(1829 - 1888)
Químico fisiólogo, agrónomo y tecnólogo industrial. Se le considera Padre de la Agricultura Científica Cubana. Su obra cumbre, Ensayo sobre el cultivo de la caña de azúcar, se tradujo a varios idiomas y es considerada la principal obra escrita sobre esta gramínea.
Biomedical Sciences
2004 | Nervous Growth FactorEl in neurdegeneration and neurorestorative treatment
Main executives entity: International Center for Neurological Restoration CIREN
Main author: Lourdes del Carmen Lorigados Pedre
Coauthors: Nancy Pavón Fuentes, Teresa Serrano Sánchez, Lissette Blanco Lezcano, William Almaguer Melián, Liliana Francis Turner, Caridad I. Fernández Verdecia, Lázaro Álvarez González, Raúl Macías González, Karelys de la Cuétara Bernal, Lázara Castillo Díaz, Lisis Martínez Martí, María de los A. Robinson Agramonte, Jorge A. Bregado Rosado
Summary:

NGF levels changes are described in human neurodegenerative processes and experimental models as well as the evaluation of neurorestoring techniques influence on experimental clinic neurodegeneration. As a result, NGF content decrease was proved, both in Prkinson and Korea of Huntington, which constitutes an international novel founding. The dinamics of endogen NGF content variations is reflected, associated to different clinic progression stages of neurodegenerative processes in experimental patients and models.

Apparently, these changes are not easy influenced by the treatment, but they are when using neurorestoration techniques, specially in its combined modality, which can be important for the development of new therapeutical interventions forms. It is presented a molecular support to the effects of functional improvement made by NGF on senile brain, at the same time it contributes in a model with a high predictive capacity, having high perspectives to generate new therapeutical research strategies.

It has more than 10 publications in main journals and a Health Annual Award given by MINSAP in 2004.

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