Biomarkers

The Instituto de Salud Carlos III awards subvention grants to four projects of the Sant Pau Memory Unit

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The Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Institute of Health Carlos III) has awarded subvention grants to four research projects submitted by the Sant Pau Memory Unit in the 2018 call for Health Research and Development Strategy in the modality of Proyectos de Investigación en Salud (Health Research Projects). This is an annual national competitive call that … Read moreThe Instituto de Salud Carlos III awards subvention grants to four projects of the Sant Pau Memory Unit

Our recent study in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania characterizes two markers of frontotemporal degeneration

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The Sant Pau Memory Unit has published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry the results of a collaborative study with researchers from University of Pennsylvania (Penn FTD Center) that characterize two markers of frontotemporal degeneration. Frontotemporal degeneration Frontotemporal degeneration causes progressive behavioural changes and/or language impairment. Sometimes, it is associated with motor problems such as parkinsonism … Read moreOur recent study in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania characterizes two markers of frontotemporal degeneration

Markers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal degeneration

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The Department of Neurology of Hospital de Sant Pau has published in Neurology the article “CSF sAPPβ, YKL-40, and NfL along the ALS-FTD spectrum”. This study has been carried out by the Sant Pau Memory Unit and the Neuromuscular Disorders Unit of the Department of Neurology to investigate the clinical utility of cerebrospinal fluid markers in the … Read moreMarkers for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal degeneration

A blood biomarker can detect Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome

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The Alzheimer – Down Unit, that comprises researchers from the Sant Pau Memory Unit of the Neurology Service at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and the Fundació Catalana Síndrome de Down, has published the results of a study of biomarkers in blood and cerebrospinal fluid of adults with Down syndrome in the … Read moreA blood biomarker can detect Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome

Publication: Challenges associated with biomarker-based classification systems

Biomarker-based classification systems - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Barcelona - Alzheimer

The Sant Pau Memory Unit, in collaboration with researchers from the Hospital Clínic (Barcelona), ​​the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA) and the New York University School of Medicine (New York, USA) has recently published a paper in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring entitled “Challenges associated with biomarker-based classification systems for Alzheimer’s … Read morePublication: Challenges associated with biomarker-based classification systems

A novel approach to identify neuropathological Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration subtypes

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Doctors Alberto Lleó and Ignacio Illán from the Sant Pau Memory Unit have recently published a work in the prestigious journal JAMA Neurology in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and the Penn Frontotemporal Degeneration Center (Philadelphia, USA). This work entitled “A two-step algorithm for the selection of neuropathological Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration subtypes” tackle a crucial issue … Read moreA novel approach to identify neuropathological Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration subtypes