Luz Torner

My research interests are the study of the mechanisms that operate in the brain during stress to produce the vulnerability of the individual to develop psychiatric diseases. (Two and 3 hits) Lines of research: • Early life stress effects on neuroplasticity and neuroinflammation. • Stress during pregnancy or prenatally with postpartum depression. • Prolactin as a modulator of stress responses. Collaborations with colleagues: neuroinflammation and obesity, cerebral palsy, diabetes, flavonoids