurotoxicity
- Development of new tools / technologies / computational methods: High speed video for equilibrium disorders in animals
- Others: State-of-the-art evaluation of vestibular epithelium
Keywords: ototoxicity, vestibular system, sensory toxicity, neurotoxicity, animal.
Contact
Dr. Jordi Llorens
jllorens (at) ub.edu
