(GA) DERMATOLOGY

The work of EA4685 concerns the control of the nervous system over the physiology of organs, mainly sensory organs, neuronal plasticity and the interactions of cells of the nervous system (neurons and glial cells) with other cells. These aspects are addressed by biology, biotechnology, physiology and pathophysiology.
Most of our work concerns the relationships between the skin and the nervous system for the understanding of pruritus.

The scopes of research include spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric methods for the determination of antioxidative potential of different substrates including in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo samples like human blood (plasma, serum), tissues (animal, human) and different herbals. Recent research by this group has been focused on skin models of damages (mechanical, UV, chemical) and on various treatment potential of different substances for skin.