Publications

Cortical neurons of the superficial layers (II-IV) represent a pivotal neuronal population involved in the higher cognitive functions of the human and are particularly affected by psychiatric diseases with developmental manifestations such as schizophrenia and autism. Differentiation protocols of...

Our purpose was to investigate genes and molecular mechanisms involved in patients with Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) and to model this type of LCA for drug screening. Fibroblasts from two unrelated clinically identified patients with a yet undetermined gene mutation were reprogrammed to pluri...

Cumulative evidence shows that transplantation of stem cells (SC) derivatives can reduce the functional deficits induced by cerebral ischemia or hemorrhage in animals. Most SC sources have been applied to stroke models, with varying degrees of differentiation into neural derivatives and in varyin...