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Spain
2023

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Josep Dalmau is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has a significant body of research spanning neurology and related biomedical sciences. Their work primarily focuses on autoimmune neurological disorders, peripheral neuropathies, and genetic neurodevelopmental conditions.

The main fields of study for this scientist are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses several specialized subfields, including Neurology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

Dalmau's principal topics of work include:

  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably Francesc Graus, Eugenia Martínez-Hernández, Mar Guasp, Lídia Sabater, and Thaís Armangué. These collaborations reflect a network focused on immunological and neurological research.

Jospeh Dalmau's research has been published in multiple notable venues, including:

  • Neurology
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Annals of Neurology
  • The Lancet Neurology
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Highlights from recent papers include:

  • Updated Diagnostic Criteria for Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes (2021), published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Clinical approach to the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis in the pediatric patient (2020), published in Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Associations of paediatric demyelinating and encephalitic syndromes with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies: a multicentre observational study (2020), published in The Lancet Neurology
  • Interplay between persistent activity and activity-silent dynamics in the prefrontal cortex underlies serial biases in working memory (2020), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • GAD antibodies in neurological disorders - insights and challenges (2020), published in Nature Reviews Neurology

Josep Dalmau was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2015, reflecting the scientist's standing within the medical research community.

Best Publications

  • Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis: case series and analysis of the effects of antibodies

    Josep Dalmau;Amy J Gleichman;Ethan G Hughes;Jeffrey E Rossi

  • Treatment and prognostic factors for long-term outcome in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: an observational cohort study

    Maarten J Titulaer;Lindsey McCracken;Iñigo Gabilondo;Thaís Armangué

  • Paraneoplastic anti–N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate receptor encephalitis associated with ovarian teratoma

    Josep Dalmau;Erdem Tüzün;Hai-yan Wu;Jaime Masjuan

  • Clinical experience and laboratory investigations in patients with anti-NMDAR encephalitis

    Josep Dalmau;Eric Lancaster;Eugenia Martinez-Hernandez;Myrna R Rosenfeld

  • Recommended diagnostic criteria for paraneoplastic neurological syndromes

    F Graus;J Y Delattre;J C Antoine;J Dalmau

  • Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: neurological symptoms, immunological findings and tumour association in 50 patients.

    S H Gultekin;M R Rosenfeld;M R Rosenfeld;R Voltz;R Voltz;J Eichen;J Eichen

  • Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR) Encephalitis in Children and Adolescents

    Nicole R. Florance;Rebecca L. Davis;Christopher Lam;Christina Szperka

  • Antibody-Mediated Encephalitis

    Josep Dalmau;Francesc Graus

  • Cellular and synaptic mechanisms of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

    Ethan G. Hughes;Xiaoyu Peng;Amy J. Gleichman;Meizan Lai

  • Investigation of LGI1 as the antigen in limbic encephalitis previously attributed to potassium channels: a case series

    Meizan Lai;Maartje G M Huijbers;Eric Lancaster;Francesc Graus

  • Antibodies to the GABAB receptor in limbic encephalitis with seizures: case series and characterisation of the antigen

    Eric Lancaster;Meizan Lai;Xiaoyu Peng;Ethan Hughes

  • Paraneoplastic syndromes of the CNS.

    Josep Dalmau;Myrna R Rosenfeld

  • Antibody titres at diagnosis and during follow-up of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a retrospective study

    Nuria Gresa-Arribas;Maarten J Titulaer;Abiguei Torrents;Esther Aguilar

  • Anti-Hu--associated paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis/sensory neuronopathy. A clinical study of 71 patients.

    Josep Dalmau;Francesc Graus;Marc k. Rosenblum;Jerome B. Posner

  • AMPA receptor antibodies in limbic encephalitis alter synaptic receptor location

    Meizan Lai;Ethan G. Hughes;Xiaoyu Peng;Lei Zhou

  • The Frequency of Autoimmune N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis Surpasses That of Individual Viral Etiologies in Young Individuals Enrolled in the California Encephalitis Project

    Mary S. Gable;Heather Sheriff;Josep Dalmau;Josep Dalmau;Drake H. Tilley

  • Extreme delta brush A unique EEG pattern in adults with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

    Sarah E. Schmitt;Kimberly Pargeon;Eric S. Frechette;Eric S. Frechette;Lawrence J. Hirsch

  • Clinical analysis of anti-Ma2-associated encephalitis.

    Josep Dalmau;Francesc Graus;Alberto Villarejo;Jerome B. Posner

  • An update on anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis for neurologists and psychiatrists: mechanisms and models.

    Josep Dalmau;Thais Armangué;Jesús Planagumà;Marija Radosevic

  • Paraneoplastic encephalitis, psychiatric symptoms, and hypoventilation in ovarian teratoma

    Roberta Vitaliani;Warren Mason;Beau Ances;Theodore Zwerdling

  • Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in Japan: Long-term outcome without tumor removal

    T. Iizuka;F. Sakai;T. Ide;T. Monzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesc Graus
Francesc Graus University of Barcelona
Jerome B. Posner
Jerome B. Posner Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
David A. Lynch
David A. Lynch Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Rita J. Balice-Gordon
Rita J. Balice-Gordon University of Pennsylvania
Albert Saiz
Albert Saiz Clínic Barcelona
Jérôme Honnorat
Jérôme Honnorat Hospices Civils de Lyon
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren
Jan J.G.M. Verschuuren Leiden University Medical Center
Marc K. Rosenblum
Marc K. Rosenblum Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Henry Furneaux
Henry Furneaux University of Connecticut Health Center
Joan Santamaria
Joan Santamaria University of Barcelona

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