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Barbara Segura is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Parkinson's Disease mechanisms and treatments, long-term effects of COVID-19, functional brain connectivity studies, COVID-19 and mental health, neurological disorders and treatments, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, and dementia and cognitive impairment research.

Frequent publication venues for Barbara Segura include:

  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Scientific Reports
  • Movement Disorders
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of subjects and collaborations:

  • Individual variations in 'brain age' relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change, 2021, eLife
  • Neuropsychological impairment in post-COVID condition individuals with and without cognitive complaints, 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder: A systematic review of studies using neuroimaging software, 2021, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Neurofilament light levels predict clinical progression and death in multiple system atrophy, 2022, Brain
  • COVID-19 severity is related to poor executive function in people with post-COVID conditions, 2023, Journal of Neurology

Barbara Segura collaborates frequently with several coauthors across the field, including Carme Junqué, Anna Campabadal, Roser Sala-Llonch, Anna Inguanzo, and Javier Oltra. These collaborations reflect sustained partnerships in neurology and neuroimaging research.

Best Publications

  • Processing of primary and secondary rewards: A quantitative meta-analysis and review of human functional neuroimaging studies

    Guillaume Sescousse;Xavier Caldú;Bàrbara Segura;Jean-Claude Dreher

  • Efficacy of Functional Remediation in Bipolar Disorder: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Study

    Carla Torrent;Caterina del Mar Bonnin;Anabel Martínez-Arán;Jesús Valle

  • Cognitive impairment and resting-state network connectivity in Parkinson's disease

    Hugo-Cesar Baggio;Bàrbara Segura;Roser Sala-Llonch;Maria-José Marti

  • Alterations of the salience network in obesity: A resting‐state fMRI study

    Isabel García-García;María Ángeles Jurado;Maite Garolera;Bàrbara Segura

  • Functional brain networks and cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease.

    Hugo-Cesar Baggio;Roser Sala-Llonch;Bàrbara Segura;Maria-José Marti

  • Neural responses to visual food cues: insights from functional magnetic resonance imaging.

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  • Individual variations in ‘brain age’ relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change

    Didac Vidal-Pineiro;Yunpeng Wang;Stine K Krogsrud;Inge K Amlien

  • Combined insular and striatal dopamine dysfunction are associated with executive deficits in Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment

    Leigh Christopher;Connie Marras;Sarah Duff-Canning;Yuko Koshimori;Yuko Koshimori;Yuko Koshimori

  • Morphometric Correlation of Impulsivity in Medial Prefrontal Cortex

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  • Structural correlates of facial emotion recognition deficits in Parkinson's disease patients.

    H.C. Baggio;B. Segura;N. Ibarretxe-Bilbao;N. Ibarretxe-Bilbao;F. Valldeoriola

  • Frontal cortical thinning and subcortical volume reductions in early adulthood obesity.

    Idoia Marqués-Iturria;Roser Pueyo;Maite Garolera;Bàrbara Segura

  • Cortical thinning associated with mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease.

    Bàrbara Segura;Hugo César Baggio;Maria Josep Marti;Francesc Valldeoriola

  • Discriminating cognitive status in Parkinson's disease through functional connectomics and machine learning.

    Alexandra Abós;Hugo C. Baggio;Bàrbara Segura;Anna I. García-Díaz

  • Resting-state frontostriatal functional connectivity in Parkinson's disease-related apathy.

    Hugo Cesar Baggio;Bàrbara Segura;Jose Luis Garrido‐Millan;Maria‐José Marti

  • Progression of cortical thinning in early Parkinson's disease.

    Naroa Ibarretxe‐Bilbao;Carme Junque;Barbara Segura;Hugo C. Baggio

  • MICROSTRUCTURAL WHITE MATTER CHANGES IN METABOLIC SYNDROME: A DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING STUDY

    B. Segura;M. A. Jurado;N. Freixenet;C. Falcón

  • Salience network and parahippocampal dopamine dysfunction in memory-impaired Parkinson disease

    Leigh Christopher;Leigh Christopher;Sarah Duff-Canning;Yuko Koshimori;Yuko Koshimori;Barbara Segura;Barbara Segura;Barbara Segura

  • Mental slowness and executive dysfunctions in patients with metabolic syndrome.

    Bàrbara Segura;María Ángeles Jurado;Núria Freixenet;Carlota Albuin

  • Dopamine Genes (DRD2/ANKK1-TaqA1 and DRD4-7R) and Executive Function: Their Interaction with Obesity

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  • Correlates of cerebrospinal fluid levels of oligomeric- and total-α-synuclein in premotor, motor and dementia stages of Parkinson’s disease

    Yaroslau Compta;Tony Valente;Josep Saura;Bàrbara Segura

  • Functional network centrality in obesity: A resting-state and task fMRI study

    Isabel García-García;Isabel García-García;María Ángeles Jurado;Maite Garolera;Idoia Marqués-Iturria

  • Neuroanatomical correlates of olfactory loss in normal aged subjects.

    Bàrbara Segura;Hugo César Baggio;Elisabeth Solana;Eva M. Palacios

  • Rich club organization and cognitive performance in healthy older participants

    Hugo C. Baggio;Barbara Segura;Carme Junque;Marcel A. de Reus

  • Resting-state functional brain networks in Parkinson's disease.

    Hugo C. Baggio;Bàrbara Segura;Carme Junque

  • Dysfunctions of cerebral networks precede recognition memory deficits in early Parkinson's disease.

    Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Mojtaba Zarei;Carme Junque;Maria Jose Marti

  • Statistical inference in brain graphs using threshold-free network-based statistics.

    Hugo C. Baggio;Alexandra Abos;Barbara Segura;Anna Campabadal

  • Affected connectivity organization of the reward system structure in obesity.

    I. Marqués-Iturria;L. H. Scholtens;M. Garolera;R. Pueyo

  • Cortical atrophy patterns in early Parkinson's disease patients using hierarchical cluster analysis.

    Carme Uribe;Barbara Segura;Hugo Cesar Baggio;Alexandra Abos

  • Cortical thinning correlates of changes in visuospatial and visuoperceptual performance in Parkinson's disease: A 4-year follow-up.

    A.I. Garcia-Diaz;B. Segura;H.C. Baggio;C. Uribe

  • Individual variations in “Brain age” relate to early life factors more than to longitudinal brain change

    D. Vidal-Piñeiro;Y. Wang;Sk. Krogsrud;Ik. Amlien

Frequent Co-Authors

Núria Bargalló
Núria Bargalló University of Barcelona
María José Martí
María José Martí Clínic Barcelona
Lars Bertram
Lars Bertram University of Lübeck
Rogier A. Kievit
Rogier A. Kievit Donders Institute
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Kristine B. Walhovd
Kristine B. Walhovd Oslo University Hospital
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Yunpeng Wang
Yunpeng Wang University of Oslo
David Bartrés-Faz
David Bartrés-Faz University of Barcelona
Joan Santamaria
Joan Santamaria University of Barcelona

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