Now: Group Leader at Barcelona Biomedical Research Park
Doctorate Degree in Neuroscience, University of Barcelona School of Medicine.
Degree in Biochemistry – University of Barcelona.
My research in the Miller Lab focuses on the study of the role of dopamine receptors in the frontal cortex during learning and memory. The frontal cortex is the area of the brain most associated with higher-order cognition, and abnormal dopamine transmission in this region has been implicated in numerous psychiatric disorders. I train laboratory animals in cognitive tasks that involve learning and memory, and perform pharmacological manipulations intended to alter the normal transmission of dopamine in their brains. My investigations have revealed that a balanced dopamine transmission in the frontal cortex is critical for learning but not for memory processes (see Puig and Miller, Neuron 2012). This research might help develop better treatments for severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, autism, schizophrenia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.