Neuropharmacology and pain

Francisco Ciruela Alferez / Ester Aso Pérez

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
  • Jordi Bonaventura Morera
  • Víctor Fernández Dueñas
  • África Flores de los Heros
CLINICAL RESEARCHERS
  • Alex Fernandez Solanas
  • Maria Pilar Hereu Boher
  • Roser Llop Rius
  • Dolores Rodriguez Cumplido
  • Sebastian Videla Ces
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
  • Maria Laura Cuffí Chéliz
  • Marc Lopez Cano
  • Glòria Salort Flaquer
PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
  • Paula Alvarez Montoya
  • Thiago Carnaval
  • Amelie Essmann
  • Montse Flores Garcia
  • Maria Zelai Garçon Poca
  • Xavier Madrid Gonzalez
  • Paloma Otero López
  • Arianna Rizzo
  • Paula Subirana Martínez
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT
  • Maria Salut Sanchez Rodriguez
VISITING RESEARCHERS
  • Kristoffer Sahlholm
Neuroscience
Neuroscience

Scientific production

22

PAPERS

Average IF: 6,81

8

LED PAPERS

Average IF: 5,98

7 PUBLICATIONS IN FIRST DECILE

15 PUBLICATIONS IN FIRST QUARTILE

20 PUBLICATIONS IN OPEN ACCESS

Selected publications:

  • López Cano,M;Scortichini,M;Tosh,DK;Salmaso,V;Ko,TG;Salort,G;Filgaira,I et al, Photoswitchable Diazocine Derivative for Adenosine A3 Receptor Activation in Psoriasis, J Am Chem Soc, 2025;147(1):874-879, doi:10.1021/jacs.4c13558
  • Kim,M;Lopez Cano,M;Zhang,K;Wang,Y;Gomez Santacana,X;Flores,A;Wu,M et al, Wireless, battery-free, remote photoactivation of caged-morphine for photopharmacological pain modulation without side effects, Biosens. Bioelectron., 2025;281117440-117440, doi:10.1016/j.bios.2025.117440
  • Rizzo,A;Garçon Poca,MZ;Essmann,A;Souza,AJ;Michaelides,M;Ciruela,F;Bonaventura,J, The dopaminergic effects of esketamine are mediated by a dual mechanism involving glutamate and opioid receptors., Mol Psychiatry, 2025;30(8):3443-3454, doi:10.1038/s41380-025-02931-3
  • Argerich,J;Lopez Cano,M;CIRUELA,F, G protein-coupled receptor 37 biomarker potential in Parkinson’s disease: Inflammation might be the hidden trigger., Neural Regen Res, 2025;doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-25-00581
  • Lujan,R;Martin Belmonte,A;Ferre,S;Ciruela,F, Amyloid-beta pathology-induced nanoscale synaptic disruption: the case of the GABAB-GIRK assembly, Neural Regen Res, 2025;20(5):1409-1410, doi:10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00291

Research highlights

PROJECTS

2 Ongoing competitive projects

PUBLISHED WORKS

1 Thesis

INNOVATION

1 Patent

NETWORKS

CannaLatan
COST Action 21130
COST Action CA23156

Selected projects

  • DARPA-PS-24-17. AWARE2024-DARPA – Ciruela, F. DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY. Budget: 203.989,72€. 2024-2026. PI: Ciruela Alférez, Francisco.
  • 2022/008797. Consecuencias de la interacción entre SARS-COV-2 y los receptores de estrógeno en las conductas adictivas. MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD Y POLITICA SO. Budget: 160.962,38€. 2023-2025. PI: BONAVENTURA MORERA, JORDI.