Daniel Medina Aguinaga

Biography

My research goals are to contribute to the treatment of neurogenic pathologies affecting the urogenital and colorectal systems through central and peripheral neuromodulation. This involves developing a comprehensive understanding of the circuitry and neural mechanisms underlying urogenital and colorectal function before and after a spinal cord injury (SCI) or other pathology affecting the central and peripheral nervous systems.

Research Interests

 1. The role of sympathetic innervation in controlling pelvic musculature and arterial blood pressure during voiding and defecation post-spinal cord injury. 

2. To develop chronic models of peripheral and epidural neuromodulation in both rats and pigs to monitor changes in lower urinary tract physiology following spinal cord injury.

3. To design new strategies using minimally invasive surgical techniques for the microdissection of neural structures that control urogenital and anorectal organs, ensuring better stimulation and specificity and reducing adverse side effects.

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