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Acknowledgements<br />

The work <strong>of</strong> this thesis could not have been accomplished if it wasn’t for the people<br />

below.<br />

First and foremost I wish to express my s<strong>in</strong>cere gratitude and appreciation to<br />

my two excellent directors <strong>of</strong> the thesis, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Ramón Soto-Otero and Pr<strong>of</strong>. Estefanía<br />

Méndez-Álvarez. It has been an honour to work with you and learn from you. Thank<br />

you Ramón for given me the opportunity to work with<strong>in</strong> the Neurochemistry research<br />

group and for provid<strong>in</strong>g me an excit<strong>in</strong>g research project. Your <strong>in</strong>sightful advice,<br />

guidance, and support make my Ph.D. experience productive and stimulat<strong>in</strong>g. Thank<br />

you Fanny for your cont<strong>in</strong>uous encouragements, patience, and valuables feedbacks.<br />

I wish to express special thanks to my colleague and friend Javier Iglesias-<br />

González who shared with me a lot <strong>of</strong> ideas and provided a dynamic and stimulat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

environment. Javi, thank you for your pr<strong>of</strong>essional and personal support that made my<br />

graduate experience more enjoyable. I don’t forget our valuable discussions and our<br />

numerous memorable giggles; it has been a pleasure work<strong>in</strong>g together.<br />

I wish to express my appreciation to all members past or present <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Neurochemistry research group that I have had the pleasure to work with or alongside,<br />

especially Dr. Álvaro Hermida-Ameijeiras for his guidance and assistance <strong>in</strong> the first<br />

years <strong>of</strong> this work.<br />

Grateful acknowledgements are also made to Pr<strong>of</strong>. José Luis Labandeira-García<br />

for constructive criticism and detailed review dur<strong>in</strong>g the preparation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

publications, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Jannette Rodriguez Pallares for excellent advice, Dr. Ana Muñoz-<br />

Patiño and Pablo Rey for immunohistochemistry studies, and Pr<strong>of</strong>. Pilar Bermejo-<br />

Berrera and Pr<strong>of</strong>. María del Carmen Barciela-Alonso for electrothermal atomic<br />

absorption spectrometry experiments.

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