Neuroplasticity and regeneration (Dr. Clara Penas)

The Group of Neuroplasticity and Regeneration is a multidisciplinary group that investigates repair, regeneration and functional recovery after injuries to the peripheral nerves and spinal cord, and in neurodegenerative diseases.

• Regeneration and reinnervation in peripheral nerve lesions 
• Neuropathic pain: mechanisms and treatment 
• Experimental and clinical studies on peripheral neuropathies 
• Neuroprotection and regeneration in spinal cord injuries 
• Cell and gene therapy for neurodegenerative processes 
• Motoneuron disease: mechanisms and therapy  
• Demyelinating disease: mechanisms and treatment 
• Neural plasticity after peripheral nerve injury  
• Neuromodulation in spinal cord injury  
• Neuroprostheses: interfaces with the peripheral nervous system 

The research activities of the Group of Neuroplasticity and Regeneration have focused on the study of physiopathological mechanisms of neural lesions, neuropathic pain and neurodegeneration, and on the application of novel therapeutic strategies for promoting neuroprotection and regeneration in traumatic and degenerative lesions of the nervous system.