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Overlapping microstructural changes in the brain of patients with ALS and frontotemporal dementia

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ELA - DFT microestructura - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Barcelona

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) Until a few years ago, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS was considered a neurodegenerative disease that caused a progressive loss of strength with preservation of intellectual functions. However, in recent years we have learned that patients with ALS can frequently present with cognitive and personality changes that … Read more

Publication in The Lancet: natural history of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome

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Down - Sant Pau Memory Unit - The Lancet

Publication in The Lancet The Lancet, a world reference journal in Medicine, publishes the article “Clinical and Biomarker changes of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome: a cross-sectional study“, led by the Alzheimer Down Unit of the Hospital de Sant Pau and the Down Syndrome Catalan Foundation, in collaboration with researchers from the University … Read more

SPIN cohort: these are the details of the study protocol

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SPIN cohort

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 treatment. The participants of the SPIN cohort (patients and healthy volunteers) collaborate in the performance of … Read more

The Sant Pau Memory Unit validates a technique for the early detection of Alzheimer’s

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Detección Precoz Alzheimer - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Barcelona

The Sant Pau Memory Unit has published a study that establishes reference values ​​for a technique that allows the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. This technique detects alterations in disease-related proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients by means of an automated analysis. The study entitled “Agreement of Amyloid PET and CSF Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s … Read more

In our recent publication, we analyze cortical microstructure in frontotemporal dementia

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Brain - Illan - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Barcelona

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 both a thorough clinical evaluation and biomarkers to support the diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease. Ignacio Illán Gala and Victor … Read more

Ignacio Illán-Gala defends his doctoral thesis on frontotemporal degeneration

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Tesis doctoral - Illán-Gala - Frontotemporal - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Barcelona

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 work is the result of the investigation in frontotemporal degeneration from a clinical and physiopathological approach. In this thesis, Dr. Ignacio Illán-Gala has … Read more