Cancer and dementia research projects funded by the 'la Caixa' Foundation

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

3 years ago
cancer, dementia, new therapeutic

The “la Caixa” Foundation has funded two research projects at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) which aim to identify new therapeutic targets for cancer and develop new prevention strateg...

Psychological distress of lockdown in pre-dementia patients prolonged during the COVID-19 de-escalation

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

3 years ago
telemedicine, covid-19, lockdown, mental health, Alzheimer, dementia

New technologies were used to monitor the participants and understand the impact of lockdown.

More reliable pain diagnosis tools needed in people with dementia

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

3 years ago
pain, PAIC 15, cognitive impairment, UNIZAR, UAB, dementia

A study conducted by UAB and UNIZAR researchers concludes that a better pain assessment in patients with severe cognitive impairment is possible, using more reliable tools and spending more time with ...

Social isolation increases anxiety and asymmetry in brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s disease

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

4 years ago
social isolation, brain atrophy, Alzheimer, residences, memory, dementia

A study in mice conducted by the UAB shows that social isolation worsens the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, with hyperactivity levels reaching up to twice as much as in the pathology itself, and co...

Various diseases and all very mechanistically different, are included under the name of vascular dementia, or better called, cognitive vascular deterioration

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

4 years ago
dementia, ictus, neurovascular, aging, neurogenesis

María Ángeles Moro is Professor of Pharmacology at the UCM School of Medicine, and co-director of the Neurovascular Research Unit of the same university.

New aspects of Globular Glial Tauopathy could help in the design of more effective drugs against this dementia

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

4 years ago
Tau, neurodegenerative disease, glial cells, protein, dementia

Tau is not the only protein implicated in protein inclusion formation responsible for this neurodegenerative disease.

Rounds of funding, grants, pipeline advances, appointments and discoveries in leukemia

by Biocat

5 years ago
investment, leukemia, surgical robotics, platform, multiple sclerosis, dementia

Rounds at Ability, Elma and Vytrus and “la Caixa” grants, among the top headlines in September

World Alzheimer’s Month: reduce your risk of developing dementia

by Asphalion

5 years ago
dementia, develop, Alzheimer

Dementia is a collective name for progressive degenerative brain syndromes which affect memory, thinking, behaviour and emotion. Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia are the most common types o...

Sant Pau validates and incorporates into its care routine an automated technique to detect Alzheimer’s disease.

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

5 years ago
alzheimer, dementia, biomarker

The Dementia Neurobiology Group and the Genetics in Neurodegenerative Diseases Group of the Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute (IIB Sant Pau), together with the Memory Unit of the Neurology Servic...

Valdecilla and IDIVAL discover a genetic variant that protects against Alzheimer's and various forms of dementia

by Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla

5 years ago
Alzheimer, PLCG2 gene, dementia, neurodegenerative disorders, immune system, genetic variant

Researchers of the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital and the Valdecilla Sanitary Research Institute Foundation (IDIVAL) have discovered that a genetic variant in the PLCG2 gene protects again...

Major international project aims to identify causes of dementia

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

5 years ago
dementia, Alzheimer, Parkinson, Down Syndrome

European scientists have launched a research programme, which aims to identify common causes of dementia in Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Down Syndrome. The project brings together...

The involvement of people with dementia in the development of their treatment plan improves their quality of life

by Fundació Bosch i Gimpera

8 years ago
dementia, interdisciplinary meetings, quality of life

The study has shown that the involvement of people with dementia in the development of their treatment plan changes the dynamics of these meetings: for the patients, the effects focus on a better self...