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

09/11/2018 by 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 en Salud (Health Research Projects). This is an annual national competitive call that … Read more

The Sant Pau Memory Unit in the AAIC 2018 – Chicago

29/08/201801/08/2018 by Sant Pau Memory Unit

Sant Pau Memory Unit - AAIC 2018 Chicago

The Sant Pau Memory Unit attended the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2018) that was held in Chicago between July 22nd and 26th 2018. This conference, the largest dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease, gathers researchers from all over the world that share their knowledge and advances in the field. Here is the list of communications … Read more

Weight loss in healthy elderly might be a sign of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease

13/09/201802/01/2018 by Sant Pau Memory Unit

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 healthy individuals, in other words, without any sign of cognitive impairment. The study has … Read more

Eduard Vilaplana defends his Doctoral Thesis

31/10/2017 by Sant Pau Memory Unit

Doctoral Thesis - Eduard Vilaplana - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Alzheimer Research - Barcelona

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”.

Microstructural changes in the Alzheimer’s disease continuum

02/11/201730/10/2017 by Sant Pau Memory Unit

Microstructural biphasic model - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Alzheimer Research - Barcelona

A new publication led by the Sant Pau Memory Unit shows that microstructural changes of the cerebral cortex during the Alzheimer’s disease progression follow a biphasic model.

SPIN cohort

08/09/202016/05/2017 by Nahuai

Volunteer - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Alzheimer Research - Barcelona

Sant Pau Initiative on Neurodegeneration 1. What is the SPIN cohort? The main objective of the SPIN cohort (Sant Pau Initiative on Neurodegeneration) is to widen our knowledge of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal lobe degeneration, through the study of biochemical and neuroimaging markers (also known as biomarkers). This … Read more