Jordi Casanova Mollà
@jcasanovamolla.bsky.social
MD, PhD. Neuròleg-HSJR; investigador IISPV-NeuroÈpia; Prof URV. Research in Neurology: Movement Disorders and Pain
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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is characterized by substantial pain in a distal limb. Approximately 90% of cases are triggered by physical limb trauma; the condition typically commences immediately to less than 1 month after the inciting event. Learn more: nej.md/3MSMW0n
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December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is characterized by substantial pain in a distal limb. Approximately 90% of cases are triggered by physical limb trauma; the condition typically commences immediately to less than 1 month after the inciting event. Learn more: nej.md/3MSMW0n
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Should we have a holistic wellness prescription for Parkinson’s? A committee from the Movement Disorders Society says YES in a new blueprint for living well. The word holistic: approach that considers the whole person: mind, body and social environment, rather than just individual symptoms.
October 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Should we have a holistic wellness prescription for Parkinson’s? A committee from the Movement Disorders Society says YES in a new blueprint for living well. The word holistic: approach that considers the whole person: mind, body and social environment, rather than just individual symptoms.
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🖥️En marxa la Guia d'especialistes de la #URV, un nou recurs que facilita el contacte entre la comunitat investigadora i els mitjans de comunicació.
👉https://diaridigital.urv.cat/es-presenta-guia-especialistes-urv/
👉https://diaridigital.urv.cat/es-presenta-guia-especialistes-urv/
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🖥️En marxa la Guia d'especialistes de la #URV, un nou recurs que facilita el contacte entre la comunitat investigadora i els mitjans de comunicació.
👉https://diaridigital.urv.cat/es-presenta-guia-especialistes-urv/
👉https://diaridigital.urv.cat/es-presenta-guia-especialistes-urv/
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👁️ Professor Pearse Keane (@ucleye.bsky.social) to lead new project using AI to transform routine eye checks into tools for detecting early signs of conditions such as heart disease and dementia.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
AI-enabled eye tests to spot dementia or heart disease
A UCL scientist is leading a new project using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform routine eye checks into tools for detecting early signs of conditions such as heart disease and dementia.
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
👁️ Professor Pearse Keane (@ucleye.bsky.social) to lead new project using AI to transform routine eye checks into tools for detecting early signs of conditions such as heart disease and dementia.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
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Why 7000 steps is the right number for Parkinson’s and beyond. What do I tell the folks in my clinic? The 3 D's: Death, Dementia and Depression. For years people have asked me how many steps they should aim for each day. New evidence: 7000 steps or their equivalent. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Why 7000 steps is the right number for Parkinson’s and beyond. What do I tell the folks in my clinic? The 3 D's: Death, Dementia and Depression. For years people have asked me how many steps they should aim for each day. New evidence: 7000 steps or their equivalent. @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
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Are we beginning to understand the conversations your brain is having during Parkinson's pain? Do we know why pain in Parkinson’s is different? Even people with Parkinson’s who say they are not in pain may still show abnormal brain pain responses. @sfn.org @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Are we beginning to understand the conversations your brain is having during Parkinson's pain? Do we know why pain in Parkinson’s is different? Even people with Parkinson’s who say they are not in pain may still show abnormal brain pain responses. @sfn.org @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social
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Un estudi de la #URV i l'@IISPereVirgili relaciona una major diversitat alimentària amb un menor risc de mortalitat en persones grans. Una dieta rica en diferents espècies vegetals i animals s’associa a una esperança de vida més llarga 👇
https://diaridigital.urv.cat/diversitat-dieta-risc-mortalitat/
https://diaridigital.urv.cat/diversitat-dieta-risc-mortalitat/
July 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Un estudi de la #URV i l'@IISPereVirgili relaciona una major diversitat alimentària amb un menor risc de mortalitat en persones grans. Una dieta rica en diferents espècies vegetals i animals s’associa a una esperança de vida més llarga 👇
https://diaridigital.urv.cat/diversitat-dieta-risc-mortalitat/
https://diaridigital.urv.cat/diversitat-dieta-risc-mortalitat/
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Aging disrupts the brain barrier, revealing protein changes linked to cognitive decline and highlighting potential targets for new therapies.
by Farinas A, Rutledge J (...) Wyss-Coray T et 18 al. in Nat Med #MedSky
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by Farinas A, Rutledge J (...) Wyss-Coray T et 18 al. in Nat Med #MedSky
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Disruption of the cerebrospinal fluid–plasma protein balance in cognitive impairment and aging - Nature Medicine
Proteomic analysis of paired cerebrospinal fluid and plasma samples from 2,171 individuals drawn from multiple cohorts, including the Global Neurodegeneration Proteomics Consortium, reveals age-related changes in the ratios of proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid and plasma that are associated with cognitive function, enhancing understanding of blood–brain barrier dynamics in aging.
www.nature.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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It’s not just tremors in Parkinson's, we need to broaden our rehabilitation lens beyond balance and gait. We need strategies for sleep and autonomic symptoms like constipation, urinary and sexual dysfunction. We’ve long focused on movement, but what about the devastating non-motor symptoms in PD?
