GRANTS FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT NEUROSCIENCES

– Team led by the Principal Investigator, Dr. Sandra Jurado Sánchez of the Institute of Neurosciences, CSIC-UMH, Alicante, which includes the following researchers: Dr. Elena Aznar Gimeno, Dr. Mª Pilar Madrigal Verdú and Dr. María Royo Cantabrana. Title of the Project: “Oxi-drive: development of new strategies for the administration of oxytocin as therapy for social pathologies in children and young people”.

– Team led by the Principal Investigator, Dr. Rocío Martínez de Pablos of the University of Seville, which includes the researchers: Dr. Rocío Ruíz Laza, Dr. José Luis Venero Recio and Dr. Ana María Espinosa Oliva. Title of the Project: “Implication of the cerebral immune system in the development of autism spectrum disorder”.

– Team led by the Principal Investigator, Esther Serrano Saiz of the Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, of which the researcher Claudio Toma is a member. Project title: “Combined genetic and functional studies to establish the role of DMRTA1 and DMRTA2 in susceptibility to attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its sexual skewing”.