Clara Faura Giner

Principal Investigator
Molecular Neurobiology
The Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante
Spain

Professor Neurology
Biography

Degree: Medicine, by Universidad de Alicante, July 1983 Ph.D program: PhD thesis at Department of Pharmacology and Neurochemistry, Universidad de Alicante between June 1985 and January 1988. Doctorate in Medicine by Universidad de Alicante, January 1988, Posdoctoral Positions: - Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra (Pamplona, España), from February 1988 to October 1988. - Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, y Oxford Regional Pain Relief Unit (Oxford, United Kingdom), from November 1988 to January 1991. - Oxford Pain Research Group, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom), from March 1997 to July 1997. Previous positions: - Predoctoral fellow Generalitat Valenciana (1985-1988) - Postdoctoral fellow GV (1988-1989), Mº EyC (1989), CEE (1990) - Profesor Ayudante LRU (1988-1989) - Profesor Interino EU (1989-1990) - Profesor Titular EU (1990-1994) - Profesor Titular Universidad (1994-....) Current Position: Profesor Titular de Universidad de Farmacología e Investigador del Instituto de Neurociencias (UMH-CSIC) at Universidad Miguel Hernández (España).

Research Intrest

Research Fields: - Opiate and pain pharmacology - Systematic Reviews in Pain and analgesics - Clinical research in Pain: Analgesic Clinical Trials

List of Publications
Faura, C. , Olaso, M.J., Horga, J.F. " Morphine-3-glucuronide behaves as a functional antagonist of morphine-6-glucuronide, but not of morphine analgesia in tolerant and non olerant mice. " Pain . 65 , 25 - 30 ( 1996 ) Faura, C. , Collins, S.L., Moore, R.A., McQuay, H.J. " Systematic review of factors affecting the ratios of morphine and its major metabolites. " Pain . 74 , 43 - 53 ( 1998 ) Mas, M. , Sabater, E., Olaso, M.J., Horga, J.F., Faura, C.C. " Genetic variability in morphine sensitivity and tolerance between different strains of rats. " Brain Res . 866 , 109 - 115 ( 2000 ) Edwards, J.E. , Meseguer, F., Faura CC, Moore RA, McQuay H.J. " Single-dose dipyrone for acute postoperative pain. " Cochrane Database Syst Rev.(3):CD003227. Review . 3 , 0 - 0 ( 2001 ) Kalso E. , Allan L,Dellemijn P.L.I., Faura C.C,Llias W.I.,Jensen T.S,Perrot S. Plaghki L.J. an Zenz M. " Recommendations for using opioids in chronic non cancer pain " Eur.J.Pain . 7(5) , 381 - 386 ( 2003 ) CSIC-UMH Personal