Carmen Rodríguez Cueto

Carmen Rodríguez Cueto

Postdoctoral Researcher on Neuroscience in the Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED). My work is focused on the study of endocannabinoid system in ALS.

Location SPAIN

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  • Carmen Rodríguez Cueto replied to Rocio Cardenas
    Who gets multiple sclerosis?

    Thanks @RocioCardenas for your comment, it's very interesting. The latitudinal effect is well known, it can explain why the prevalence of MS increases as we move away from the equator. Solar radiation is the environmental factor most closely related to latitude, so it has been established that the risk of MS was lower in those patients who had had more...

  • Carmen Rodríguez Cueto replied to Sofía Bellón
    Risk factors for amyothopic lateral sclerosis

    Thank you @SofíaBellón for your active participation in the course. The mechanism by which high level sport is a risk factor for ALS is not yet known. There are different theories and several scientific papers have been published on this subject. The most accepted is that ALS is related to participation in sport or to heavy physical exercise which exposes...