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María del Pino Alonso Ortega

María del Pino Alonso Ortega

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Psychology

D-Index
52
Citations
10425
World Ranking
5002
National Ranking
55

Overview

María del Pino Alonso Ortega is affiliated with Bellvitge University Hospital in Spain and has made significant contributions in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders and autism spectrum disorder research, with additional interest in anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

Their main research fields include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, they specialize in the following subfields:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Neurology

The primary topics of their research cover:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

María del Pino Alonso Ortega collaborates with several frequent co-authors including José M. Menchón, Sara Bertolín, Eva Real, Cinto Segalàs, and Carles Soriano-Mas, indicating active engagement with a research network focused on psychology and psychiatry.

Their publications appear predominantly in a set of recurring scholarly venues:

  • Neuroscience Applied
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by María del Pino Alonso Ortega include:

  • "Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups," 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Structural neuroimaging biomarkers for obsessive-compulsive disorder in the ENIGMA-OCD consortium: medication matters," 2020, Translational Psychiatry
  • "How is COVID-19 affecting patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder? A longitudinal study on the initial phase of the pandemic in a Spanish cohort," 2021, European Psychiatry
  • "The thalamus and its subnuclei-a gateway to obsessive-compulsive disorder," 2022, Translational Psychiatry
  • "Changes in the stool and oropharyngeal microbiome in obsessive-compulsive disorder," 2022, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Altered Corticostriatal Functional Connectivity in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

    B J Harrison;Carles Soriano-Mas;Jesus M Pujol;Hector Ortiz

  • Mapping structural brain alterations in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Jesús Pujol;Carles Soriano-Mas;Pino Alonso;Narcís Cardoner

  • Compulsive Hoarding: OCD Symptom, Distinct Clinical Syndrome, or Both?

    Alberto Pertusa;Miguel A Fullana;Satwant Singh;Pino Alonso

  • Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Treatment Outcome and Predictors of Response

    Pino Alonso;Daniel Cuadras;Loes Gabriëls;Damiaan Denys

  • Long-term follow-up and predictors of clinical outcome in obsessive-compulsive patients treated with serotonin reuptake inhibitors and behavioral therapy.

    Pino Alonso;Jose M. Menchon;Josep Pifarre;David Mataix-Cols

  • Multicenter Voxel-Based Morphometry Mega-Analysis of Structural Brain Scans in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Stella J. De Wit;Pino Alonso;Lizanne Schweren;David Mataix-Cols

  • Right prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

    Pino Alonso;Jesús Pujol;Narcís Cardoner;Luisa Benlloch

  • Brain circuitry of compulsivity.

    Odile A. van den Heuvel;Odile A. van den Heuvel;Odile A. van den Heuvel;Guido van Wingen;Carles Soriano-Mas;Carles Soriano-Mas;Pino Alonso;Pino Alonso

  • Female reproductive cycle and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Javier Labad;José Manuel Menchón;Pino Alonso;Cinto Segalàs

  • Cortical Abnormalities Associated With Pediatric and Adult Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Findings From the ENIGMA Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Working Group

    Premika S.W. Boedhoe;Lianne Schmaal;Yoshinari Abe;Pino Alonso

  • Brain Corticostriatal Systems and the Major Clinical Symptom Dimensions of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

    Ben J. Harrison;Jesus Pujol;Narcis Cardoner;Joan Deus

  • Gender differences in obsessive–compulsive symptom dimensions

    Javier Labad;Jose Manuel Menchon;Pino Alonso;Cinto Segalas

  • Part 1—You can run but you can't hide: Intrusive thoughts on six continents

    Adam S. Radomsky;Gillian M. Alcolado;Jonathan Stuart Abramowitz;Pino Alonso

  • Subcortical Brain Volume, Regional Cortical Thickness, and Cortical Surface Area Across Disorders: Findings From the ENIGMA ADHD, ASD, and OCD Working Groups

    Premika S W Boedhoe;Daan van Rooij;Martine Hoogman;Jos W R Twisk

  • Perceived parental rearing style in obsessive-compulsive disorder: relation to symptom dimensions

    Pino Alonso;José M. Menchón;David Mataix-Cols;Josep Pifarré

  • Neuropsychological performance in medicated vs. unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    David Mataix-Cols;Pino Alonso;Josep Pifarré;Josep Manuel Menchón

  • Suicide in patients treated for obsessive–compulsive disorder: A prospective follow-up study.

    P. Alonso;P. Alonso;P. Alonso;C. Segalàs;E. Real;A. Pertusa

  • Clinical implications of insight assessment in obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Pino Alonso;José M. Menchón;Cinto Segalàs;Nuria Jaurrieta

  • Cortical thickness in obsessive–compulsive disorder: multisite mega-analysis of 780 brain scans from six centres

    Jean Paul Fouche;Stefan Du Plessis;Coenie Hattingh;Annerine Roos

  • Amygdala activation and symptom dimensions in obsessive compulsive disorder

    Esther Via;Narcís Cardoner;Jesús Pujol;Pino Alonso

Frequent Co-Authors

Carles Soriano-Mas
Carles Soriano-Mas University of Barcelona
Cinto Segalàs
Cinto Segalàs Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Eva Real
Eva Real Bellvitge University Hospital
Narcís Cardoner
Narcís Cardoner Autonomous University of Barcelona
Susana Jiménez-Murcia
Susana Jiménez-Murcia University of Barcelona
David Mataix-Cols
David Mataix-Cols Karolinska Institute
Ben J. Harrison
Ben J. Harrison University of Melbourne
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
Miquel A. Fullana
Miquel A. Fullana Clínic Barcelona

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