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Núria Bargalló

Núria Bargalló

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Neuroscience
Spain
2026

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Neuroscience

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89
Citations
24018
World Ranking
1169
National Ranking
9

Medicine

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89
Citations
24028
World Ranking
12844
National Ranking
180

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Núria Bargalló is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Physiology.

The main topics of their scientific work include the following areas:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Epilepsy Research and Treatment
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Their recent papers reflect a broad engagement with both developmental neuroscience and clinical neurological disorders.

  • "Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years" (2021), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • "Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders" (2020), published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "White matter abnormalities across different epilepsy syndromes in adults: an ENIGMA-Epilepsy study" (2020), published in Brain
  • "Subcortical volumes across the lifespan: Data from 18,605 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years" (2021), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • "Greater male than female variability in regional brain structure across the lifespan" (2020), published in Human Brain Mapping

Núria Bargalló frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Raquel Sánchez-Valle
  • Albert Lladó
  • Mircea Balasa
  • Sergi Borrego-Écija
  • Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar

Their work is commonly published in scientific journals with repeated contributions to venues such as:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain
  • Scientific Reports
  • NeuroImage Clinical

Best Publications

  • Structural brain abnormalities in the common epilepsies assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study.

    Christopher D Whelan;Christopher D Whelan;Andre Altmann;Juan A Botía;Neda Jahanshad

  • 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

  • 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

  • Cortical thickness across the lifespan: Data from 17,075 healthy individuals aged 3-90 years

    Sophia Frangou;Amirhossein Modabbernia;Steven C. R. Williams;Efstathios Papachristou

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Brain Effects of Cognitive Remediation Therapy in Schizophrenia: A Structural and Functional Neuroimaging Study

    Rafael Penadés;Nuria Pujol;Rosa Catalán;Guillem Massana

  • Virtual Histology of Cortical Thickness and Shared Neurobiology in 6 Psychiatric Disorders

    Yash Patel;Nadine Parker;Jean Shin;Derek Howard

  • 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

  • Sustained attention impairment correlates to gray matter decreases in first episode neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients.

    Pilar Salgado-Pineda;Immaculada Baeza;Mercedes Pérez-Gómez;Pere Vendrell

  • 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

  • A cross-sectional and follow-up voxel-based morphometric MRI study in adolescent anorexia nervosa.

    Josefina Castro-Fornieles;Nuria Bargalló;Luisa Lázaro;Susana Andrés

  • Glioma imaging in Europe : A survey of 220 centres and recommendations for best clinical practice

    S. C. Thust;S. C. Thust;S. Heiland;A. Falini;Hans R Jäger;Hans R Jäger

  • Differential effects of intrauterine growth restriction on brain structure and development in preterm infants: A magnetic resonance imaging study

    Nelly Padilla;Carles Falcón;Magdalena Sanz-Cortés;Francesc Figueras

  • 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

  • White matter abnormalities across different epilepsy syndromes in adults: an ENIGMA-Epilepsy study.

    Sean N Hatton;Khoa H Huynh;Leonardo Bonilha;Eugenio Abela

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Altered small-world topology of structural brain networks in infants with intrauterine growth restriction and its association with later neurodevelopmental outcome.

    Dafnis Batalle;Elisenda Eixarch;Francesc Figueras;Emma Muñoz-Moreno

Frequent Co-Authors

Carme Junqué
Carme Junqué University of Barcelona
Carles Falcon
Carles Falcon HTC (Taiwan)
David Bartrés-Faz
David Bartrés-Faz University of Barcelona
Jordi Rumià
Jordi Rumià University of Barcelona
Josefina Castro-Fornieles
Josefina Castro-Fornieles University of Barcelona
Luisa Lázaro
Luisa Lázaro University of Barcelona
Francesc Valldeoriola
Francesc Valldeoriola University of Barcelona
Pere Vendrell
Pere Vendrell University of Barcelona
Eduard Gratacós
Eduard Gratacós University of Barcelona

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