Scientific articles published by the researchers of Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), related to Alzheimer's disease, neuroimaging, memory and neurodegenerative diseases, among other fields.
García-Escobar G, Puig-Pijoan A, Puente-Periz V, Fernández-Lebrero A, María Manero R, Navalpotro-Gómez I, Suárez-Calvet M, Grau-Rivera O, Contador-Muñana J, Cascales-Lahoz D, Duran-Jordà X, Boltes N, Pont-Sunyer MC, Ortiz-Gil J, Carrillo-Molina S, López-Villegas MD, Abellán-Vidal MT, Martínez-Casamitjana MI, Hernández-Sánchez JJ, Padrós-Fluvià A, Peña-Casanova J, Sánchez-Benavides G
Background: Neuropsychological assessments are essential to define the cognitive profile and contribute to the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The progress in knowledge about the...
Cumplido-Mayoral I, García-Prat M, Operto G, Falcon C, Shekari M, Cacciaglia R, Milà-Alomà M, Lorenzini L, Ingala S, Meije Wink A, Mutsaerts HJMM, Minguillón C, Fauria K, Molinuevo JL, Haller S, Chetelat G, Waldman A, Schwarz AJ, Barkhof F, Suridjan I, Kollmorgen G, Bayfield A, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Suárez-Calvet M, Vilaplana V, Gispert López JD
Brain-age can be inferred from structural neuroimaging and compared to chronological age (brain-age delta) as a marker of biological brain aging. Accelerated aging has been found in neurodegenerative...
Bellaver B, Puig-Pijoan A, Ferrari-Souza JP, Leffa DT, Lussier FZ, Ferreira PCL, Tissot C, Povala G, Therriault J, Benedet AL, Ashton NJ, Servaes S, Chamoun M, Stevenson J, Rahmouni N, Vermeiren M, Macedo AC, Fernández-Lebrero A, García-Escobar G, Navalpotro-Gómez I, Lopez O, Tudorascu DL, Cohen A, Villemagne VL, Klunk WE, Gauthier S, Zimmer ER, Karikari TK, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Suárez-Calvet M, Rosa-Neto P, Pascoal TA
Introduction: Amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau can be quantified in blood. However, biological factors can influence the levels of brain-derived proteins in the blood. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) regulates...
Lantero-Rodriguez J, Vrillon A, Fernández-Lebrero A, Ortiz-Romero P, Snellman A, Montoliu-Gaya L, Brum WS, Cognat E, Dumurgier J, Puig-Pijoan A, Navalpotro-Gómez I, García-Escobar G, Karikari TK, Vanmechelen E, Ashton NJ, Zetterberg H, Suárez-Calvet M, Paquet C, Blennow K
Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) p-tau235 is a novel biomarker highly specific of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, CSF p-tau235 has only been studied in well-characterized research cohorts...
Brugulat-Serrat A, Sánchez-Benavides G, Cacciaglia R, Salvadó G, Shekari M, Collij LE, Buckley C, van Berckel BNM, Perissinotti A, Niñerola-Baizán A, Milà-Alomà M, Vilor-Tejedor N, Operto G, Falcon C, Grau-Rivera O, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Minguillón C, Fauria K, Molinuevo JL, Suárez-Calvet M, Gispert JD
Purpose: To determine whether the APOE-ε4 allele modulates the relationship between regional β-amyloid (Aβ) accumulation and cognitive change in middle-aged cognitively unimpaired (CU) participants.
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Johnson SC, Suárez-Calvet M, Suridjan I, Minguillón C, Gispert JD, Jonaitis E, Michna A, Carboni M, Bittner T, Rabe C, Kollmorgen G, Zetterberg H, Blennow K.
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease, which requires reliable biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring disease activity. Preanalytical protocol and technical...
Fauria K, Minguillon C, Knezevic I, Tort-Colet N, Stankeviciute L, Hernández L, Rădoi A, Deulofeu C, Fuentes-Julián S, Turull I, Fusté D, Sánchez-Benavides G, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Suárez-Calvet M, Holst SC, Garcés P, Mueggler T, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Arqueros A, Iranzo Á, Domingo Gispert J, Molinuevo JL, Grau-Rivera O
Introduction: The growing worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the lack of effective treatments pose a dire medical challenge. Sleep disruption is also prevalent in the ageing...
Fauria K, Minguillon C, Knezevic I, Tort-Colet N, Stankeviciute L, Hernández L, Rădoi A, Deulofeu C, Fuentes-Julián S, Turull I, Fusté D, Sánchez-Benavides G, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Suárez-Calvet M, Holst SC, Garcés P, Mueggler T, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Arqueros A, Iranzo Á, Domingo Gispert J, Molinuevo JL, Grau-Rivera O
Introduction: The growing worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the lack of effective treatments pose a dire medical challenge. Sleep disruption is also prevalent in the ageing...
Ashton NJ, Puig-Pijoan A, Milà-Alomà M, Fernández-Lebrero A, García-Escobar G, González-Ortiz F, Kac PR, Brum WS, Benedet AL, Lantero-Rodriguez J, Day TA, Vanbrabant J, Stoops E, Vanmechelen E, Triana-Baltzer G, Moughadam S, Kolb H, Ortiz-Romero P, Karikari TK, Minguillon C, Hernández Sánchez JJ, Navalpotro-Gómez I, Grau-Rivera O, María Manero R, Puente-Periz V, de la Torre R, Roquer J, Dage JL, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Suárez-Calvet M
Introduction: Direct comparisons of the main blood phosphorylated tau immunoassays in memory clinic populations are needed to understand possible differences.
Methods: In the BIODEGMAR study, 197...
Rodríguez-Fernández B, Vilor-Tejedor N, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Sánchez-Benavides G, Suárez-Calvet M, Operto G, Minguillón C, Fauria K, Kollmorgen G, Suridjan I, de Moura MC, Piñeyro D, Esteller M, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, De Vivo I, Molinuevo JL, Navarro A, Gispert JD, Sala-Vila A, Crous-Bou M
Telomere length (TL) is associated with biological aging, consequently influencing the risk of age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). We aimed to evaluate the potential causal role of...