Functional and systems neurobiology 

The Department of Functional and Systems Neurobiology works on intercellular communication processes and their effects on neuronal growth and differentiation, the regulatory mechanisms of neuronal excitability, and nerve growth and regeneration.

Department manager: Eduardo Martín Montiel

Laboratories

Neuroactive steroids 

Group leader: Mª Ángeles Arévalo

Cajal Blue Brain Platform 

Group leader: Ruth Benavides

Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Synaptic Plasticity

Group leader: Eduardo Martín Montiel

Neural Circuits Laboratory

Group leader: Liset Menéndez de la Prida

Inhibitory Microcircuits Laboratory 

Group leader: Pablo Méndez García

Neurobiology of the basal ganglia 

Group leader: Rosario Moratalla Villalba

Synaptic plasticity and interactions between astrocytes and neurons

Group leader: Marta Navarrete Llinás

Astrocyte-neuron interactions in brain circuits and behavioral control

Group leader: Francesco Paolo Ulloa Severino

Neuro-Glial Networks Laboratory

Group leader: Gertrudis Perea Parrilla

Neuroendocrinology laboratory

Group leader: Jaime Pignatelli