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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Neumann A, Nolte IM, Pappa I, Ahluwalia TS, Pettersson E, Rodriguez A, Whitehouse A, van Beijsterveldt CEM, Benyamin B, Hammerschlag AR, Helmer Q, Karhunen V, Krapohl E, Lu Y, van der Most PJ, Palviainen T, St Pourcain B, Seppälä I, Suarez A, Vilor-Tejedor N, Tiesler CMT, Wang C, Wills A, Zhou A, Alemany S, Bisgaard H, Bønnelykke K, Davies GE, Hakulinen C, Henders AK, Hyppönen E, Stokholm J, Bartels M, Hottenga JJ, Heinrich J, Hewitt J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Korhonen T, Kaprio J, Lahti J, Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Lehtimäki T, Middeldorp CM, Najman JM, Pennell C, Power C, Oldehinkel AJ, Plomin R, Räikkönen K, Raitakari OT, Rimfeld K, Sass L, Snieder H, Standl M, Sunyer J, Williams GM, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, Boomsma DI, van IJzendoorn MH, Hartman CA, Tiemeier H
A genome-wide association study of total child psychiatric problems scores
PloS OneAbstractSubstantial genetic correlations have been reported across psychiatric disorders and numerous cross-disorder genetic variants have been detected. To identify the genetic variants underlying general...
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Sadeghi I, Gispert JD, Palumbo E, Muñoz-Aguirre M, Wucher V, D'Argenio V, Santpere G, Navarro A, Guigo R, Vilor-Tejedor N
Brain transcriptomic profiling reveals common alterations across neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders
Comput Struct Biotechnol JAbstractNeurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders (ND-NPs) are multifactorial, polygenic and complex behavioral phenotypes caused by brain abnormalities. Large-scale collaborative efforts have tried to...
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Milà-Alomà M, Ashton NJ, Shekari M, Salvadó G, Ortiz-Romero P, Montoliu-Gaya L, Benedet AL, Karikari TK, Lantero-Rodriguez J, Vanmechelen E, Day TA, González-Escalante A, Sánchez-Benavides G, Minguillon C, Fauria K, Molinuevo JL, Dage JL, Zetterberg H, Gispert JD, Suárez-Calvet M, Blennow K
Plasma p-tau231 and p-tau217 as state markers of amyloid-β pathology in preclinical Alzheimer's disease
Nature MedicineAbstractBlood biomarkers indicating elevated amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology in preclinical Alzheimer's disease are needed to facilitate the initial screening process of participants in disease-modifying trials...
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Puig-Pijoan A, García-Escobar G, Fernández-Lebrero A, Manero Borràs RM, Sánchez Benavides G, Navalpotro Gómez I, Cascales Lahoz D, Suárez-Calvet M, Grau-Rivera O, Boltes Alandí A, Pont Sunyer MC, Ortiz-Gil J, Carrillo-Molina S, López-Villegas D, Abellán Vidal MT, Martínez-Casamitjana MI, Hernández Sánchez JJ, Peña-Casanova J, Roquer González J, Padrós Fluvià A, Puente Periz V
The CORCOBIA study: Cut-off points of Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers in a clinical cohort
Neurologia Engl EdAbstractIntroduction: The analysis of the core biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is recommended in the clinical units where it is available. Because of the absence of...
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Rodríguez-Fernández B, Gispert JD, Guigo R, Navarro A, Vilor-Tejedor N, Crous-Bou M
Genetically predicted telomere length and its relationship with neurodegenerative diseases and life expectancy
Comput Struct Biotechnol J.AbstractTelomere length (TL) is a biomarker of biological aging. Shorter telomeres have been associated with mortality and increased rates of age-related diseases. However, observational studies are unable to...
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Akinci M, Peña-Gómez C, Operto G, Fuentes-Julian S, Deulofeu C, Sánchez-Benavides G, Milà-Alomà M, Grau-Rivera O, Gramunt N, Navarro A, Minguillón C, Fauria K, Suridjan I, Kollmorgen G, Bayfield A, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Molinuevo JL, Suárez-Calvet M, Gispert JD, Arenaza-Urquijo EM
Pre-pandemic Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers and Anxious-Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Confinement in Cognitively Unimpaired Adults
NeurologyAbstractBackground and objectives: Increased anxious-depressive symptomatology is observed in the preclinical stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which may accelerate disease progression. We investigated...
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Salvadó G, Milà-Alomà M, Shekari M, Ashton NJ, Operto G, Falcon C, Cacciaglia R, Minguillon C, Fauria K, Niñerola-Baizán A, Perissinotti A, Benedet AL, Kollmorgen G, Suridjan I, Wild N, Molinuevo JL, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Suárez-Calvet M, Gispert JD
Reactive astrogliosis is associated with higher cerebral glucose consumption in the early Alzheimer's continuum
Eur J Nucl Med Mol ImagingAbstractPurpose: Glial activation is one of the earliest mechanisms to be altered in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) relates to reactive astrogliosis and can be measured in...
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Lorenzini L, Ingala S, Wink AM, Kuijer JPA, Wottschel V, Dijsselhof M, Sudre CH, Haller S, Molinuevo JL, Gispert JD, Cash DM, Thomas DL, Vos SB, Prados F, Petr J, Wolz R, Palombit A, Schwarz AJ, Chételat G, Payoux P, Di Perri C, Wardlaw JM, Frisoni GB, Foley C, Fox NC, Ritchie C, Pernet C, Waldman A, Barkhof F, Mutsaerts HJMM; EPAD consortium
The Open-Access European Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia (EPAD) MRI dataset and processing workflow
Neuroimage: ClinicalAbstractThe European Prevention of Alzheimer Dementia (EPAD) is a multi-center study that aims to characterize the preclinical and prodromal stages of Alzheimer's Disease. The EPAD imaging dataset includes...
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Simrén J, Andreasson U, Gobom J, Suarez Calvet M, Borroni B, Gillberg C, Nyberg L, Ghidoni R, Fernell E, Johnson M, Depypere H, Hansson C, Jonsdottir IH, Zetterberg H, Blennow K
Establishment of reference values for plasma neurofilament light based on healthy individuals aged 5-90 years
Brain Commun.AbstractThe recent development of assays that accurately quantify neurofilament light, a neuronal cytoskeleton protein, in plasma has generated a vast literature supporting that it is a sensitive, dynamic...
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Karikari TK, Ashton NJ, Brinkmalm G, Brum WS, Benedet AL, Montoliu-Gaya L, Lantero-Rodriguez J, Pascoal TA, Suárez-Calvet M, Rosa-Neto P, Blennow K, Zetterberg H
Blood phospho-tau in Alzheimer disease: analysis, interpretation, and clinical utility
Nat Rev NeurolAbstractWell-authenticated biomarkers can provide critical insights into the biological basis of Alzheimer disease (AD) to enable timely and accurate diagnosis, estimate future burden and support therapeutic...
