Background pattern of a brain with neural connections
Cristina Miguelez

Cristina Miguelez

Co-PI (Core Leadership)

University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

Cristina is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Her academic trajectory combines scientific research, teaching, international collaboration, and public science communication. She completed her doctoral research at UPV/EHU and postdoctoral training at the University of Bordeaux, specializing in preclinical models, electrophysiology, and circuit-level interventions. She currently co-directs a cross-border laboratory on comorbidities in Parkinson’s disease and actively mentors undergraduate, Master’s, and PhD students.

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Locus coeruleus Exercise Disease heterogeneity PD heterogeneity: circuit biology Disease modification Neurobiology Depression Neurodegeneration in situ RNA analytics Prodromal PD Optogenetics Animal models Non-motor symptoms

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