Víctor Montal Blancafort has presented today his Doctoral Thesis entitled “Complex neuroimaging changes in metabolite, cortical structures and regional vulnerabilities in the Alzheimer disease continuum“. The thesis, directed by Dr. Juan Fortea and supervised by Dr. Alberto Lleó, delves into new neuroimaging measures that help establishing the dynamic changes that occur throughout Alzheimer’s disease. Given … Read more
In January 18th 2022, Jordi Pegueroles Monllau presented his doctoral thesis entitled “The role of biomarkers in the current classification systems for Alzheimer’s Disease“. The thesis has been supervised by Dr. Juan Fortea and tutored by Dr. Alberto Lleó. This work has focused on the accuracy of different biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and their definition … Read more
Marta Querol Vilaseca has presented her doctoral thesis entitled “New methods of digital neuropathology applied to neurodegenerative diseases“. The thesis has been directed and tutored by Dr. Alberto Lleó, and discusses new methodologies that are useful to examine the changes that occur at the microscopic level in the brain of people with Alzheimer’s disease and … Read more
The multidisciplinary nature of the Sant Pau Memory Unit has favored the development of translational research lines that aim to bridge the gap between bench and clinic. Consequently, many of the results from these research lines have an immediate impact on clinical practice. Biomarkers This research line is focused on the identification and characterization of … Read more