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.

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

Changes in brain structure in people with insomnia

07 Jan | 2020

New study finds changes in brain structure and cognition in people with insomnia

The research opens the door to a new line of research that will analyze the relationship between sleep quality and Alzheimer’s risk

Dr. Rafael de la Torre and Dr. José Luis Molinuevo

11 Dec | 2019

BBRC and IMIM kick off a clinical trial of dementia prevention on people with memory problems

The PENSA Study will combine a program of interventions in lifestyle habits and the ingestion of a preparation based on a component from the green tea

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