Research dissemination

• David Bartrés-Faz. Maintaining brain health across the lifespan, Plenary Speaker. SINAPSA’25 Neuroscience Conference, 17-19 September, Ljlubijana, Slovenia.
• David Bartrés-Faz. Modifiable factors and brain health across the lifespan: findings from three European cohorts, Invited Talk. ADIS ‘Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease by Immune Profiling of Cytotoxic Lymphocytes and Recording of Sleep Disturbances’. European Project, Final Symposium, 25-26th June, Cologne, Germany.
• David Bartrés-Faz. Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults, Invited Talk. INPART – Oslo University – Summer School, 10-12 June 2025, Barcelona.

• David Bartrés-Faz. Combining structural and functional MRI to delineate cognitive trajectories of cognitive reserve and brain maintenance, Oral Presentation. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2024 Philadelphia, USA, 1 August 2024.
• David Bartrés-Faz. Salud cerebral en la edad avanzada y a lo largo del ciclo vital: factores y mecanismos, Invited Speaker. Congrés LXXVI Reunión Anual de la Sociedad Española de Neurología, València, Espanya 21/11/2024.
• Abellaneda-Pérez, K., Boccuni, L., Roca-Ventura, A., Buloz-Osorio, E., Leno-Colorado, D., Martín-Fernández, J., Cabello-Toscano, M., Perellón-Alfonso, R., Pariente, J. C., Laredo, C., Garrido, C., Muñoz-Moreno, E., Bargalló, N., Villalba-Martínez, G., Martínez-Ricarte, F., Trompetto, C., Marinelli, L., Bartrés-Faz, D., Pascual-Leone, A., & Tormos, J. M. Leveraging brain network plasticity before neurosurgery: An fMRI-based prehabilitation case study. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting. 2024. Seoul, South Korea.

• Perellón-Alfonso, R., Abellaneda-Pérez, K., Cabello-Toscano, M., … Bartrés-Faz, D. Relationships between cortical excitability, segregation of functional networks, and concentrations of plasma p-tau181 in healthy middle-aged individuals. Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association. 2023. Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• Cabello-Toscano M, Vaqué-Alzcázar L, Mulet-Pons L, Cattaneo G, Solana J, Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone Á, Sepulcre J, Bartrés-Faz D. Partial Least Squares reveals brain functional connectivity and subjective/objective isolation links. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting and Educational Courses. July 22-26, 2023, Montreal, Canada.

• Abellaneda-Pérez K, Cattaneo G, Cabello-Toscano M, Solana J, Mulet-Pons L, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Bargalló N, Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D. Purpose in life may promote cognitive resilience through default-mode network connectivity in middle-aged adults. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 31 and August 1-4, 2022. San Diego, CA, USA and Online.
• Abellaneda-Pérez, K. Purpose in life: a psychological factor promoting cognitive resilience and neuroprotection. I International Multi-Brain Barcelona Congress – Healthy, Pathological and Artificial. 2022. Barcelona, Spain.
• Bartrés-Faz D, Wang Y, Cabello-Toscano M, Cattaneo G, Solé-Padullés C, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Mulet-Pons L, Solana J, Tormos JM, Gundersen TE, Drevon CA, Fjell AM, Walhovd KB, Pascual-Leone A. C-reactive protein (CRP) blood concentrations associate with reduced global system segregation in middle-aged individuals. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 31 and August 1-4, 2022 San Diego, CA, USA and Online.
• David Bartrés-Faz. Non-invasive brain stimulation to characterize and enhance brain resilience, Invited Speaker and Session Chair. International Neuropsychological Society – Global Innovations in Science 2022, Barcelona, Espanya. 06/06/2022.
• David Bartrés-Faz. Non-invasive brain stimulation, Invited Speaker. International Precision Medicine Forum ‘Rethinking the management of Alzheimer’s Disease’, 03/10/2022 (online).
• David Bartrés-Faz. Neurotechnologies and brain disorders symposium, Session Chair. International Multi-Brain Barcelona Congress Healthy, Pathological and Artificial Brain, Barcelona, Espanya 09/11/2022.
• Cabello-Toscano M, Macià-Bros D, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Mulet Pons L, Abellaneda-Pérez K, Cattaneo G, Solana-Sánchez J, Bargalló N, Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D, Deco G. A directional view of the default mode network connectivity at rest and its relationship with episodic memory. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting and Educational Courses. June 19-23, 2022, Glasgow, Scotland.
• Mulet-Pons L, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Solé-Padullés C, Cabello-Toscano M, Abellaneda-Pérez K, Cattaneo G, Solana Sánchez J, Alviarez-Schulze V, Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D. Cognitive dispersion as a function of cognitive reserve: influence on cognition and functional connectivity in a healthy middle-aged population. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 31 and August 1-4, 2022 San Diego, CA, USA and Online.

