Synaptic Tau Oligomers in Alzheimer’s Disease – A Possible Culprit in the Spread of Tau Pathology throughout the Brain
Synaptic Tau Oligomers in Alzheimer’s Disease – A Possible Culprit in the Spread of Tau Pathology throughout the Brain Alzheimer’s disease is considered one of the most common causes of dementia in older individuals. Among the...
Why study sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease and in the context of Down syndrome?
Why study sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease and in the context of Down syndrome? The topic of sex differences is increasingly recognized as a top priority in neurology research, particularly in the context of precision medicine and personalized care strategies....
III Symposium of the DEGESCO Consortium
On May 16th, the III Symposium of the DEGESCO Consortium on Dementia Genetics will be held in Málaga, in the context of the VI Málaga Alzheimer Conference, sponsored by CIBERNED and the Andalusian Institute of Neuroscience. During the DEGESCO symposium, the ongoing...
Roser Ribosa defends her doctoral thesis on music therapy and cognitive rehabilitation in Parkinson’s
Roser Ribosa has defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Non-pharmacological therapies in the rehabilitation of Parkinson’s disease: Comparison of music therapy and cognitive training” . This work has been directed by Dr. Javier Pagonabarraga and Dr....
Dr. Illán-Gala has been selected as an “Atlantic Fellow” in the GBHI program
Dr. Ignacio Illán-Gala has been selected as one of the “Atlantic Fellows” of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) in 2019. The objective of this program, coordinated by the University of California San Francisco and Trinity College Dublin, is to...
Is obesity a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease?
Obesity and Alzheimer It has been established that middle-age obesity is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, but the results from studies in older people are contradictory. Our recent study would explain the discrepancies on this topic. This work is the...
The Instituto de Salud Carlos III awards subvention grants to four projects of the Sant Pau Memory Unit
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...
María Carmona-Iragui receives the Doctoral Extraordinary Award
Dr. María Carmona-Iragui has recently received the Doctoral Thesis Extraordinary Award in Neuroscience for her work entitled: “Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy: beyond lobar intracerebral hemorrhage. Multimodal biomarker studies of atypical presentations”. Her...