Mission

The Human Pharmacology and Clinical Neurosciences Research Group is responsible for providing instruction in pharmacology and toxicology to biology and medicine students and for providing graduate education to students in a variety of research tracks.

Research lines of the group includes:

• Clinical pharmacology of drugs of abuse

Evaluation of pharmacological and toxicological effects induced by drugs of abuse (pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, neuroimaging, genetics, and aspects), in recreational users with substance abuse disorders (polyconsumption) and others associated (psychopathology and neurocognitive performance). Current studies are focused in clubber drugs (MDMA, GHB), cannabis and "smart drugs".

• Genes, endophenotypes, and environmental vulnerability associated to substance abuse and psychiatric disorders

Evaluation of genes (candidate genes), endophenotypes (clinical symptoms, cognitive traits, personality traits, biological markers) and environmental factors (drugs abuse, life events) implicated in the vulnerability of substance abuse and psychiatric disorders and comorbidity within them and pharmacological response.

• Health benefits of micronutrients with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities from the Mediterranean diet

Biological activities of polyphenols and its metabolites from olive oil and interaction of antioxidants from the Mediterranean diet and the activity of the central nervous system.