• Cabello-Toscano MR, Macià D, Cattaneo G, Solana J, Abellaneda-Pérez K, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D. Resting State Networks Connectivity associations to Loneliness Experience through Covid-19 Pandemic and Lock-Down. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 26-30, 2021, Denver, CO, USA and Online.
• Abellaneda-Pérez K, Cattaneo G, Cabello-Toscano M, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Mulet-Pons L, Macià D, Solana J, Bargalló N, Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D. Neural signatures of meaning in life dimensions and its contribution to self-perceived cognition in middle-aged individuals. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 26-30, 2021, Denver, CO, USA and Online.
• Mulet-Pons L, Solé-Padullés, C, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Abellaneda-Pérez K, Cattaneo G, Solana Sánchez J, Macià D, Cabello-Toscano MR., Tormos JM, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D. Subjective cognitive complaints are related to cognitive dispersion and resting-state networks segregation in a middle-aged healthy population. 19th National Meeting of the Spanish Society of Neuroscience, 3-5 November 2021, Lleida. 
• Vaqué-Alcázar L, Cabello-Toscano M, Abellaneda-Pérez K, Solé-Padullés C. Gorbach T, Mowinckel AM, Stiernstedt M, Nyberg L, Fjell AM, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D. Decision tree testing cognition-MRI associations to define and differentiate cognitive reserve and brain maintenance. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 26-30, 2021, Denver, CO, USA and Online.
• Perellón-Alfonso, R., Redondo-Camós, M., Abellaneda-Pérez, K., Cattaneo, G., Delgado-Gallén, S., España-Irla, G., Solana Sánchez, J., M. Tormos-Muñoz, J., Pascual-Leone, A., Bartrés-Faz, D. TMS-induced EEG perturbation as a marker of psychological resilience to deleterious mental health effects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC). 2021. Denver, CO, USA.
• Cabello-Toscano M, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Macià-Bros D, Mulet Pons L, Abellaneda-Pérez K, Cattaneo G, Solana-Sánchez J, Bargalló N, Tormos J, Pascual-Leone A, Bartrés-Faz D. Segregation of control network mediates the effect of coping strategies on anxiety and depression levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors – Professional Interest Area (PIA) session within AAIC. September 20, 2021, Online.

• Solé-Padullés, C., Vaqué-Alcázar, L., Abellaneda-Pérez, K., Ros, E., Bartrés-Faz, D. Elevated systolic blood pressure is associated with episodic memory decline in healthy aging. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 27-31, 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Online.
• David Bartrés-Faz. How COVID-19 affects intrinsic capacity (mood)?, Invited Speaker. Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing Annual Meeting 2020. World Health Organization, EEUA (on line).
• David Bartrés-Faz. rTMS on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during visual episodic memorychallenges prefrontal cortex – fMRI correlates and BDNF effects, Oral Presentation. 7th International Conference on Non-invasive Brain Stimulation. 13/11/2020 (online).
• Vaqué-Alcázar, L., Abellaneda-Pérez, K., Solé-Padullés, C., Bargallo, N., Sala-Llonch, R., Bartrés-Faz, D. Working memory modulation using multifocal transcranial direct current stimulation in stable and decliner older adults. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), July 27-31, 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands and Online.

• Lídia Mulet-Pons, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Cristina Solé-Padullés, Javier Solana, Gabriele Cattaneo, Jose María Tormos, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. tDCS-induced reconsolidation memory effects in subjective cognitive decline are related with structural brain integrity. 13th International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, 2019. Dortmund, Germany. BEST SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION AWARD.
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Roser Sala-Llonch, Ruben Perellón-Alfonso, Nuria Bargalló, Min-Fang Kuo, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Michael A. Nitsche, M.A., David Bartrés-Faz. Different online and post-stimulation effects of tDCS and tACS on working memory-related neural activity and functional connectivity: an exploratory study. 13th International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, 2019. Dortmund, Germany.
• David Bartrés-Faz. La estimulación cerebral no invasiva en el estudio de las redes cerebrales y la cognición en edad avanzada, Invited Speaker. XI Congreso Nacional de Neuropsicología, Madrid. 2019.
• David Bartrés-Faz. Session 3: Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders, Invited Speaker. Workshop on Research Definitions for Reserve & Resilience in Cognitive Ageing and Dementia, Bethesda, United States of America, September 2019.
• David Bartrés-Faz, Gabriele Cattaneo, Dídac Macià, Javier Solana, Jose María Tormos, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Associations between sociodemographic and lifestyle factors with loneliness: the role of meaning in life. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 2019 (Annual Conference). Los Angeles, USA.

• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Alexandra Abós, Carme Junqué, David Bartrés-Faz. Modulation of ‘Cognitive Reserve Working Memory Networks’ with High Definition Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 22-26 July 2018 (Annual Conference). Chicago, IL, USA.
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Elisabeth Solana, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. Prediction of cognitive performance in healthy aging by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) evoked responses in default-mode network functional connectivity. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 22-26 July 2018 (Annual Conference). Chicago, IL, USA.
• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Alexandra Abós, Roser Sala-Llonch, Carme Junqué, David Bartrés-Faz. Modulation of ‘cognitive reserve working memory networks’ with high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS). Selected talk for Preconferences: AAIC17 PIA day – Reserve Resilience and Protective Factors, 2018. Chicago, IL, USA.
• David Bartrés-Faz, Gabriele Cattaneo, Javier Solana, Jose María Tormos-Muñoz, Alvaro Pascual-Leone. Meaning in life: resilience beyond reserve. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), 22-26 July 2018 (Annual Conference). Chicago, IL, USA.

• Kilian Abellaneda Pérez, Lídia Vaqué Alcázar, Dídac Vidal Piñeiro, Elisabeth Solana, Nuria Bargalló, Josep Valls Solé, Alvaro Pascual Leone, David Bartrés Faz. Non-invasive brain stimulation combined with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals age related effects on default mode network connectivity and its relations to brain integrity and cognition. Jornades de Primavera de la Societat Catalana de Neuropsicologia, 29 de juny de 2017. BEST SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION AWARD.
• David Bartrés-Faz, Gabriel González-Escamilla, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Cinta Valls-Pedret, Emilio Ros, Michel J. Grothe. Cortical regions underlying cognitive reserve effects in elderly individuals are characterized by a distinct molecular architecture. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 16-20 July 2017 (Annual Conference). London, UK. ORAL COMMUNICATION.
• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Roser Sala-Llonch, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Cinta Valls-Pedret, Emilio Ros, David Bartrés-Faz. Structural and functional correlates of brain maintenance during a working memory task. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 16-20 July 2017 (Annual Conference). London, UK.
• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Cinta Valls-Pedret, Roser Sala-Llonch, Sara Pudas, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Núria Bargalló, Emilio Ros, Lars Nyberg, David Bartrés-Faz. Working memory and brain maintenance: A longitudinal study.Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 16-20 July 2017 (Preconferences). London, UK.
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Elisabeth Solana, Didac Vidal-Piñeiro, Núria Bargallo, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. Age-Related Differences in the Modulation of Resting-State Functional Connectivity Following Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, 16-20 July 2017 (Annual Conference). London, UK.
• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Cinta Valls-Pedret, Roser Sala-Llonch, Sara Pudas, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Núria Bargalló, Emilio Ros, Lars Nyberg, David Bartrés-Faz. ¿Are some elders able to maintain preserved working memory functioning? 2nd Annual Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Conference 19-22 April 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Elisabeth Solana, Didac Vidal-Piñeiro, Núria Bargallo, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. Cognitive performance and brain structure can predict the rTMSresponse in aging. 2nd Annual Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) Conference 19-22 April 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Roser Sala-Llonch, Nuria Bargalló, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. Transcranial direct and alternating current stimulation exert differential expression of brain networks during a working memory task. 2nd International Brain Stimulation Conference, 5-8 March 2017. Barcelona, Spain.
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Pablo Martín-Trias, Elisabeth Solana, Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro, Hugo Baggio, Nuria Bargalló, Josep Valls-Solé, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. Differential functional connectivity responses to iTBS in young and elder subjects. Association with memory performance. 2nd International Brain Stimulation Conference, 5-8 March 2017. Barcelona, Spain.
• Pablo Martin-Trias, Laura Lanteaume, Elisabeth Solana, Catherine Cassé-Perrot, Sara Fernández-Cabello, Claudio Babiloni, Claudio del Percio, Carme Junqué, Paolo Maria Rossini, Joëlle Micallef, Romain Truillet, Estelle Charles, Elisabeth Jouve, Régis Bordet, Josep Valls-Solé, Simone Rossi, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Olivier Blin, Jill Richardson, David Bartrés-Faz, on behalf of the Pharmacog Project.BDNF Val66Met polymorphism modulates brain activity responses following rTMS-induced memory dysfunction. 2nd International Brain Stimulation Conference, 5-8 March 2017. Barcelona, Spain.

• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Elisabeth Solana, Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro, Nuria Bargalló, Josep Valls-Solé, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. Cognitive performance and brain preservation predicts functional connectivity modulation induced by repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in elders. PhD Workshop de l’Institut de Neurociències, 2016. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona.
• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Roser Sala-Llonch, Nuria Bargalló, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. Greater modulation effects on working memory networks of alternating compared to direct transcranial current stimulation. PhD Workshop de l’Institut de Neurociències, 2016. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona.
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Elisabeth Solana, Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro, Nuria Bargalló, Sara Domènech, Antoni Salvà, Josep Valls-Solé, Min-Fang Kuo, Michael A. Nitsche, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, David Bartrés-Faz. TMS-induced modulation of Default-Mode Network regional neurochemistry relates to functional connectivity, brain structure and cognition in healthy aging. 6th International Conference on Transcranial Brain Stimulation, 2016. Göttingen, Germany.
• Pablo Martin-Trias, Laura Lanteaume, Elisabeth Solana, Catherine Cassé-Perrot, Sara Fernández-Cabello, Claudio Babiloni, Nicola Marzano, Carme Junqué, Paolo Maria Rossini, Joëlle Micallef, Romain Truillet, Estelle Charles, Elisabeth Jouve, Régis Bordet, Josep Valls-Solé, Simone Rossi, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Olivier Blin, Jill Richardson, David Bartrés-Faz, on behalf of the Pharmacog Project. Adaptability and reproducibility of a memory disruption rTMS protocol in the PharmaCog IMI European project. 6th International Conference on Transcranial Brain Stimulation, 2016. Göttingen, Germany.
• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Roser Sala-Llonch, Cinta Valls-Pedret, Núria Bargalló, Emilio Ros, David Bartrés-Faz. Brain structural changes mediate the relationship between education and cognition in healthy elders. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), 2016. Palexpo Exhibition and Congress Center, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Kilian Abellaneda-Pérez, Elisabeth Solana, Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro, Nuria Bargalló, Sara Domènech, Antoni Salvà, David Bartrés-Faz. Associations of regional Glx and GABA with DMN functional properties and cognition in healthy aging. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), 2016. Palexpo Exhibition and Congress Center, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Lídia Vaqué-Alcázar, Roser Sala-Llonch, Cinta Valls-Pedret, Núria Bargalló, Emilio Ros, David Bartrés-Faz. Correlacions entre la velocitat de processament i l’estructura cerebral en l’envelliment sa. Influència del nivell d’educació. Jornades de Primavera de la Societat Catalana de Neuropsicologia, 19 de juny de 2015. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona. ORAL COMMUNICATION. 
• Kilian Abellaneda, Elisabeth Solana, Sara Fernández-Cabello, Nuria Bargalló, David Bartrés-Faz. Correlació entre el glutamat, la connectivitat funcional en estat de repòs i el rendiment cognitiu en l’envelliment sa. Possible alteració d’aquest neurotransmissor com a reacció a Aβ42. Jornades de Primavera de la Societat Catalana de Neuropsicologia, 19 de juny de 2015. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona.
• Pablo Martin-Trias, Sara Fernández-Cabello, Elisabeth Solana, Catherine Cassé-Perrot, Laura Lanteaume, David Bartrés-Faz.  Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation brain response in a picture memory task. Jornades de Primavera de la Societat Catalana de Neuropsicologia, 19 de juny de 2015. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona.

• Pablo Martin Trias, Roser Sala-Llonch, Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro, Catherine Cassé-Perrot, Laura Lanteaume, Fabrizio Vecchio, Nicola Marzano, Claudio Babiloni, Cleofé Peña-Gómez, Eider Arenaza-Urquijo, Núria Bargalló, Jorge Jovicich, Olivier Blin, Joelle Micallef, David Bartrés-Faz. A study of BOLD reproducibility: visual encoding, memory and resting state.  Organization for Human Brain Mapping, 2014. Hamburg, Germany.

• Dídac Vidal-Piñeiro,  Pablo Martin-Trias,  Isaias Mena-Sanchez, Eider M Arenaza-Urquijo, Roser Sala-Llonch, Nuria Bargallo, David Bartrés-Faz. Modulation of encoding-related networks by intermittent TBS stimulation in healthy aging. 5th International Conference on Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, 2013. Leipzig, Germany.