The Applied Behavioral Neuropharmacology research group is integrated by a multidisciplinary team of researchers, including Psychologists, Pharmacists, Physicians, Biologists and Biochemists. Most of them belonging to the Department of Psychobiology and Methods in Behavioral Science, located in the School of Psychology at the Complutense University of Madrid. The team has more than 15 years of experience studying behavioral disorders and have recruited national and international research grants. An overall interest of the research group is the study of natural and/or synthetic bioactive compounds in addictive behaviors, ingestive behavior or movement disorders. The main goal of the team is the use of existing technology in research, evaluation, prevention and intervention to improve people´s health. Additionally, the group members collaborate with pharmaceutical companies as scientific advisors and they have developed a biomedical spin-off company from the Complutense University, which transfer the biomedical knowledge to the society.
Current main research lines focus both in basic research with animals and translational research in human subjects:
