News - BBHI

David Bartrés-Faz, new chair of the ‘Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors’ group of the International Alzheimer’s Association

23/09/21

Dr David Bartrés Faz, BBHI Principal Investigator, has been appointed as the new chair of the International Alzheimer’s Association’s (ISTAART) ‘Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors’ professional interest group. The two-year appointment was announced at the group’s annual executive meeting on September 20th.

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Transcranial direct current stimulation could be beneficial for memory in people with subjective cognitive decline, according to a BBHI study

29/07/21

This non-invasive procedure is more effective in people with more preserved brain structure and function | Results open the door to future interventions to improve cognitive ability in a preventive manner in healthy or mildly impaired individuals

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The BBHI obtains a project to study the biological and psychological mechanisms determining that some people are more resilient to adversity

04/06/21

The Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants of the Generalitat de Catalunya has awarded an 18-months project to collect new medical, mental health and lifestyle data on 2,600 people who have been followed during the Covid-19 pandemic

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The BBHI achieves the goal of 1,000 volunteers undergoing medical tests

30/12/20

In December 2020, the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative reached the milestone of conducting 1,000 face-to-face biomedical evaluations to volunteers to evaluate their brain health. “Characterizing 1,000 people provides us with a unique and very rich cohort, from which we can obtain very important data that will allow us to understand how it is possible to maintain mental and brain health throughout life,” says the Principal Investigator of the project, David Bartrés.

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Main BBHI 2020 results presented at the IV Meeting of BBHI Volunteers

24/12/20

“The future is not only rehabilitation but trying to prevent people from having loss of functions and let good brain health habits prevail”. With these words, the Managing Director of the Institut Guttmann, Josep Maria Ramírez, kicked off the IV Meeting of Volunteers of the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative, which was held virtually on December 16, 2020 and was attended by 200 people.

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Open registration for the IV virtual meeting of BBHI volunteers

14/12/20

Next Wednesday, December 16th 2020, the IV Annual Meeting of volunteers of the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative will take place in virtual format due to the Covid-19 restrictions.

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Nuevo cuestionario disponible sobre la Covid-19

06/10/20

Nos encontramos en una nueva fase de esta pandemia y es importante captar de nuevo la situación de nuestros voluntarios y evolución relativa a diferentes aspectos.

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How COVID-19 can damage the brain

22/09/20

Some people who become ill with the coronavirus develop neurological symptoms. Scientists are struggling to understand why.

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Lifestyle Improvements May Lessen Cognitive Decline

16/09/20

Results from a new study suggest that lifestyle changes may help to improve cognition in older adults experiencing cognitive decline that precedes dementia.

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The BBHI collaborates with a project to investigate the brain bases to maintain the cognition

14/09/20

The BBHI will collaborate with a pilot project whose objective is to better understand the brain bases of the concepts of cognitive reserve and brain maintenance in aging. This project will be presented at the Reserve & Resilience workshop, which is held virtually on September 14 and 15.

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