Blood Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Implications for the Clinical Neurologist
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and frontotemporal dementia, are a growing health concern worldwide, and their diagnosis and management are still challenging. However, recent advances in blood-based biomarkers...
Amyloid precursor protein βCTF accumulates in synapses in sporadic and genetic forms of Alzheimer’s disease
Amyloid precursor protein βCTF accumulates in synapses in sporadic and genetic forms of Alzheimer’s disease The main pathological features observed in a brain with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are the accumulation of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides in the form of plaques...
A novel approach to identify neuropathological Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration subtypes
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...
Neurologist position available
The Sant Pau Memory Unit offers a full-time Neurologist position. The applicant must have a valid Neurologist Specialist registration in Spain, and fluent level of Spanish and/or catalan is mandatory. For more information and position description, please visit the...
Weight loss in healthy elderly might be a sign of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease
A recent study carried out at the Sant Pau Memory Unit in collaboration with the Endocrinology Unit of Hospital Clínic (Barcelona) suggests that unintentional weight loss in cognitively healthy subjects might be related with Alzheimer’s disease. Our work is focused on...
Publication of Sant Pau Memory Unit in Brain
The Sant Pau Memory Unit has published a paper describing the detection of phosphorilated alpha-synuclein in the synapses of Lewy body dementia patients this week in Brain. This work, first authored by Dr. Martí Colom-Cadena and led by Dr. Alberto Lleó, is entitled...
Follow us on Twitter @SantPauMemory
From now on, you can also follow our activity on our Twitter @SantPauMemory. In our account you will find interesting news about our group and the latest research information on Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. Follow us to keep yourself...
Eduard Vilaplana defends his Doctoral Thesis
Eduard Vilaplana has defended today his Doctoral Thesis entitled: “A biphasic model for cortical structural changes in preclinial AD: a multimodal MRI, CSF and PET study”. In this Thesis, co-directed by Dr. Alberto Lleó and Dr. Juan Fortea, Eduard...