Braga Pereira, Joana (Date of defense: 2012-07-20)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is currently the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s disease (AD), affecting 100.000 people in Spain and more than 4 million people worldwide. Being ...
Ramírez Ruiz, Blanca (Date of defense: 2006-07-03)
Cognitive impairment of different degrees and hallucinations are common complications of chronic Parkinson's disease (PD). The pathogenesis, pathophysiology, and relationship between cognitive deficits ...
Fernández Espejo, Davinia (Date of defense: 2010-12-10)
The Vegetative State (VS) is a clinical condition characterized by wakefulness in the absence of awareness of self or environment. A person in a VS retains autonomic functions but exhibits no evidence ...
Bartrés Faz, David (Date of defense: 2000-09-01)
D'entre tots els canvis cognititus evidenciables durant l'envelliment les pèrdues de memòria són les més destacades. La dificultat per evocar noms, números de telèfon o recordar a quin lloc es col·loquen ...
Mataró Serrat, Maria (Date of defense: 1995-10-20)
Durant el transcurs de la historia s'han atribuït a l'epilèpsia causes naturals, místiques, o una combinació d'ambdues etiologies. El misticisme que sovint ha envoltat la seva etiologia seria degut a ...
Rametti, Giuseppina (Date of defense: 2008-07-02)
La literatura científica demuestra diferentes anomalías cerebrales estructurales y funcionales en la esquizofrenia. El propósito de la presente tesis ha sido investigar las anomalías en la estructura, ...
Giménez Navarro, Mónica (Date of defense: 2006-10-20)
The general aim of this thesis is to study the cerebral basis of cognitive disturbances in adolescents with history of premature birth (PB). As previous manual volumetric investigations in PB samples, ...
Baggio, Hugo César (Date of defense: 2014-10-06)
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative process with several motor and non-motor manifestations. Among non-motor symptoms, cognitive decline is a major cause of disability, and its neural bases are ...
Sala Llonch, Roser (Date of defense: 2015-01-13)
Aquesta tesi inclou 6 estudis en els quals s’han utilitzat diversos mètodes d’imatge per ressonància magnètica (IRM) per caracteritzar la connectivitat cerebral i la seva relació amb l’estat cognitiu ...
Palacios, Eva M. (Date of defense: 2013-05-31)
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can be defined as an alteration in brain function or evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force. In this thesis the focus of attention is on brain diffuse axonal ...