Publications
Scientific articles published by the researchers of Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), related to Alzheimer's disease, neuroimaging, memory and neurodegenerative diseases, among other fields.
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Ashton NJ, Suárez-Calvet M, Karikari TK, Lantero-Rodriguez J, Snellman A, Sauer M, Simrén J, Minguillon C, Fauria K, Blennow K, Zetterberg H.
Effects of pre-analytical procedures on blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's pathophysiology, glial activation, and neurodegeneration
Alzheimers Dement (Amst)AbstractIntroduction: We tested how tube types (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid [EDTA], serum, lithium heparin [LiHep], and citrate) and freeze-thaw cycles affect levels of blood biomarkers for Alzheimer's...
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Grau-Guinea L, Pérez Enríquez C, García-Escobar G, Arrondo Elizarán C, Pereira Cutiño B, Florido Santiago M, Piqué Candini J, Planas A, Paez M, Peña Casanova J, Sánchez-Benavides G
Development, equivalence study, and normative data of version B of the Spanish-language Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test
NeurologíaAbstractIntroduction: The Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) is widely used for the assessment of verbal episodic memory, mainly in patients with Alzheimer disease. A Spanish-language version of...
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Ciampa I, Operto G, Falcon C, Minguillon C, Castro de Moura M, Piñeyro D, Esteller M, Molinuevo JL, Guigó R, Navarro A, Gispert JD, Vilor-Tejedor N.
Genetic Predisposition to Alzheimer's Disease Is Associated with Enlargement of Perivascular Spaces in Centrum Semiovale Region
GenesAbstractThis study investigated whether genetic factors involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are associated with enlargement of Perivascular Spaces (ePVS) in the brain. A total of 680 participants with T2...
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Vilor-Tejedor N, Evans TE, Adams HH, González-de-Echávarri JM, Molinuevo JL, Guigo R, Gispert JD, Operto G.
Genetic Influences on Hippocampal Subfields: An Emerging Area of Neuroscience Research
Neurol Genet.AbstractThere is clear evidence that hippocampal subfield volumes have partly distinct genetic determinants associated with specific biological processes. The identification of genetic correlates of...
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Harris WS, Tintle NL, Imamura F, Qian F, Korat AVA, Marklund M, Djoussé L, Bassett JK, Carmichael PH, Chen YY, Hirakawa Y, Küpers LK, Laguzzi F, Lankinen M, Murphy RA, Samieri C, Senn MK, Shi P, Virtanen JK, Brouwer IA, Chien KL, Eiriksdottir G, Forouhi NG, Geleijnse JM, Giles GG, Gudnason V, Helmer C, Hodge A, Jackson R, Khaw KT, Laakso M, Lai H, Laurin D, Leander K, Lindsay J, Micha R, Mursu J, Ninomiya T, Post W, Psaty BM, Risérus U, Robinson JG, Shadyab AH, Snetselaar L, Sala-Vila A, Sun Y, Steffen LM, Tsai MY, Wareham NJ, Wood AC, Wu JHY, Hu F, Sun Q, Siscovick DS, Lemaitre RN, Mozaffarian D
Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies
Nat Commun.AbstractThe health effects of omega-3 fatty acids have been controversial. Here we report the results of a de novo pooled analysis conducted with data from 17 prospective cohort studies examining the...
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Lopes Alves I, Heeman F, Collij LE, Salvadó G, Tolboom N, Vilor-Tejedor N, Markiewicz P, Yaqub M, Cash D, Mormino EC, Insel PS, Boellaard R, van Berckel BNM, Lammertsma AA, Barkhof F, Gispert JD
Strategies to reduce sample sizes in Alzheimer's disease primary and secondary prevention trials using longitudinal amyloid PET imaging
Alzheimers Res TherAbstractBackground: Detecting subtle-to-moderate biomarker changes such as those in amyloid PET imaging becomes increasingly relevant in the context of primary and secondary prevention of Alzheimer's disease...
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Huguet J, Falcon C, Fusté D, Girona S, Vicente D, Molinuevo JL, Gispert JD, Operto G.
Management and Quality Control of Large Neuroimaging Datasets: Developments From the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center
Frontiers in NeuroscienceAbstractRecent decades have witnessed an increasing number of large to very large imaging studies, prominently in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. The datasets collected during these studies form...
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Bucci M, Savitcheva I, Farrar G, Salvadó G, Collij L, Doré V, Gispert JD, Gunn R, Hanseeuw B, Hansson O, Shekari M, Lhommel R, Molinuevo JL, Rowe C, Sur C, Whittington A, Buckley C, Nordberg A.
A multisite analysis of the concordance between visual image interpretation and quantitative analysis of [ 18 F]flutemetamol amyloid PET images
Eur J Nucl Med Mol ImagingAbstractBackground: [18F]flutemetamol PET scanning provides information on brain amyloid load and has been approved for routine clinical use based upon visual interpretation as either negative (equating to...
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Shi L, Winchester LM, Westwood S, Baird AL, Anand SN, Buckley NJ, Hye A, Ashton NJ, Bos I, Vos SJB, Kate MT, Scheltens P, Teunissen CE, Vandenberghe R, Gabel S, Meersmans K, Engelborghs S, De Roeck EE, Sleegers K, Frisoni GB, Blin O, Richardson JC, Bordet R, Molinuevo JL, Rami L, Wallin A, Kettunen P, Tsolaki M, Verhey F, Lléo A, Sala I, Popp J, Peyratout G, Martinez-Lage P, Tainta M, Johannsen P, Freund-Levi Y, Frölich L, Dobricic V, Legido-Quigley C, Barkhof F, Andreasson U, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Streffer J, Lill CM, Bertram L, Visser PJ, Kolb HC, Narayan VA, Lovestone S, Nevado-Holgado AJ.
Replication study of plasma proteins relating to Alzheimer's pathology
Alzheimers DementAbstractIntroduction: This study sought to discover and replicate plasma proteomic biomarkers relating to Alzheimer's disease (AD) including both the "ATN" (amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration) diagnostic framework...
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Sánchez-Benavides G, Suárez-Calvet M, Milà-Alomà M, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Grau-Rivera O, Operto G, Gispert JD, Vilor-Tejedor N, Sala-Vila A, Crous-Bou M, González-de-Echávarri JM, Minguillon C, Fauria K, Simon M, Kollmorgen G, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Molinuevo JL
Amyloid positive individuals with subjective cognitive decline present increased CSF neurofilament light levels that relates to lower hippocampal volume
Neurobiol AgingAbstractNeurofilament light chain (NfL) is an axonal protein that when measured in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) serves as a biomarker of neurodegeneration. We aimed at investigating the association among CSF NfL...
