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.

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Highlights

COVID-19: new study

Study about the effects of confinement on mental health and brain.

PENSA STUDY

The recruitment of participants for the PENSA Study, funded by the Alzheimer's Association, is open.

PUBLICATIONS

Check out the scientific production of BBRC program on Alzheimer’s Prevention.

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

Research participants visits have resumed with maximum security measures

29 Jun | 2020

The BBRC resumes the visits of the participants to the center

Visits have been suspended for 3 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and have resumed with maximum security measures

Dr. Marta Crous-Bou and Dr. José Luis Molinuevo, principal investigators of the study

25 May | 2020

Air pollution causes damage to brain areas linked to Alzheimer's

BBRC researchers have detected that people most exposed to air pollution have greater brain atrophy and less cortical thickness in specific areas of the brain that are affected in Alzheimer's disease.

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