My main research and clinical interest is the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of the common mental disorders of depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, the epidemiology of psychiatric symptoms in the general population and evidence-based psychiatry including meta-analysis.
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How neuronal axons grow? Modelling of axonal growth and filopodia dynamics.
What defines neuronal/axonal growth? Intrinsic factors that promote axonal regeneration after insult.
Molecular and evolutionary aspects of prominent hubs/nodes in signalling pathways Ras/Erk and PI3K/Akt pathways, lipid signalling (phosphoinositides, lipid phosphate agonists).
Pharmacological targeting. Relevance for human diseases with emphasis given on neurodevelopmental disorders (neurofibromatosis type 1, autism, schizophrenia).
Sex hormones and cognitive functions - serotonin and eating behavior
Effect of environmental contaminants in behavior
Maternal deprivation stress and neurobiological modifications
Depression and drug metabolism
Psychological stress and drug metabolism
Adrenergic systems and cytochrome gene regulation
Role of D2-dopaminergic receptor-linked pathways in cytochrome gene regulation
Stress and lipid metabolism: regulatory role of PPARa
Role of Stress in the synthesis of serum A amyloid proteins
Potential anticancer properties of antipsychotics
Potential beneficial effects of herbal extracts in cognitive functions in patients with dementia/Alzheimer’s disease
Genetic study of children with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract
Study of metabolic syndrome and endothelial dysfunction in obese children and adolescents
Idiopathic hypercalciuria in childhood-relationship with bone metabolism
Study of bone metabolism in children with chronic kidney disease
Study of early renal and endothelial dysfunction markers in children with dyslipidemia
Genetic study of monosymptomatic primary nocturnal enuresis
Etiological study of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in children