Supervisor
Roberta Haddad Tovolli
Dr Roberta Haddad-Tóvolli is a Junior PI at IDIBAPS and leads an independent research line focused on the neuroplasticity of the female brain and the neuronal control of metabolism during reproductive states. Her research combines systems neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, metabolic phenotyping and advanced molecular approaches to understand how pregnancy reshapes brain circuits controlling feeding and metabolic health.
Selected publications
Haddad-Tóvolli R. et al. | Food craving-like episodes during pregnancy are mediated by accumbal dopaminergic circuits. Nat Metab (2022), DOI: 10.1038/s42255-022-00557-1
Haddad-Tóvolli R. & Claret M. | Metabolic and feeding adjustments during pregnancy. Nat Rev Endocrinol (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41574-023-00871-y
and related work in Cell Metabolism and Nature Communications on the neuronal control of metabolic homeostasis.
Research group website: Clínic Barcelona