Neuroimage

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

11/10/202216/05/2017 by Nahuai

In the Memory Unit we perform imaging studies focused on Alzheimer’s disease and other related disorders that allow us to correlate structural, functional or even metabolic brain measures with several cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), clinical or neuropsychologic biomarkers. The neuroimage research line, led by Dr. Fortea, is funded by 3 active grants from the Spanish Government … Read more

Mateus Rozalem Aranha

01/03/202110/05/2017 by Sant Pau Memory Unit

Mateus Rozalem Aranha obtained his Medical degree from the University of São Paulo and completed his specialization in Radiology. He was subespecialized in diagnostic neuroradiology and molecular neuroimaging in the same institution. His main interests are the multimodal neuroimaging of neurodegenerative diseases and quantitative neuroimaging. He currently develops his research activity at the Memory Unity neuroimaging core … Read more