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.
Frisoni GB, Altomare D, Ribaldi F, Villain N, Brayne C, Mukadam N, Abramowicz M, Barkhof F, Berthier M, Bieler-Aeschlimann M, Blennow K, Brioschi Guevara A, Carrera E, Chételat G, Csajka C, Demonet JF, Dodich A, Garibotto V, Georges J, Hurst S, Jessen F, Kivipelto M, Llewellyn DJ, McWhirter L, Milne R, Minguillón C, Miniussi C, Molinuevo JL, Nilsson PM, Noyce A, Ranson JM, Grau-Rivera O, Schott JM, Solomon A, Stephen R, van der Flier W, van Duijn C, Vellas B, Visser LNC, Cummings JL, Scheltens P, Ritchie C, Dubois B
Observational population studies indicate that prevention of dementia and cognitive decline is being accomplished, possibly as an unintended result of better vascular prevention and healthier...
Johnson SC, Suárez-Calvet M, Suridjan I, Minguillón C, Gispert JD, Jonaitis E, Michna A, Carboni M, Bittner T, Rabe C, Kollmorgen G, Zetterberg H, Blennow K.
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex and heterogeneous disease, which requires reliable biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring disease activity. Preanalytical protocol and technical...
Collij LE, Farrar G, Valléz García D, Bader I, Shekari M, Lorenzini L, Pemberton H, Altomare D, Pla S, Loor M, Markiewicz P, Yaqub M, Buckley C, Frisoni GB, Nordberg A, Payoux P, Stephens A, Gismondi R, Visser PJ, Ford L, Schmidt M, Birck C, Georges J, Mett A, Walker Z, Boada M, Drzezga A, Vandenberghe R, Hanseeuw B, Jessen F, Schöll M, Ritchie C, Lopes Alves I, Gispert JD, Barkhof F
Background: Amyloid-β (Aβ) accumulation is considered the earliest pathological change in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The Amyloid Imaging to Prevent Alzheimer's Disease (AMYPAD) consortium is a...
Jiao J, Heeman F, Dixon R, Wimberley C, Alves IL, Gispert JD, Lammertsma AA, van Berckel BNM, da Costa-Luis C, Markiewicz P, Cash DM, Cardoso MJ, Ourselin S, Yaqub M, Barkhof F
Current PET datasets are becoming larger, thereby increasing the demand for fast and reproducible processing pipelines. This paper presents a freely available, open source, Python-based software...
Biel D, Suárez-Calvet M, Hager P, Rubinski A, Dewenter A, Steward A, Roemer S, Ewers M, Haass C, Brendel M, Franzmeier N
Microglial activation occurs early in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and previous studies reported both detrimental and protective effects of microglia on AD progression. Here, we used CSF sTREM2 to...
Caprioglio C, Ribaldi F, Visser LNC, Minguillon C, Collij LE, Grau-Rivera O, Zeyen P, Molinuevo JL, Gispert JD, Garibotto V, Moro C, Walker Z, Edison P, Demonet JF, Barkhof F, Scheltens P, Alves IL, Gismondi R, Farrar G, Stephens AW, Jessen F, Frisoni GB, Altomare D.
Importance: Individuals who are amyloid-positive with subjective cognitive decline and clinical features increasing the likelihood of preclinical Alzheimer disease (SCD+) are at higher risk of...
Fauria K, Minguillon C, Knezevic I, Tort-Colet N, Stankeviciute L, Hernández L, Rădoi A, Deulofeu C, Fuentes-Julián S, Turull I, Fusté D, Sánchez-Benavides G, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Suárez-Calvet M, Holst SC, Garcés P, Mueggler T, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Arqueros A, Iranzo Á, Domingo Gispert J, Molinuevo JL, Grau-Rivera O
Introduction: The growing worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the lack of effective treatments pose a dire medical challenge. Sleep disruption is also prevalent in the ageing...
Fauria K, Minguillon C, Knezevic I, Tort-Colet N, Stankeviciute L, Hernández L, Rădoi A, Deulofeu C, Fuentes-Julián S, Turull I, Fusté D, Sánchez-Benavides G, Arenaza-Urquijo EM, Suárez-Calvet M, Holst SC, Garcés P, Mueggler T, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Arqueros A, Iranzo Á, Domingo Gispert J, Molinuevo JL, Grau-Rivera O
Introduction: The growing worldwide prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the lack of effective treatments pose a dire medical challenge. Sleep disruption is also prevalent in the ageing...
Collij LE, Salvadó G, de Wilde A, Altomare D, Shekari M, Gispert JD, Bullich S, Stephens A, Barkhof F, Scheltens P, Bouwman F, van der Flier WM
Introduction: We investigated amyloid-burden quantification in a mixed memory clinic population.
Methods: [18 F]Florbetaben amyloid-PET (positron emission tomography) scans of 348 patients were...
Ashton NJ, Puig-Pijoan A, Milà-Alomà M, Fernández-Lebrero A, García-Escobar G, González-Ortiz F, Kac PR, Brum WS, Benedet AL, Lantero-Rodriguez J, Day TA, Vanbrabant J, Stoops E, Vanmechelen E, Triana-Baltzer G, Moughadam S, Kolb H, Ortiz-Romero P, Karikari TK, Minguillon C, Hernández Sánchez JJ, Navalpotro-Gómez I, Grau-Rivera O, María Manero R, Puente-Periz V, de la Torre R, Roquer J, Dage JL, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Suárez-Calvet M
Introduction: Direct comparisons of the main blood phosphorylated tau immunoassays in memory clinic populations are needed to understand possible differences.
Methods: In the BIODEGMAR study, 197...