“Our novice runs the risk of failure without additional traits: a strong inclination toward originality, a taste for research, and a desire to experience the incomparable gratification associated with the act of discovery itself.”
Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Research done with the NeuronUP platform
Finished projects published in magazines/congresses or pending publication
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. A pilot was conducted before moving on to collect a one-year sample. Data already collected and is being analyzed. Attached is the pilot project that was done on which they have developed their thesis. Gonzalez, Pablo & Fong, Kenneth & Brown, Ted. (2018). The Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on the Cognitive Functions in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study. Behavioural Neurology.2018 1-14. 10.1155/2018/5971385 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877065721000543?dgcid=author | Cognition in aging | MCI
- Servicio Canario de Salud. Julio Plata-Bello, *María Yaiza Pérez-Martín, Montserrat González-Platas, Víctor Fajardo-Santana, Kritsia Sinay Fumero-Revetti (2018). Neuropsychological and brain grey matter volume changes after computer-assisted cognitive treatment in patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Communication presented at the European Congress of Neurology, Porto, Portugal
https://www.emjreviews.com/neurology/abstract/neuropsychological-and-brain-grey-matter-volume-changes-after-computer-assisted-cognitive-treatment-in-patients-with-multiple-sclerosis/. This project is still being filled with participants in order to obtain more data. | Neurodegenerative disease | Multiple sclerosis - Hospital de Valme. Gonzalez Prian, Macarena; Romera Tellado, Mercedes; Fernández Moreno, MC; Oltra Cucarella, Javier; Font Lloret, Laura (2019) Effect of Computerized Cognitive Training in patients with Recurrent Multiple Sclerosis. Intervention program in MS. Paper presented at the Congress of the Spanish Society of Neurology, Seville Spain. | Neurodegenerative disease | Multiple sclerosis
- Universidad de Burgos. Saiz Vazquez, Ollala. (2017) (Effectiveness of Two Predefined Groups With Cognitive Rehabilitation in Older Adults With the Program Neuron-up. Cognitive Rehabilitation in Older Adults With Neuron-up (CROAN) https://ichgcp.net/de/clinical-trials-registry/NCT0394413 | Cognition in aging | MCI
- Universidad de Valladolid. Potential benefits of a cognitive training program in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Laiz, Nuria & Díaz, Sagrario & Rioja, Natalia & Gomez-Pilar, Javier & Hornero, Roberto. (2018). Restorative
Neurology and Neuroscience. 36. 207-213. 10.3233/RNN-170754. | MCI
Active research projects
- Mount Sinai’s Abilities Research Center (ARC). Effectiveness of a web-based cognitive rehabilitation program for individuals with long Covid syndrome. https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/abilities-research-center/programs-technologies/cognitive-rehabilitation | Long Covid
- Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz. Cognitive stimulation in patients with HIV. One-year study. Data collected and being analyzed. | HIV
- Ikerbasque (in progress). A program NeuronUP is doing with Juan Carlos Arango. We have developed an attention program (it has 80 games) focused on activities of daily living. It is based on the attention models of Sohlberg and Mateer. The games are already designed and are going to be validated for use in individuals with brain damage (Centro Aita Menni in Mondragon, Spain), with Multiple Sclerosis (Adembi, which is the MS Association in Bilbao, Spain) and in an American population at the University of Utah. | Acquired brain injury | Multiple sclerosis | Attention
- Universitat Oberta de Cataluña – Hermanas Hospitalarias. Cognitive training in brain damage using BCI+NeuronUP. CITA-Alzheimer, A GOIZ ZAINDU project, a study on the effectiveness of early multimodal intervention for the prevention of dementia and cognitive health care. Project under the umbrella of the WW-FINGERS study (http://www.alz.org/wwfingers/overview.asp#) Cognitive results after a FINGER-like one year randomized controlled multidomain intervention. |Neurodegenerative disease | Alzheimers
- Hospital 12 de Octubre (in progress). Prevention of attention deficit in low birth weight children. | Neurodevelopmental disorder | ADHD | Attention
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (in progress). Intervention in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in adopted populations. Beginning 2020 | Neurodevelopmental disorder
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (in progress). Influence of physical exercise on cognitive improvement after stroke . | Acquired brain injury
- Catalonia Hospital network (in progress). Improvement of psychosocial functioning in patients with depression. | Depression
- INA Memory Center, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Harvard University (in progress). The influence of physical exercise on cognitive improvement in people with chronic brain damage. | Acquired brain injury
- ICOD Project (in progress). Cognitive stimulation in people with Down syndrome | Intellectual disability
- Project co-directed by the Institut Hospital de Mar d’investigacions mèdiques (IMIM) and the Barcelona Brain Research Centre (BBRC). Study directed by Dr. Rafael de la Torre Fornells. A further step in the study, this year including cognitive stimulation to PENSA, and funded by the Alzheimer’s Association under the umbrella of the WW-FINGERS study (http://www.alz.org/wwfingers/overview.asp#). | Neurodegenerative disease | Alzheimers
Open Doctoral Theses
- Universidad Ramón Llull. Doctoral thesis. Cognitive stimulation in intellectual disability. Field work being done at the Fundaciò Aura. Starting date: end of 2017. Thesis Director Olga Bruna. | Intellectual disability
- Universitat de Vic. Doctoral thesis. Cognitive training in intellectual disability. Began in 2018. Data is currently being collected in different facilities in Catalonia, Spain. | Intellectual disability
- Universitat de Barcelona. Cognitive stimulation in cerebral palsy. Data collection has been completed at the beginning of this year. Thesis Director Roser Pueyo. Preliminary results of a Randomized Controlled Trial | Neurodegenerative disease | Cerebral palsy
- Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Translation and adaptation of NeuronUP into Portuguese. Doctoral Thesis. Training in executive functions in patients with brain damage. Began in 2017. Thesis Director Artemisa Dores. | Acquired brain injury
The centers that are currently researching in collaboration with NeuronUP are:
The NeuronUP research team
Our design and development teams collaborate closely with researchers from around the world to adapt the current material of the platform to the specific needs of each of the research projects and to develop personalized and unique material. The work of the researchers together with the development work of the NeuronUP team give rise to a perfect tandem.
How to start an investigation with NeuronUP
At NeuronUP we are open to innovative proposals from researchers from anywhere in the world. The scientific committee of NeuronUP is responsible for reviewing each application with criteria of scientific rigor. The researchers whose proposals are accepted will receive access to all the functionalities of NeuronUP: activities, sessions, programs, extra resources, etc. You will also receive ongoing support from our team of neuropsychologists and the department of design and development of activities.