Pioneering research on Alzheimer’s disease prevention

The Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC) is the research institute of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation. It is devoted to the prevention of Alzheimer's disease and the study of cognitive functions affected in healthy and pathological aging.

ABOUT BBRC

Highlights

ALFA STUDY

More than 2,700 healthy research participants want to change the history of the disease.

CLINICAL TRIALS

Discover the innovative clinical studies carried out at BBRC to prevent Alzheimer’s.

PUBLICATIONS

Check out the scientific production of BBRC programs on Alzheimer’s Prevention and Memory.

Research Heroes

“Every time I enter this center, I have the feeling that I will take part in the solution for Alzheimer’s”

ENCARNA Research participant of the Alfa Study

“It is my duty do whatever I can for the research against Alzheimer’s. I will not probably benefit from the solution, but maybe my grandchildren will”

JUAN PEDRO Research participant of the Alfa Study

LATEST NEWS

18 Jan | 2019

BBRC performed 893 visits for the EPAD project in 2018

The Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center is the top recruiter study site in Europe, with more than 200 Spanish research participants visited

16 Jan | 2019

BBRC researchers identify cognitive and brain volumetric profile differences in individuals with subjective cognitive decline

The study has detected that some individuals who perceive subjective cognitive decline have a worse cognitive performance and lower grey matter volumes in areas which are affected by Alzheimer’s disease

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