Instituto
INSTITUTO CAJAL

Head researcher
ADOLFO TOLEDANO GASCA

Involution of the CNS in the normal and pathological senility


Study of central and peripheral markers of neurodegenerative diseases. The research group work deals with the study of both the normal and the pathological involution markers of the Central Nervous System (neuronal and glial central biomarkers as well peripheral ones) in order to explain the pathogeny of neurodegenerative disorders and to open new therapeutical lines. Studies are carried out in a multidisciplinary approach, using morphological, histochemical and biochemical methods. Human Alzheimer`s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob¿s Diseases, sheep scrapie and experimental models of Alzheimer and CNS Oxidative Stress are mainly studied.

Main specialization

Área de investigación:
Disciplina ERC:
  • LS - LIFE SCIENCES
  • LS5 Neurosciences and Neural Disorders
Industrial Leadership:
  • 2. Nanotechnologies
  • 2.5. Developing capacity-enhancing techniques, measuring methods and equipment
Societal Challenges:
  • 1. Health, demographic change and wellbeing
  • 1.04. Understanding disease