Browsing by Author "Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard"

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  • A Genome-Wide Association Study of Attention Function in a Population-Based Sample of Children.
    Alemany, Silvia; Vilor Tejedor, Natàlia, 1988-; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Macià, Dídac; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Fenoll, Raquel; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Suades González, Elisabet; Llop, Sabrina; Rebagliato, Marisa; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Public Library of Science (PLoS) , 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Attention function filters and selects behaviorally relevant information. This capacity is impaired in some psychiatric disorders and has been proposed as an endophenotype for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity ...
  • A longitudinal study of brain anatomy changes preceding dementia in Down syndrome
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Fenoll, Raquel; Ribas-Vidal, Núria; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; García-Alba, Javier; Deus, Joan; Novell, Ramon; Esteba-Castillo, Susanna (Elsevier, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: We longitudinally assessed Down syndrome individuals at the age of risk of developing dementia to measure changes in brain anatomy and their relationship to cognitive impairment progression. METHODS: Forty-two ...
  • Airborne copper exposure in school environments associated with poorer motor performance and altered basal ganglia.
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Fenoll, Raquel; Macià, Dídac; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Rivas, Ioar; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Deus, Joan; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Querol, Xavier; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Willey, 2016)
    INTRODUCTION: Children are more vulnerable to the effects of environmental elements. A variety of air pollutants are among the identified factors causing neural damage at toxic concentrations. It is not obvious, however, ...
  • Brain activity during traditional textbook and audiovisual-3D learning
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Canu-Martín, Lucila; Pujol, Anna; Pérez Solá, Victor; Deus, Joan (Wiley, 2019)
    INTRODUCTION: Audiovisual educational tools have increasingly been used during the past years to complement and compete with traditional textbooks. However, little is known as to how the brain processes didactic information ...
  • Brain imaging of pain sensitization in patients with knee osteoarthritis
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Llorente-Onaindia, J.; Harrison, Ben J.; López-Solà, Marina; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Benito Ruiz, Pedro; Deus, Joan; Monfort Faure, Jorge (Elsevier, 2017)
    A relevant aspect in osteoarthritic pain is neural sensitization. This phenomenon involves augmented responsiveness to painful stimulation and may entail a clinically worse prognosis. We used functional magnetic resonance ...
  • Brain structure and function in school-aged children with sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms
    Camprodon-Rosanas, Ester; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Medrano-Martorell, Santiago; Batlle, Santiago; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Ribas Fitó, Núria; Dolz, Montserrat; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2019)
    Objective: Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is a cluster of symptoms associated with poor function in various domains of major life activities that may comprise a novel attention disorder distinct from attention-deficit/hy ...
  • Cerebellar dysfunction in adults with prader Willi syndrome
    Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Casamitjana, Laia; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Esteba-Castillo, Susanna; Giménez Palop, Olga; Freijo, Valentín; Deus, Joan; Caixàs, Assumpta (MDPI, 2021)
    Severe hypotonia during infancy is a hallmark feature of Prader Willi syndrome (PWS). Despite its transient expression, moto development is delayed and deficiencies in motor coordination are present at older ages, with no ...
  • Characterization of the Spatial Structure of Local Functional Connectivity Using Multidistance Average Correlation Measures
    Macià, Dídac; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Martín Santos, Rocío; Deus, Joan (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2018)
    There is ample evidence from basic research in neuroscience of the importance of local corticocortical networks. Millimetric resolution is achievable with current functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanners and ...
  • Differences between the child and adult brain in the local functional structure of the cerebral cortex
    Pujol, Jesús; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Macià, Dídac; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Deus, Joan; Pérez Solá, Victor; Cardoner, Narcís; Soriano Mas, Carles; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2021)
    Imaging studies on neuronal network formation provide relevant information as to how the brain matures during adolescence. We used a novel imaging approach combining well-established MRI measures of local functional ...
  • Distinctive alterations in the functional anatomy of the cerebral cortex in pain-sensitized osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia patients
    Pujol Martí, Jesús; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Doreste, Andrea; Ojeda Morillo, Fabiola Alejandra; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Pérez Solá, Victor; Deus, Joan; Monfort Faure, Jorge (BioMed Central, 2022)
    Background: pain-sensitized osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia patients characteristically show nociceptive system augmented responsiveness as a common feature. However, sensitization can be originally related to the peripheral ...
  • Dysfunctional brain reward system in child obesity
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Deus, Joan; Pérez Solá, Victor; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Oxford University Press, 2021)
    Eating habits leading to obesity may reflect nonhomeostatic behavior based on excessive immediate-reward seeking. However, it is currently unknown to what extent excess weight is associated with functional alterations in ...
