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David Bartrés-Faz

David Bartrés-Faz

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Neuroscience

D-Index
61
Citations
14127
World Ranking
3667
National Ranking
49

Overview

David Bartrés-Faz is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a significant emphasis on subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on brain aging, neural activity related to working memory, and cognitive resilience. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Individual variations in 'brain age' relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change" (2021, eLife)
  • "Differential tDCS and tACS Effects on Working Memory-Related Neural Activity and Resting-State Connectivity" (2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • "Sex and gender differences in cognitive resilience to aging and Alzheimer's disease" (2024, Alzheimer s & Dementia)
  • "Educational attainment does not influence brain aging" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Effect of a 2-year diet intervention with walnuts on cognitive decline. The Walnuts And Healthy Aging (WAHA) study: a randomized controlled trial" (2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

David Bartrés-Faz has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Álvaro Pascual-Leone
  • Gabriele Cattaneo
  • Josep M. Tormos
  • Cristina Solé-Padullés
  • Javier Solana Sánchez

Their work is published in a variety of academic venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance

    Yaakov Stern;Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo;David Bartrés-Faz;Sylvie Belleville

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation: studying the brain--behaviour relationship by induction of virtual lesions

    A Pascual-Leone;D Bartres-Faz;J P Keenan

  • Reorganization of brain networks in aging: a review of functional connectivity studies

    Roser Sala-Llonch;David Bartrés-Faz;Carme Junqué

  • Brain structure and function related to cognitive reserve variables in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

    Cristina Solé-Padullés;David Bartrés-Faz;Carme Junqué;Pere Vendrell

  • Multiple DTI index analysis in normal aging, amnestic MCI and AD. Relationship with neuropsychological performance.

    Beatriz Bosch;Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo;Lorena Rami;Roser Sala-Llonch

  • Relationships between years of education and gray matter volume, metabolism and functional connectivity in healthy elders

    Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo;Brigitte Landeau;Renaud La Joie;Katell Mevel

  • Modulation of large-scale brain networks by transcranial direct current stimulation evidenced by resting-state functional MRI.

    Cleofé Peña-Gómez;Roser Sala-Lonch;Carme Junqué;Immaculada C. Clemente

  • Brain connectivity during resting state and subsequent working memory task predicts behavioural performance.

    Roser Sala-Llonch;Cleofé Peña-Gómez;Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo;Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro

  • Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Effects on Brain Function and Cognition among Elders with Memory Dysfunction. A Randomized Sham-Controlled Study

    Cristina Solé-Padullés;David Bartrés-Faz;Carme Junqué;Imma C. Clemente

  • Cortical folding abnormalities in schizophrenia patients with resistant auditory hallucinations

    Arnaud Cachia;Marie-Laure Paillère-Martinot;André Galinowski;Dominique Januel

  • Impact of the COMT Val108/158 Met and DAT genotypes on prefrontal function in healthy subjects.

    Xavier Caldú;Pere Vendrell;David Bartrés-Faz;Inmaculada Clemente

  • Modulation of verbal fluency networks by transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in Parkinson’s disease

    Joana B. Pereira;Carme Junqué;David Bartrés-Faz;Maria J. Martí

  • Brain morphometry reproducibility in multi-center 3T MRI studies: a comparison of cross-sectional and longitudinal segmentations

    J Jovicich;M Marizzoni;R Sala-Llonch;B Bosch

  • Structural and functional imaging correlates of cognitive and brain reserve hypotheses in healthy and pathological aging.

    David Bartrés-Faz;Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo

  • Down-regulation of negative emotional processing by transcranial direct current stimulation: effects of personality characteristics.

    Cleofé Peña-Gómez;Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro;Immaculada C. Clemente;Álvaro Pascual-Leone

  • Cuestionario de reserva cognitiva. Valores obtenidos en población anciana sana y con enfermedad de Alzheimer

    Lorena Rami;Cinta Valls-Pedret;David Bartrés-Faz;Claudia Caprile

  • Cognitive reserve modulates task-induced activations and deactivations in healthy elders, amnestic mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease.

    Beatriz Bosch;David Bartrés-Faz;Lorena Rami;Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo

  • Disease Tracking Markers for Alzheimer's Disease at the Prodromal (MCI) Stage

    Valeria Drago;Claudio Babiloni;David Bartrés-Faz;Anna Caroli

  • Longitudinal evaluation of cerebral morphological changes in Parkinson's disease with and without dementia

    Blanca Ramirez-Ruiz;Maria José Marti;Eduardo Tolosa;David Bartres-Faz

  • 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

  • Increased Cortical Thickness and Caudate Volume Precede Atrophy in PSEN1 Mutation Carriers

    Juan Fortea;Roser Sala-Llonch;David Bartrés-Faz;Beatriz Bosch

Frequent Co-Authors

Núria Bargalló
Núria Bargalló University of Barcelona
Alvaro Pascual-Leone
Alvaro Pascual-Leone Harvard University
Flavio Nobili
Flavio Nobili University of Genoa
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
Régis Bordet
Régis Bordet University of Lille
Jean-Philippe Ranjeva
Jean-Philippe Ranjeva Aix-Marseille University
Jorge Jovicich
Jorge Jovicich University of Trento
Paolo Maria Rossini
Paolo Maria Rossini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Andrea Soricelli
Andrea Soricelli Parthenope University of Naples
Jill C. Richardson
Jill C. Richardson MSD (United Kingdom)

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