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Refugio Garc a Villegas

Title: Professor
Department: Department of Physiology, Biophysics & Neuroscience
Institution: Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV)
Address: Av. I.P.N. No. 2508
Col. San Pedro Zacatenco
City: Mexico City
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fisio.cinvestav.mx/academicos/refugio
Research field: Neuroscience
Award year: 1997

Research

The main theme of my research is to understand the regulation of sodium channel expression in neurons of the peripheral nervous system. Specifically, we are 1) Characterizing the transcriptional promoters of Nax sodium channels from human and mouse. 2) Searching for the transcriptional regulators (enhancers) required for neuronal expression. 3) Exploring the molecular evolution of the Nax sodium channelsIn addition we are identifying potassium channels and other ion channels in corneal epithelial cells and analyzing their possible role in proliferation and differentiation.

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