Luis Berrade, a researcher with the Drug R&D Unit of the University of Navarra, has discovered new compounds with the potential for anti-depressant activity. All told, the chemist of the School of Sciences synthesized 51 compounds whose biological characteristics were evaluated by two of the most prestigious groups in this area: the Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology, located in Italy, and the Department of Pharmacology of the University of Oslo. The results obtained formed part of his doctoral dissertation, entitled “Design, synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of new derivatives of benzo[b]-thiophene in the Search for Agents for a New Anti-Depressant Therapy.”
