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    Imaginación visual: nuevo paradigma en interfaces cerebro-máquina 

    Llorella Costa, Fabio Ricardo (Date of defense: 2023-06-01)

    This doctoral thesis focuses on the study of the use of visual imagery for the construction of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) non-invasive. Although the construction of brain-computer interfaces is already is a reality, ...

    Inter-limb asymmetries and sports performance: from assessment to the application of a sport-specific iso-inertial resistance training in young athletes 

    Madruga Parera, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-06-03)

    The asymmetries detected in the different multi-directional sports vary in magnitude depending on the test selected. Furthermore, in the individual analysis of the different tests administered, it was observed that athlete’s ...

    La percepción de autoeficacia como factor pronóstico de la integración social y la satisfacción con la vida en personas con lesión cerebral traumática severa-moderada después del tratamiento rehabilitador 

    Gil Origüén, Ángel (Date of defense: 2017-07-29)

    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is responsible for major disabilities and the leading cause of death in children and young people. It also has a significant impact on families and high social costs. Objectives: To explore ...

    La relación beneficio-riesgo del tratamiento farmacológico para la enfermedad de Alzheimer 

    Blanco Silvente, Lídia (Date of defense: 2019-07-08)

    The evidence available in the medical literature is conclusive that the risk-benefit relationship of the current medications for Alzheimer's disease is not favourable. This risk-benefit relationship is not significantly ...

    Mesures de seguretat en els pacients amb traumatismes cranials lleus assistits en el mitjà extrahospitalari 

    Soler Sellarès, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2016-02-25)

    The Traumatic brain injury is classified into mild, moderate and severe depending on the initial severity. With mild TBI, the patients may remain conscious or may lose consciousness, but usually these patients have a ...

    Methylome profiling of B and T cells along multiple sclerosis disease progression: a pilot study 

    Celarain Sanz, Naiara (Date of defense: 2023-06-26)

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease characterized by the infiltration of autoreactive immune cells into the central nervous system that leads to axonal damage, ...

    El nivell i la variació del risc cardiovascular en la prevenció primària de la demència 

    Fages Masmiquel, Ester (Date of defense: 2023-09-14)

    Dementia causes progressive cognitive impairment and inability to lead an independent life. Currently, there is no curative treatment for it, and thus primary prevention is essential. Age is the main risk factor for ...

    Nou mecanismes implicats en els dèficits transcripcionals i la pèrdua del BDNF en la malaltia de Huntington: descripció de noves dianes terapèutiques 

    Vidal Sancho, Laura (Date of defense: 2018-01-10)

    Huntington disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor, cognitive and psychiatric dysfunction. Huntington disease is caused by an expanded CAG trinucleotide repeat at the exon 1 of the IT15 gen, which ...

    Nuevos determinantes moleculares en la respuesta a isquemia cerebral 

    Gubern Mérida, M. Carme (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)

    Cerebral ischaemia is a potent inducer of gene expression, however, little is known about the mechanisms that regulate this expression. Studies of gene expression and the study of the mechanisms regulating this expression ...

    Papel del diffusion tensor imaging en la resonancia magnética cerebral como marcador predictivo del estado motor y evolución funcional en pacientes con hemorragia intracerebral 

    Terceño Izaga, Mikel (Date of defense: 2018-02-06)

    The present thesis, aims to study whether the evaluation of the CT through DTI and tractography sequences in the first 12 hours from the ICH onset, is able to predict the motor and functional outcome at 3 months. The ...

    Patrons de consum d'alcohol en estudiants universitaris 

    Salamó Avellaneda, Anna (Date of defense: 2011-06-10)

    L’objectiu general d’aquesta tesi és conèixer la prevalença i el patró de consum d’alcohol d’una mostra de 2,137 estudiants de la Universitat de Girona (17-35 anys). S’utilitzà un disseny multimètode integrant la metodologia ...

    Projecte EM-Line!: programa de rehabilitación cognitiva para pacientes afectados de esclerosis múltiple 

    Gich Fullà, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-07-18)

    The clinical manifestations of Multiple Sclerosis are motor, sensitive, cerebellar and cognitive alterations. It evolves with a high degree of physical and cognitive disability. The “EM-line! Project” has its origins in ...

    Role of miRNAs in multiple sclerosis: study of miRNAs in cerebrospinal fluid for different clinical conditions 

    Muñoz San Martín, María (Date of defense: 2021-09-15)

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered a chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease, characterized by the existence of demyelinated areas in the central nervous system, infiltration of inflammatory cells in the ...

    Sintaxis neuronal y sintaxis lingüística. Implementación cerebral de las estructuras sintácticas 

    Ramírez Fernández, Javier (Date of defense: 2019-02-20)

    We discover properties of language in the light of independent knowledge of the brain and the mind. We will review brain structures and connections on a large scale; the activity, in the form of brain oscillations, that ...

    Study of brain complexity using information theory tools 

    Bonmatí Coll, Ester (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

    The human brain is a complex network that shares and processes information by using the structural paths between areas in order to perform a function. The connectome models the brain as a graph where nodes correspond to ...

    Study of two analogues of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide as novel therapeutic compounds for Huntington’s disease 

    Solés Tarrés, Irene (Date of defense: 2023-06-14)

    Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder with no effective treatment characterized by motor discoordination, deficits in cognitive function (acquiring new knowledges, memory, understanding…), and ...

    Therapeutic potential of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide and epigallocatechin gallate in motor and cognitive deficits of Huntington's disease models 

    Cabezas Llobet, Núria (Date of defense: 2019-02-28)

    Huntington's disease (MH) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a motor dysfunction, cognitive impairment, and psychiatric symptoms. At neuropathological level, it has been described that cognitive ...

    Validació d’un model predictiu per a la identificació de lesions intracranials en els pacients amb traumatisme cranial lleu assistits en el medi extrahospitalari 

    Portabella Serra, Anna (Date of defense: 2022-06-01)

    The severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) depends on the primary injury and subsequent complications. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used to assess its initial severity. We talk about mild TBI when the GCS score ranges ...

    Visualization and processing of diffusion tensor MRI 

    Prados Carrasco, Ferran (Date of defense: 2012-03-01)

    Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is a new magnetic resonance imaging modality capable of producing quantitative maps of microscopic natural displacements of water molecules that occur in brain tissues as part of the physical ...

    Viure o sobreviure? La vida quotidiana de les persones amb dany cerebral adquirit i les seves famílies des de la perspectiva dels agents implicats 

    Gifre Monreal, Mariona (Date of defense: 2014-01-14)

    People with acquired brain damage and their families are described as silent epidemic because, although they have extended their survival, no psychosocial long-term means have been increased to improve their quality of ...