
David Bartrés-Faz
Research group
- Neuropsychology Accredited researcher (R3A-UB)
About me
Full Professor of Medical Psychology at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona. Trained in Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging and in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation. Recipient of a ‘Ramon y Cajal’ fellowship and two consecutive ICREA Academia awards. Postdoctoral stays at the INSERM and at Harvard Medical School. Honorary Professor at the University College London (UCL). PI for the Barcelona centre of an FP7 and a H2020 European framework Consortia projects, PI of 8 consecutive National Competitive Research projects and PI of the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative (https://bbhi.cat/). He has published over 200 scientific articles and supervised 14 PhD thesis
Featured publications
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Whitepaper: Defining and investigating cognitive reserve, brain reserve, and brain maintenance
Authors:Reference: Alzheimers & Dementia 2020. -
Characterizing the molecular architecture of cortical regions associated with high educational attainment in older individuals
Authors:Reference: Journal Of Neuroscience 2019. -
Age-related differences in default-mode network connectivity in response to intermittent theta-burst stimulation and its relationships with maintained cognition and brain integrity in healthy aging
Authors:Reference: Neuroimage 2019. -
The Barcelona brain health initiative: A cohort study to define and promote determinants of brain health
Authors:Reference: Frontiers In Aging Neuroscience 2018. -
Adaptability and reproducibility of a memory disruption rTMS protocol in the PharmaCog IMI European project
Authors:Reference: Scientific Reports 2018. -
Meaning in life: resilience beyond reserve
Authors:Reference: Alzheimers Research & Therapy 2018. -
White matter hyperintensities and cognitive reserve during a working memory task: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study in cognitively normal older adults
Authors:Reference: Neurobiology Of Aging 2016. -
Neurochemical Modulation in Posteromedial Default-mode Network Cortex Induced by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Authors:Reference: Brain Stimulation 2015. -
Brain structure and function related to cognitive reserve variables in normal aging, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease
Authors:Reference: NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING 2009. -
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation effects on brain function and cognition among elders with memory dysfunction.: A randomized sham-controlled study
Authors:Reference: Cerebral Cortex 2006.
Featured Projects
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Estudio de los cambios cerebrales inducidos por estimulación cerebral no invasiva como predictores del estado de salud cerebral futuro en personas de edad avanzaea
Principal investigator: Ioannis Taranas, David Bartres FazCode: RTI2018-095181-B-C21Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022 -
Healthy minds from 0-100 years: Optimising the use of European brain imaging cohorts
Principal investigator: Kristine B. Walhovd, David Bartres FazCode: 732592Duration: 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2021 -
Barcelona Brain Health Initiative
Principal investigator: David Bartres FazCode: LCF/PR/PR16/11110004Duration: 01/06/2016 - 31/12/2022 -
Efectos del entrenamiento cognitivo combinado con estimulación cerebral no-invasiva guiada por información funcional cerebral en el deterioro cognitvo leve.
Principal investigator: David Bartres FazCode: PSI2015-64227-RDuration: 01/01/2016 - 30/06/2018 -
Prediction of cognitive properties of new drug candidates for neurodegenerative diseases in early clinical development.
Code: 115009Duration: 01/01/2010