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Joan Santamaria

Joan Santamaria

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
84
Citations
23462
World Ranking
1398
National Ranking
15

Overview

Joan Santamaria is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including neurology, cognitive neuroscience, epidemiology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and physiology.

Their research topics prominently include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Restless Legs Syndrome Research
  • Sleep and Related Disorders
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Among frequent coauthors collaborating with Joan Santamaria are:

  • Carles Gaig
  • Álex Iranzo
  • Mónica Serradell
  • Birgit Högl
  • Amaia Muñoz-Lopetegi

The scientist has published numerous articles in prominent journals. Their main publication venues include:

  • Sleep Medicine
  • SLEEP
  • Neurology
  • The Lancet Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology

Significant recent papers authored by Joan Santamaria are:

  • Detection of α-synuclein in CSF by RT-QuIC in patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a longitudinal observational study (2021), The Lancet Neurology
  • Diagnosis of central disorders of hypersomnolence: A reappraisal by European experts (2020), Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Alpha-synuclein seeds in olfactory mucosa of patients with isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder (2021), Brain
  • European guideline and expert statements on the management of narcolepsy in adults and children (2021), European Journal of Neurology
  • Video-polysomnography procedures for diagnosis of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and the identification of its prodromal stages: guidelines from the International RBD Study Group (2021), SLEEP

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study

    Ronald B Postuma;Alex Iranzo;Michele Hu;Birgit Högl

  • 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

  • A novel non-rapid-eye movement and rapid-eye-movement parasomnia with sleep breathing disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5: a case series, characterisation of the antigen, and post-mortem study

    Lidia Sabater;Carles Gaig;Ellen Gelpi;Luis Bataller

  • 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

  • Severe obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea mimicking REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Alex Iranzo;Joan Santamaría

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

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

  • The EEG of drowsiness in normal adults.

    Joan Santamaria;Keith H. Chiappa

  • Clinicopathologic correlations in 172 cases of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder with or without a coexisting neurologic disorder.

    B. F. Boeve;M. H. Silber;T. J. Ferman;S. C. Lin

  • Normative EMG values during REM sleep for the diagnosis of REM sleep behavior disorder.

    Birgit Frauscher;Alex Iranzo;Carles Gaig;Viola Gschliesser

  • Clinical manifestations of the anti-IgLON5 disease.

    Carles Gaig;Francesc Graus;Yarko Compta;Birgit Högl

  • Diagnosis and the premotor phase of Parkinson disease.

    Eduardo Tolosa;Carles Gaig;Joan Santamaría;Yaroslau Compta

  • The clinical and pathophysiological relevance of REM sleep behavior disorder in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Alex Iranzo;Joan Santamaria;Eduard Tolosa

  • Prevalence and clinical importance of sleep apnea in the first night after cerebral infarction

    A. Iranzo;J. Santamaría;J. Berenguer;M. Sánchez

  • 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

  • Idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: diagnosis, management, and the need for neuroprotective interventions

    Alex Iranzo;Joan Santamaria;Eduardo Tolosa

  • Detection of α-synuclein in CSF by RT-QuIC in patients with isolated rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder: a longitudinal observational study

    Alex Iranzo;Graham Fairfoul;Anutra Chumbala Na Ayudhaya;Monica Serradell

  • Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: Devising controlled active treatment studies for symptomatic and neuroprotective therapy-a consensus statement from the International Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group

    C. H. Schenck;J. Y. Montplaisir;B. Frauscher;B. Hogl

  • Neuropathological criteria of anti-IgLON5-related tauopathy

    Ellen Gelpi;Romana Höftberger;Francesc Graus;Helen Ling

  • Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder and potassium channel antibody-associated limbic encephalitis.

    Alex Iranzo;Francesc Graus;Linda Clover;Jaume Morera

Frequent Co-Authors

Birgit Högl
Birgit Högl Innsbruck Medical University
Yves Dauvilliers
Yves Dauvilliers University of Montpellier
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Poul Jennum
Poul Jennum University of Copenhagen
Isabelle Arnulf
Isabelle Arnulf Sorbonne University
Birgit Frauscher
Birgit Frauscher Duke University
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Nicola Pavese
Nicola Pavese Newcastle University
David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Zoltán Kutalik
Zoltán Kutalik University of Lausanne

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