María Villafranca-Faus

University of Valencia | UV · Anatomy and Human Embryology

Rodents detect chemical information mainly through the olfactory and vomeronasal systems, which play complementary roles to orchestrate appropriate behavioral responses. To characterize the integration of chemosensory information, we have performed electrophysiological and c-Fos studies of the bulbo–amygdalar network in freely behaving female mice...

Depression is an extended pathology, with more than 300 millions of people affected. However, the most used antidepressants, based on the monoamine theory of depression, have several limitations. Hence, new therapeutic alternatives based on glutamatergic transmission have emerged. In order to optimize the use of these new therapies, it would be use...

Vomeronasal information is critical in mice for territorial behavior. Consequently, learning the territorial spatial structure should incorporate the vomeronasal signals indicating individual identity into the hippocampal cognitive map. In this work we show in mice that navigating a virtual environment induces synchronic activity, with causality in...