On Wednesday February 25th students of the Training Cycle Degree of Laboratory analysis and quality control at Provençana Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, visited the facilities of IDIBELL to know how research is done.

Current knowledge about hereditary spastic paraparesis and other disorders affecting motor neurons suggests that degeneration of nerve cells is the end result of the alteration of different processes, such as the composition of myelin, the growth of neurons and adhesion and cell signaling, among others. In order to ascertain the common pathways affecting motor neurodegeneration, the Bellvitge University Hospital and the IDIBELL have launched a multicentre study.