The Neurophysiology Laboratory of the Universidad de Beira Interior in Covilhã is studying the cerebral physiology of normal subjects and neurological pathologies in very diverse patients. Although this research team has only been working for just over three years, its scientists are obtaining results that may have direct applications in the clinical field for neurodegenerative pathologies and the study of ageing. The laboratory is located in the Health Science Faculty in the new health unit of the Universidad de Beira Interior, UBIMedical.

Researchers of the Institute of Biomedicine (Ibiomed) of the University of León (ULE), the Physiology Department of the Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), the Centre for Biomedical Research on the Mental Health Network (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Cibersam), and the Hospital Universitario de Álava have developed a mathematical model for predicting schizophrenia at the time of the first psychotic outbreak by means of determining enzymatic activity during the admission of the patient.

Most people spend about 90% of their time in closed spaces, in their own home and in workplaces and places for study and leisure. This is why the interior conditions of buildings are determinant for health, for example the temperature, the humidity, the noise, the quality of indoor air, and the building materials. The team of the Laboratory of Health in Building (Laboratório de Saúde na Edificação, LABSED) of the Universidade da Beira Interior in Portugal is researching all these aspects to achieve a healthier atmosphere.