Miguel Hernandez

1 month ago | medicalxpress.com | Elena Garrido |Miguel Hernandez |Miguel Hernández

A team of researchers has discovered that the developing brain can reorganize its sensory maps when the sense of touch is affected. In a study published today in Nature Communications, the Development, Plasticity, and Reprogramming of Sensory Circuits laboratory, led by Guillermina López-Bendito, has demonstrated that the somatosensory cortex can modify its structure and functionality in response to the absence of sensory stimuli from birth.

2 months ago | medicalxpress.com | Elena Garrido |Miguel Hernandez |Miguel Hernández

Brain metastases are one of the most severe complications of melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer. Researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche, have identified a strategy to slow their progression, which could improve the response to current treatments.