Bio
I am a biologist with experience in neuroscience preclinical research. I received my Undergraduate degree in Biology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in 2014, and my Master's degree in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (UCM) in 2015. In 2021, I defended my PhD thesis entitled Preclinical molecular neuroimaging in Deep Brain Stimulation in the Biomedical Research PhD Program at the same university.
Since 2013, I work in the Preclinical Neuroimaging Group, led by Dr. Mª Luisa Soto Montenegro, first as an undergraduate student and now as a PhD researcher. My work is mainly focused on the evaluation of preventive and therapeutic treatments (such as deep brain stimulation or several drugs), in animal models of schizophrenia and addiction, using neuroimaging techniques (PET, CT, MRI) and behavioural tests. In addition, I am a member of the CIBER Consortium for the Thematic Area of Mental Health (CIBERSAM) of the ISCIII and the European Society of Molecular Imaging (ESMI).
Teaching
• 2017-2018: Bachelor thesis student co-supervisor, Biomedical Engineering Degree, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain.
• 2016-2017: Bachelor thesis student co-supervisor, Biology Degree, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
• 2015-2016: Trainee student co-supervisor, Biology Degree, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
• 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018: Professor's assistant in practical sessions of the Anatomy and Physiology II subject, Biomedical Engineering Degree, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain.
• 2016: Presenter in the workshop Técnicas de Imagen Biomédica “in vivo”: Juega con las imágenes. Conocer el Cerebro: En la Salud y en la Enfermedad - Semana Mundial del Cerebro, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Alcorcón, Spain.
Selected Publications
- Published scientific articles
- M Casquero-Veiga*, D Romero-Miguel*, KS MacDowell, S Torres-Sanchez, JA Garcia-Partida, N Lamanna-Rama, V Gomez-Rangel, A Romero-Miranda, E Berrocoso, JC Leza, C Arango, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2021). Omega-3 fatty acids during adolescence prevent schizophrenia-related behavioral deficits: neurophysiological evidences from the prenatal viral infection with PolyI:C. (*same contribution) (accepted in European Neuropsychopharmacology)
- M Casquero-Veiga, C Bueno-Fernández, D Romero-Miguel, N Lamanna-Rama, J Nacher, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2021). Exploratory study of the long-term footprint of deep brain stimulation on brain metabolism and neuroplasticity in an obesity animal model. Scientific Reports, 11(1):5580.
- M Casquero-Veiga, D García-García, KS MacDowell, L Pérez-Caballero, S Torres-Sanchez, D Fraguas, E Berrocoso, JC Leza, C Arango, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2019). Risperidone administered during adolescence induced metabolic, anatomical and inflammatory/oxidative changes in adult brain: A PET and MRI study in the maternal immune stimulation animal model. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 29(12): 880-896.
- M Casquero-Veiga, D García-García, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2018). Understanding Deep Brain Stimulation: In vivo Metabolic Consequences of the Electrode Insertional Effect. BioMed Research International, vol. 2018, article ID 8560232, 6 pags.
- M Casquero-Veiga, D García-García, J Pascau, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2018). Stimulating the nucleus accumbens in obesity: A positron emission tomography study after deep brain stimulation in a rodent model. PLoS One, 13(9): e0204740.
- J Gasull-Camós, ML Soto-Montenegro, M Casquero-Veiga, M Desco, F Artigas, A Castañé (2017). Differential patterns of subcortical activity evoked by glial GLT-1 blockade in prelimbic and infralimbic cortex: Relationship to antidepressant-like effects in rats. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 20(12): 988-993. 6. M Casquero-Veiga, R Hadar, J Pascau, C Winter, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2016). Response to Deep Brain Stimulation in Three Brain Targets with Implications in Mental Disorders: A PET Study in Rats. PLOS ONE, 11(12), e0168689.
- Reviews and Book Chapters
- D Romero-Miguel, N Lamanna-Rama, M Casquero-Veiga, V Gómez-Rangel, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2021). Positron Emission Tomography of the Reward System. In The Brain Reward System (pp. 281-305). Humana, New York, NY.
- D Romero-Miguel, N Lamanna-Rama, M Casquero-Veiga, V Gómez-Rangel, M Desco, ML Soto-Montenegro (2020). Minocycline in Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Diseases: An Update. European Journal of Neurology, 2020 Nov 12.
Contact
C/ Ibiza 43. Anexo Psiquiatría 1ª planta
28009 Madrid
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