  • Effect of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on basal ganglia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in primary school children
    Mortamais, Marion; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; van Drooge, Barend L.; Macià, Dídac; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Reynes, Christelle; Sabatier, Robert; Rivas, Ioar; Grimalt Obrador, Joan; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Querol, Xavier; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2017)
    Background: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been proposed as environmental risk factors for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The effects of these pollutants on brain structures potentially ...
  • Effects of prenatal exposure to particulate matter air pollution on corpus callosum and behavioral problems in children
    Mortamais, Marion; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Fenoll, Raquel; Reynes, Christelle; Sabatier, Robert; Rivas, Ioar; Forns i Guzman, Joan, 1981-; Vilor Tejedor, Natàlia, 1988-; Alemany, Silvia; Cirach, Marta; Alvarez, Mar; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2019)
    Objective: Air pollution (AP) may affect neurodevelopment, but studies about the effects of AP on the growing human brain are still scarce. We aimed to investigate the effects of prenatal exposure to AP on lateral ventricles ...
  • Effects of remifentanil on brain responses to noxious stimuli during deep propofol sedation
    Pujol Martí, Jesús; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Gallart Gallego, Lluís; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Pacreu, Susana; Bonhomme, Vincent; Deus, Joan; Pérez Solá, Victor; Gambús, Pedro L.; Fernández-Candil, Juan-Luis (Elsevier, 2023)
    Background: the safety of anaesthesia has improved as a result of better control of anaesthetic depth. However, conventional monitoring does not inform on the nature of nociceptive processes during unconsciousness. A means ...
  • Lack of response to disgusting food in the hypothalamus and related structures in Prader Willi syndrome
    Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Esteba-Castillo, Susanna; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Giménez Palop, Olga; Gabau, Elisabeth; Casamitjana, Laia; Deus, Joan; Novell, Ramon; Caixàs, Assumpta (Elsevier, 2019)
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate, based on a putative abnormal neural processing of disgusting signals in Prader Willi syndrome (PWS) patients, the brain response to visual representations of disgusting food in PWS using functional ...
  • Mapping the neural systems driving breathing at the transition to unconsciousness
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Ortiz, Héctor; Gallart Gallego, Lluís; Moltó, Luis; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Vilà, Esther; Pacreu, Susana; Adalid, Irina; Deus, Joan; Pérez Solá, Victor; Fernández-Candil, Juan-Luis (Elsevier, 2022)
    After falling asleep, the brain needs to detach from waking activity and reorganize into a functionally distinct state. A functional MRI (fMRI) study has recently revealed that the transition to unconsciousness induced by ...
  • Mapping the sequence of brain events in response to disgusting food
    Pujol Martí, Jesús, 1981-; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Coronas, Ramon; Esteba-Castillo, Susanna; Rigla, Mercedes; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Deus, Joan; Novell, Ramon; Caixàs, Assumpta (Wiley, 2018)
    Warning signals indicating that a food is potentially dangerous may evoke a response that is not limited to the feeling of disgust. We investigated the sequence of brain events in response to visual representations of ...
  • Mapping the synchronization effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid inhibition on the cerebral cortex using magnetic resonance imaging
    Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Pujol, Jesús; Macià, Dídac; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Martín Santos, Rocío; Pérez Solá, Victor; Deus, Joan (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2021)
    Background: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of spontaneous brain activity permits the identification of functional networks on the basis of region synchrony. The functional coupling between the elements of a ...
  • One year of recombinant human growth hormone treatment in adults with Prader-Willi syndrome improves body composition, motor skills and brain functional activity in the cerebellum
    Casamitjana, Laia; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Giménez Palop, Olga; Pujol, Jesús; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Esteba-Castillo, Susanna; Pareja, Rocío; Freijo, Valentín; Vigil, Laura; Deus, Joan; Caixàs, Assumpta (MDPI, 2022)
    We compared body composition, biochemical parameters, motor function, and brain neural activation in 27 adults with Prader-Willi syndrome and growth-hormone deficiency versus age-and sex-matched controls and baseline versus ...
  • Tapentadol effects on brain response to pain in sensitized patients with knee osteoarthritis
    Pujol Martí, Jesús; Martínez-Vilavella, Gerard; Doreste, Andrea; Blanco Hinojo, Laura, 1981-; Ojeda Morillo, Fabiola Alejandra; Llorente-Onaindia, J.; Polino, Luciano; Deus, Joan; Monfort Faure, Jorge (Oxford University Press, 2022)
    Objective: Pain sensitization, in the form of knee tenderness and anatomically spread hyperalgesia, is notably common in patients with knee OA and is often refractory to conventional interventions. Tapentadol, as an opioid ...