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Francesc Valldeoriola

Francesc Valldeoriola

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Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
23806
World Ranking
15673
National Ranking
219

Overview

Francesc Valldeoriola is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Physiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Neurological Diseases and Metabolism, Nuclear Receptors and Signaling, and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications.

Valldeoriola's recent publications include the following:

  • R1441G but not G2019S mutation enhances LRRK2 mediated Rab10 phosphorylation in human peripheral blood neutrophils (2021), Acta Neuropathologica
  • Peripheral insulin and amylin levels in Parkinson's disease (2020), Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Hierarchical cluster analysis of multimodal imaging data identifies brain atrophy and cognitive patterns in Parkinson's disease (2020), Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Sex Differences in Brain and Cognition in de novo Parkinson's Disease (2022), Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Prediagnostic motor and non-motor symptoms in progressive supranuclear palsy: The step-back PSP study (2020), Parkinsonism & Related Disorders

Their frequent co-authors include Yaroslau Compta, Ana Cámara, Esteban Muñoz, Marı́a José Martí, and Núria Caballol.

Most of Valldeoriola's work appears in Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, with twelve publications, followed by six in npj Parkinson's Disease, three in Movement Disorders, three in Brain Sciences, and three in Acta Neurochirurgica.

Best Publications

  • Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Mike A Nalls;Cornelis Blauwendraat;Costanza L Vallerga;Karl Heilbron

  • Rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder as an early marker for a neurodegenerative disorder: a descriptive study

    Alex Iranzo;José Luis Molinuevo;Joan Santamaría;Mónica Serradell

  • Neurodegenerative disease status and post-mortem pathology in idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: an observational cohort study

    Alex Iranzo;Eduard Tolosa;Ellen Gelpi;José Luis Molinuevo

  • The Onset of Nonmotor Symptoms in Parkinson's disease (The ONSET PD Study)

    Claustre Pont‐Sunyer;Anna Hotter;Carles Gaig;Klaus Seppi

  • Neurodegenerative disorder risk in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder: study in 174 patients.

    Alex Iranzo;Ana Fernández-Arcos;Eduard Tolosa;Mónica Serradell

  • Decreased striatal dopamine transporter uptake and substantia nigra hyperechogenicity as risk markers of synucleinopathy in patients with idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a prospective study

    Alex Iranzo;Francisco Lomeña;Heike Stockner;Francesc Valldeoriola

  • Characteristics of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder and that associated with MSA and PD

    A. Iranzo;J. Santamaría;D. B. Rye;F. Valldeoriola

  • Small-cell lung cancer, paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.

    W P Mason;F Graus;B Lang;J Honnorat

  • Multiple organ involvement by alpha‐synuclein pathology in Lewy body disorders

    Ellen Gelpi;Judith Navarro-Otano;Eduardo Tolosa;Carles Gaig

  • Serial dopamine transporter imaging of nigrostriatal function in patients with idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a prospective study.

    Alex Iranzo;Francesc Valldeoriola;Francisco Lomeña;José Luis Molinuevo

  • Effects of Bilateral Subthalamic Stimulation on Cognitive Function in Parkinson Disease

    Montse Alegret;Carme Junqué;Francesc Valldeoriola;Pere Vendrell

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

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

  • Comparative analysis of gait in Parkinson's disease, cerebellar ataxia and subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy

    G. Ebersbach;M. Sojer;F. Valldeoriola;J. Wissel

  • Role of DAT-SPECT in the diagnostic work up of parkinsonism.

    Christoph Scherfler;Johannes Schwarz;Angelo Antonini;Donald Grosset

  • Immunological characterization of a neuronal antibody (anti-Tr) associated with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration and Hodgkin's disease

    F Graus;J Dalmau;F Valldeoriola;I Ferrer

  • Neurophysiologic study of central pain in patients with Parkinson disease

    P. Schestatsky;H. Kumru;J. Valls-Solé;F. Valldeoriola

  • Reaction time and acoustic startle in normal human subjects

    J. Valls-Solé;A. Solé;F. Valldeoriola;E. Muñoz

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

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

  • Neuroanatomical correlates of impaired decision‐making and facial emotion recognition in early Parkinson’s disease

    Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Carme Junque;Eduardo Tolosa;Maria-Jose Marti

  • Levodopa Withdrawal After Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation in Advanced Parkinson Disease

    José L. Molinuevo;Francesc Valldeoriola;Eduardo Tolosa;Jordi Rumià

Frequent Co-Authors

María José Martí
María José Martí Clínic Barcelona
Eduardo Tolosa
Eduardo Tolosa University of Barcelona
Carme Junqué
Carme Junqué University of Barcelona
Josep Valls-Solé
Josep Valls-Solé University of Barcelona
Jordi Rumià
Jordi Rumià University of Barcelona
Núria Bargalló
Núria Bargalló University of Barcelona
Pau Pastor
Pau Pastor University of Navarra
Barbara Segura
Barbara Segura University of Barcelona
Joan Santamaria
Joan Santamaria University of Barcelona

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