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

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Discover the most outstanding information on the scientific, social and economic activity of the BBRC and the Pasqual Maragall Foundation in 2020.

HRS4R

BBRC is awarded with the Human Resources Excellence in Research, granted by the European Commission.

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

21 Sep | 2023

On World Alzheimer's Day we highlight the figures to forget

This September 21, we call for more research and visibility to change the social consideration of the disease through the action "4lzh31m3r: the numbers to forget"

31 Aug | 2023

Early action to control cardiovascular risk factors preserves brain metabolism

A study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity shows that brain metabolism, detected with advanced imaging techniques, declines more sharply in middle-aged people with a sustained high cardiovascular risk over five years.

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