Rebollo González, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2017-06-14)
The cerebral cortex is organized in complex circuits of neurons strongly interconnected in a conductive medium. During deep sleep stage, this neuronal connectivity generates recurrent synchronized ...
Jercog, Daniel Alejandro (Date of defense: 2013-10-24)
Spontaneous activity in the cerebral cortex changes in different brain states. During desynchronized brain states (e.g. wakefulness, REM sleep), populations of neurons in the cerebral cortex fire action ...
Gener, Thomas (Date of defense: 2011-02-10)
The generation of cognitive maps is influenced by different senses such as vision, audition or smell. However, the tactile information system -a highly developed system in the rat- and its influence on ...
López Pigozzi, Diego (Date of defense: 2013-04-02)
Since the discovery of the place cells in 1971 by John O’Keefe and colleagues an extensive work over the hippocampus has been developed as the mammal model of spatial navigation. Place cells are rodents’ ...
Ruiz Mejías, Marcel (Date of defense: 2013-09-23)
The present Thesis addressed different questions concerning spontaneous oscillatory activity in the cerebral cortex, including functional comparative studies, studies of mechanisms generating this ...
Matamala Gómez, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-09-19)
This thesis aim to test the effectiveness of an immersive virtual reality set-up by using an embodied virtual body in neurorehabilitation, specifically for motor and chronic pain disorders. More ...
Castaño Prat, Patricia (Date of defense: 2017-07-21)
A lo largo de esta tesis se han utilizado las oscilaciones lentas (SO), que emergen durante el sueño de onda lenta y bajo el efecto de ciertos tipos de anestesia, como paradigma para detectar alteraciones ...