Top 10 recent publications

1:Rodríguez-Urgellés E, Casas-Torremocha D, Sancho-Balsells A, Ballasch I, García-García E, Miquel-Rio L, Manasanch A, Del Castillo I, Chen W, Pupak A, Brito V, Tornero D, Rodríguez MJ, Bortolozzi A, Sanchez-Vives MV, Giralt A, Alberch J. Thalamic Foxp2 regulates output connectivity and sensory-motor impairments in a model of Huntington's Disease. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2023 Nov 21;80(12):367. 

2: Montalban E, Giralt A, Taing L, Nakamura Y, Pelosi A, Brown M, de Pins B, Valjent E, Martin M, Nairn AC, Greengard P, Flajolet M, Hervé D, Gambardella N, Roussarie JP, Girault JA. Operant Training for Highly Palatable Food Alters Translating Messenger RNA in Nucleus Accumbens D₂ Neurons and Reveals a Modulatory Role of Ncdn. Biol Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 12:S0006-3223(23)01493-2.

3: Sancho-Balsells A, Borràs-Pernas S, Brito V, Alberch J, Girault JA, Giralt A. Cognitive and Emotional Symptoms Induced by Chronic Stress Are Regulated by EGR1 in a Subpopulation of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Feb 14;24(4):3833. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043833. PMID: 36835243; PMCID: PMC9962724. 

4: Ballasch I, García-García E, Vila C, Pérez-González A, Sancho-Balsells A, Fernández J, Soto D, Puigdellívol M, Gasull X, Alberch J, Rodríguez MJ, Canals JM, Giralt A. Ikzf1 as a novel regulator of microglial homeostasis in inflammation and neurodegeneration. Brain Behav Immun. 2023 Mar;109:144-161.

5: Rodríguez-Urgellés E, Rodríguez-Navarro I, Ballasch I, Del Toro D, Del Castillo I, Brito V, Alberch J, Giralt A. Postnatal Foxp2 regulates early psychiatric-like phenotypes and associated molecular alterations in the R6/1 transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease. Neurobiol Dis. 2022 Oct 15;173:105854. 

6: Brito V, Montalban E, Sancho-Balsells A, Pupak A, Flotta F, Masana M, Ginés S, Alberch J, Martin C, Girault JA, Giralt A. Hippocampal Egr1-Dependent Neuronal Ensembles Negatively Regulate Motor Learning. J Neurosci. 2022 Jul 6;42(27):5346-5360.

7: Montalban E, Giralt A, Taing L, Schut EHS, Supiot LF, Castell L, Nakamura Y, de Pins B, Pelosi A, Goutebroze L, Tuduri P, Wang W, Neiburga KD, Vestito L, Castel J, Luquet S, Nairn AC, Hervé D, Heintz N, Martin C, Greengard P, Valjent E, Meye FJ, Gambardella N, Roussarie JP, Girault JA. Translational profiling of mouse dopaminoceptive neurons reveals region-specific gene expression, exon usage, and striatal prostaglandin E2 modulatory effects. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Apr;27(4):2068-2079. 

8: Fernández-García S, Sancho-Balsells A, Longueville S, Hervé D, Gruart A, Delgado-García JM, Alberch J, Giralt A. Astrocytic BDNF and TrkB regulate severity and neuronal activity in mouse models of temporal lobe epilepsy. Cell Death Dis. 2020 Jun 1;11(6):411. 

9: de Pins B, Cifuentes-Díaz C, Farah AT, López-Molina L, Montalban E, Sancho-Balsells A, López A, Ginés S, Delgado-García JM, Alberch J, Gruart A, Girault JA, Giralt A. Conditional BDNF Delivery from Astrocytes Rescues Memory Deficits, Spine Density, and Synaptic Properties in the 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease. J Neurosci. 2019 Mar 27;39(13):2441-2458. 

10: Montalban E, Al-Massadi O, Sancho-Balsells A, Brito V, de Pins B, Alberch J, Ginés S, Girault JA, Giralt A. Pyk2 in the amygdala modulates chronic stress sequelae via PSD-95-related micro-structural changes. Transl Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 15;9(1):3. 

Funding

-RETOS. MINECO. RTI2018-094678-A-100; To Albert Giralt Torroella (PI). 2019-2021. Role: PI.

-RYC-2016-19466. MINECO. Striatal and hippocampal excitatory synapses in normal and diseased brain. To Albert Giralt Torroella (PI). 2018-2023. Role: PI.

-200017439. University of Barcelona "Welcome pack" funding. To Albert Giralt Torroella (PI). 2018-2023. Role: PI.

-24803, Identification of altered specific neuronal subpopulations in different phases of stress-induced major depression NARSAD Foundation. Albert Giralt Torroella (PI). (Institut du Fer à Moulin (INSERM)). 01/01/2017-31/12/2019.  Role: PI.

Teaching

-Human macroscopic organography (Bachelor's degree) - Medical school- Universitat de Barcelona.

-Neurobiology. Fisiopatologia de les Malalties del Sistema Nerviós (Bachelor's degree) - Medical school- Universitat de Barcelona.

-Basic techniques in neurosciences (University Master's Degree) - Neurosciences- Universitat de Barcelona.

-Mentoring Master and PhD students