Título de Médico Cirujano: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 3 de Enero, 1986.
Grado de Doctor en Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Enero, 1998. Tesis: Alteraciones en las propiedades eléctricas de membrana en neuronas sensoriales humanas con trisomía 21 (sindrome de Down), y en la trisomía 16 murina.
Director, Centro de Investigaciones Clínicas y Estudios
Farmacológicos (CICEF), Facultad de Medicina,
Universidad de Chile
Líneas de Investigación
Sindrome de Down, neurodegeneración, Mecanismos de miopatías, terapia celular.
Publicaciones Recientes
Bejarano, J., Caviedes, P., Palza, H. “Sol-gel synthesis and in vitro bioactivity of copper and zinc-doped silicate bioactive glasses”. Biomed. Mater. (2015) 10, 025001.
Pacheco, C., Morales, C., Ramírez, A.E., Muñoz, F.J., Caviedes, P., Aguayo, L.G. y Opazo, C. Extracellular α-Synuclein oligomers alter synaptic transmission in brain neurons by perforating the neuronal plasma membrane J Neurochem. (2015) Mar;132(6):731. ISSN: 1471-4159. IF: 4.281
Baier C.J., Franco D.L., Gallegos C.E., Mongiat L., Caviedes P. y Barrantes F.J.. “Corticosterone affects the differentiation of a neuronal cerebral cortex derived cell line through modulation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor”. Neurosci. (2014), 274, 369-382. ISSN: 0306-4522. IF: 3.357
González-Jamett, A., Haro-Acuña, V., Momboisse, F. ., Caviedes P., Bevilacqua, J.A. y Cárdenas, A.M. “Dynamin-2 in nervous system disorders”. J. Neurochem. (2014), 128(2):210-23. ISSN: 1471-4159. IF: 4.281.
Cárdenas, A.M., González-Jamett, A., Momboisse, F., Haro-Acuña, V., Caviedes P. y Bevilacqua, J.A. “Dynamin-2 function and dysfunction along the secretory pathway”. Front. Endocrinol. (2013), 4(126), 1-9. ISSN: 1664-2392
Cárdenas, A.M. Ardiles, A. Barraza, N. Baéz-Matus, X., Caviedes, P. “Role of protein tau in neuronal damage in Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome”. Arch. Med. Res. (2012), 43(8):645-54. ISSN: 0188-4409. IF: 1.884.
Muñoz, P., Huenchuguala, S., Paris, I., Cuevas, C., Villa, M., Caviedes, P., Segura-Aguilar, J., Tizabi, Y.. “Protective Effects of Nicotine Against Aminochrome-Induced Toxicity in Substantia Nigra Derived Cells: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease”. Neurotox Res. (2012) 22(2), 177-80. ISSN: 1476-3524 IF: 3.538
Juretic, N., Jorquera, G., Caviedes, P., Jaimovich, E. y Riveros, N.. “Electrical stimulation induces calcium-dependent up-regulation of neuregulin-beta in dystrophic skeletal muscle cell lines”. Cellular Physiol & Biochem (2012), 29, 919-930.ISSN: 0021-9258. IF: 4.57
Acuña, M., Pérez-Nuñez, R., Noriega, J., Cárdenas, A.M., Bacigalupo, J., Delgado, R., Arriagada, C., Segura-Aguilar, J., Caviedes, R., Caviedes, P. “Altered Voltage dependent Calcium currents in a neuronal cell line derived from the cerebral cortex of a trisomy 16 fetal mouse, an animal model of Down syndrome”. Neurotox. Res. (2012), 22(1), 59-68. ISSN: 1476-3524 IF: 3.538
Paris, I., Muñoz, P., Huenchuguala, S., Couve, E., Sanders, L.H., Greenamyre, J.T.; Caviedes, P., Segura-Aguilar, J. “Autophagy protects against aminochrome-induced cell death in substantia nigra derived cell line”. Toxicological Sciences (2011) 121(2),376-88. ISSN: 1096-0929.