SPIN cohort: these are the details of the study protocol
The SPIN cohort The SPIN cohort (Sant Pau Initiative on Neurodegeneration) is helping us to learn many aspects about Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. A greater knowledge of these diseases brings us a little closer to an effective...
Amyloid protein in patients with frontotemporal dementia
The diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia or FTD can be hard. The use of biomarkers such as the levels of different proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid allows to improve the accuracy of the diagnosis. Specifically, protein levels related...
In our recent publication, we analyze cortical microstructure in frontotemporal dementia
The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by a progressive personality change. Given that patients maintain their cognitive abilities relatively intact in the early stages of the disease, the diagnosis requires...
Ignacio Illán-Gala defends his doctoral thesis on frontotemporal degeneration
Today, Ignacio Illán-Gala has defended his Doctoral Thesis entitled “Pathophysiological and structural underpinnings of frontotemporal lobar degeneration: a multimodal biomarker study“, co-directed by Dr. Alberto Lleó and Dr. Juan Fortea. This exceptional...
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...