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María José Martí

María José Martí

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Neuroscience

D-Index
82
Citations
22092
World Ranking
1524
National Ranking
17

Overview

María José Martí is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a concentration on Neurology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. The bulk of their work lies within neurological disorders, specifically related to Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research

Frequent co-authorship collaborations include Yaroslau Compta, Francesc Valldeoriola, Alícia Garrido, Esteban Muñoz, and Cèlia Painous.

María José Martí has published extensively in several journals and venues. The most common publication outlets are:

  • Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurology

Selected recent papers authored by or involving María José Martí include:

  • Alpha-synuclein seeds in olfactory mucosa of patients with isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder, 2021, Brain
  • Frequency and Characterization of Movement Disorders in Anti-IgLON5 Disease, 2021, Neurology
  • R1441G but not G2019S mutation enhances LRRK2 mediated Rab10 phosphorylation in human peripheral blood neutrophils, 2021, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Neurofilament light levels predict clinical progression and death in multiple system atrophy, 2022, Brain
  • Non-motor symptom burden is strongly correlated to motor complications in patients with Parkinson's disease, 2020, European Journal of Neurology

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

  • The Parkinson's progression markers initiative (PPMI): establishing a PD biomarker cohort

    Kenneth Marek;Sohini Chowdhury;Andrew Siderowf;Shirley Lasch

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

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

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

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

  • Clinical manifestations of the anti-IgLON5 disease.

    Carles Gaig;Francesc Graus;Yarko Compta;Birgit Högl

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

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

  • Structural brain changes in Parkinson disease with dementia: a voxel-based morphometry study.

    Christopher Summerfield;Carme Junqué;Eduardo Tolosa;Pilar Salgado-Pineda

  • Cognitive dysfunction and dementia in Parkinson disease

    Nuria Caballol;Maria J Martí;Eduardo Tolosa

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

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

  • Clinical overview of the synucleinopathies

    Maria J. Martí;Eduardo Tolosa;Jaume Campdelacreu

  • Assessment of cortical degeneration in patients with Parkinson's disease by voxel-based morphometry, cortical folding, and cortical thickness.

    Joana Braga Pereira;Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Maria-Jose Marti;Yaroslau Compta

  • Neurophysiologic study of central pain in patients with Parkinson disease

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

  • 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

  • Cortical thinning is associated with disease stages and dementia in Parkinson's disease

    Mojtaba Zarei;Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Yaroslau Compta;Morgan Hough

  • Cerebrospinal tau, phospho‐tau, and beta‐amyloid and neuropsychological functions in Parkinson's disease

    Yaroslau Compta;María J. Martí;Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao;Carme Junqué

  • 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

  • Decreased hypocretin-1 (Orexin-A) levels in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with myotonic dystrophy and excessive daytime sleepiness.

    Jose E Martínez-Rodríguez;Ling Lin;Alex Iranzo;David Genis

  • Confluence of α-synuclein, tau, and β-amyloid pathologies in dementia with Lewy bodies.

    Martí Colom-Cadena;Ellen Gelpi;Sara Charif;Olivia Belbin

  • Cerebral atrophy in Parkinson's disease patients with visual hallucinations.

    B. Ramírez-Ruiz;M.-J. Martí;E. Tolosa;M. Giménez

  • Amygdalar and hippocampal MRI volumetric reductions in Parkinson's disease with dementia

    Carme Junqué;Blanca Ramírez-Ruiz;Eduardo Tolosa;Christopher Summerfield

  • 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

  • Neuroanatomical substrate of visuospatial and visuoperceptual impairment in Parkinson's disease

    Joana B. Pereira;Carme Junqué;María-Jośe Martí;Blanca Ramirez-Ruiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Pau Pastor
Pau Pastor University of Navarra
Núria Bargalló
Núria Bargalló University of Barcelona
Barbara Segura
Barbara Segura University of Barcelona
Josep Valls-Solé
Josep Valls-Solé University of Barcelona
Joan Santamaria
Joan Santamaria University of Barcelona
Javier Simón-Sánchez
Javier Simón-Sánchez University of Tübingen
Rafael Oliva
Rafael Oliva University of Barcelona
Jaime Kulisevsky
Jaime Kulisevsky Autonomous University of Barcelona
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Mike A. Nalls
Mike A. Nalls National Institutes of Health

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