Merce Masana Nadal

Associate professor

Researcher ID: K-5302-2014

Knowledge area: Histologia

Research group:

Cèl·lules mare i medicina regenerativa
Mecanismes Moleculars i aproximacions terapèutiques en patologies cerebrals

Contact Information
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Casanova, 143
934021907
mmasana(a)ub.edu

More Information: http://www.neurociencies.ub.edu/neuronal-network-dysfunction-in-neurological-and-psychiatric-disorders/

Academic training

Chemistry degree . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . 10/05/2004 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Biochemistry degree . Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona . 10/03/2006 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

PhD in Neuroscience . Universitat de Barcelona . 18/04/2011 . (Ph.D.)

Research Projects

Non-invasive dynamic neural control by laser-based technology (NEUROPA) . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.863214 . Unió Europea . PI: Merce Masana Nadal

¿Puede la integración de la percepción visual en el colículo superior promover la resiliencia a los síntomas motores en enfermedades neurodegenerativas? . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.PID2021-124896OA-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) . PI: Merce Masana Nadal

Characterization of the pathological mechanisms by VPS13A mutation on neuronal networks in Chorea Acanthocytosis models . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.312078 . Fundació ChAC . PI: Jordi Alberch Vie; Manuel Jose Rodriguez Allue; Merce Masana Nadal

Next Generation Glioma Treatments using Direct Light Therapy (GlioLighT) . 2024 - 2026 . Ref.101129705 . Unió Europea . PI: Merce Masana Nadal

Journal Publications

Creus-Muncunill, J.; Badillos-Rodríguez, R.; Garcia-Forn, M.; Masana, M.; Garcia-Díaz Barriga, G.; Guisado-Corcoll, A.; Alberch, J.; Malagelada, C.; Delgado-García, J.M.; Gruart, A.; Pérez-Navarro, E. (2019). Increased translation as a novel pathogenic mechanism in Huntington's disease. Brain, 142(10), pp. 3158 - 3175 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0006-8950

Fernández-García, S.; Orlandi, J.G.; García-Díaz Barriga, G.A.; Rodríguez, M.J.; Masana, M.; Soriano, J.; Alberch, J. (2020). Deficits in coordinated neuronal activity and network topology are striatal hallmarks in Huntington's disease. BMC Biology, 18, p. 58 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1741-7007

Martín-Flores,N.; Pérez-Sisqués, L.; Creus-Muncunill, J.; Masana, M.; Ginés, S.; Alberch, J.; Pérez-Navarro, E.; Malagelada, C.; (2020). Synaptic RTP801 contributes to motor-learning dysfunction in Huntington's disease. Cell Death and Disease, 11(7), p. 569 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2041-4889

Sara Fernández-García, Sara Conde-Berriozábal, Esther García-García, Clara Gort-Paniello , David Bernal-Casas, Gerardo García-Díaz Barriga, Javier López-Gil, Emma Muñoz-Moreno, Guadalupe Sòria, Leticia Campa, Francesc Artigas, Manuel José Rodríguez, Jordi Alberch and Mercè Masana (2020). M2 cortex-dorsolateral striatum stimulation reverses motor symptoms and synaptic deficits in Huntington's Disease. eLife, 9(e57017) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2050-084X

Creus-Muncunill J+; Guisado-Corcoll A+; Venturi V; Pantano L; Escaramís G; Gardia de Herreros M; Solanguren-Beascoa M; Gámez-Valero A; Navarrete C; Masana M; Llorens F; Diaz-Lucena D; Pérez-Navarro E;* Martí E*. (2021). Huntington's disease brain-derived small RNAs recapitulate associated neuropathology in wild-type mice. Acta Neuropathologica, 141(4), pp. 565 - 584 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0001-6322

Pérez-Sisqués, L.; Martín-Flores, N.; Masana, M.; Solana-Balaguer, J.; Llobet, A.; Romaní-Aumedes, J.; Canal, M.; Campoy-Campos, G.; García-García, E.; Sánchez-Fernández, N.; Fernández-García, S.; Gilbert, J.P.; Rodríguez, M.J.; Man, H.Y.; Feinstein, E.; Williamson, D.L.; Soto, D.; Gasull, X.; Alberch, J.; Malagelada, C. (2021). RTP801 regulates motor cortex synaptic transmission and learning. Experimental Neurology, 342, p. 113755 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0014-4886

García‐García, E.; Chaparro‐Cabanillas, N.; Coll‐Manzano, A.; Carreras‐Caballé, M.; Giralt, A.; Del Toro, D.; Alberch, J.; Masana, M.; Rodríguez, M.J. (2021). Unraveling the spatiotemporal distribution of VPS13A in the mouse brain. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, p. 13018 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1661-6596

Verónica Brito; Enrica Montalban; Anna Sancho-Balsells; Anika Pupak; Francesca Flotta; Mercè Masana; Silvia Ginés; Jordi Alberch; Claire Martin; Jean-Antoine Girault; Albert Giralt (2022). Hippocampal Egr1-dependent neuronal ensembles negatively regulate motor learning. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(27), pp. 5346 - 5360 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0270-6474

Conde-Berriozabal, S.; García-Gilabert, L.; García-García, E.; Sitjà-Roqueta, L.; López-Gil, X.; Muñoz-Moreno, E.; Boutagouga Boudjadja, M.; Soria, G.; Rodríguez, M.J.; Alberch, J.; Masana, M. (2023). M2 Cortex Circuitry and Sensory-Induced Behavioral Alterations in Huntington's Disease: Role of Superior Colliculus. Journal of Neuroscience, 18(43), pp. 3379 - 3390 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0270-6474

Solana-Balaguer, J.; Campoy-Campos, G.; Martín-Flores, N.; Pérez-Sisqués, L.; Sitjà-Roqueta, L.; Kucukerden, M.; Gámez-Valero, A.; Coll-Manzano, A.; Martí, E.; Pérez-Navarro, E.; Alberch, J.; Soriano, J.; Masana, M.; Malagelada, C. (2023). Neuron-derived extracellular vesicles contain synaptic proteins, promote spine formation, activate TrkB-mediated signalling and preserve neuronal complexity. Journal Of Extracellular Vesicles, 12(9) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2001-3078