Elena Gonzalez Rey

CountrySpain

Society affiliation Sociedad Española de Neurociencia

ORCID ID 0000-0003-3917-9020

Position Principal Investigator/Group Leader

University/Organisation Instituto de Parasitologia y Biomedicina López-Neyra (Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas)

Domain Neuroimmunology

Sub domains Animal models Blood brain barrier Demyelinating

Lab description

Knowing the relationship between the central nervous system (CNS) and the immune system, characterizing the connection between infectious diseases and their effects in neurodegenerative disorders, and in processes of pathological aging. Our investigation focuses particularly on identifying endogenous mediators shared by both systems (neuropeptides) able to tune the immune system and to restore homeostasis under neurodegeneration and infection, with a therapeutic profile on these disorders. Specifically, we are interested in characterizing the therapeutic effect of these neuropeptides in neuroinflammatory/neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease

Lab URLhttps://www.ipb.csic.es/departamentos/elenag_ingles.html?depto=CellBiologyandImmunologyDepartment