July 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It’s not just tremors in Parkinson's, we need to broaden our rehabilitation lens beyond balance and gait. We need strategies for sleep and autonomic symptoms like constipation, urinary and sexual dysfunction. We’ve long focused on movement, but what about the devastating non-motor symptoms in PD?
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I am unbelievably proud to have my first senior author paper published today! It was a long slog through multiple review cycles but we got there!
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
We are delighted to present the first publication out of the lab, available online today, titled ‘Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases’ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases - Journal of Neurology
Promising blood-based biomarkers of neuropathology have emerged with potential for therapeutic development and disease monitoring. However, these tools will require specialist tertiary services for in...
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July 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am unbelievably proud to have my first senior author paper published today! It was a long slog through multiple review cycles but we got there!
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
A big thank you to my lab members and all the collaborators and participants who contributed to this work! 🥲
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New paper from the @hob-lab.bsky.social just published in Journal of Neurology. A step toward more accessible biomarker testing 🩸 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @drl-bo.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
Evaluating finger-prick blood collection for remote quantification of neurofilament light in neurological diseases - Journal of Neurology
Promising blood-based biomarkers of neuropathology have emerged with potential for therapeutic development and disease monitoring. However, these tools will require specialist tertiary services for in...
link.springer.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New paper from the @hob-lab.bsky.social just published in Journal of Neurology. A step toward more accessible biomarker testing 🩸 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @drl-bo.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
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I’m delighted to share my editorial for the July issue @brain1878.bsky.social academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Seeing the trees in the wood: the importance of co-pathologies in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
Our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) owes a debt to pioneering work by Emil Kraepelin, Franz Nissl, Alois Alzh
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July 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I’m delighted to share my editorial for the July issue @brain1878.bsky.social academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
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Do you have a plan for management of freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's? I think about 5 things; nice paper in Nature Reviews Neurology.
1- Classify the type of FOG
2- Optimize dopamine
3- Use non-drug strategies
4- Treat the whole person
5- Think prevention
1- Classify the type of FOG
2- Optimize dopamine
3- Use non-drug strategies
4- Treat the whole person
5- Think prevention
May 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Do you have a plan for management of freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's? I think about 5 things; nice paper in Nature Reviews Neurology.
1- Classify the type of FOG
2- Optimize dopamine
3- Use non-drug strategies
4- Treat the whole person
5- Think prevention
1- Classify the type of FOG
2- Optimize dopamine
3- Use non-drug strategies
4- Treat the whole person
5- Think prevention
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🎓La consellera de Recerca i Universitats visita la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut de la #URV. El nou model de finançament, l’impuls de les titulacions STEM i de medicina i les infraestructures centren la trobada.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎓La consellera de Recerca i Universitats visita la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut de la #URV. El nou model de finançament, l’impuls de les titulacions STEM i de medicina i les infraestructures centren la trobada.
👉 diaridigital.urv.cat/la-conseller...
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In this @nature.com article, our VP Prof John Hardy reflects on how far Alzheimer’s research has come, and where it's heading next. A must-read for anyone working in neurodegeneration 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The future of Alzheimer’s treatment
Drugs that clear away brain plaques are a welcome arrival, but targeting amyloid alone might not be enough to halt the disease.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In this @nature.com article, our VP Prof John Hardy reflects on how far Alzheimer’s research has come, and where it's heading next. A must-read for anyone working in neurodegeneration 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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In @nature.com today we report sensory #assembloids comprising four parts to recapitulate aspects of the pathway that processes pain stimuli and we use it to study genetic syndromes.
Work pioneered by the brilliant Ji-il Kim & Kent Imaizumi in close collab with @gregscherrer.bsky.social !
Link 👇
Work pioneered by the brilliant Ji-il Kim & Kent Imaizumi in close collab with @gregscherrer.bsky.social !
Link 👇
April 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In @nature.com today we report sensory #assembloids comprising four parts to recapitulate aspects of the pathway that processes pain stimuli and we use it to study genetic syndromes.
Work pioneered by the brilliant Ji-il Kim & Kent Imaizumi in close collab with @gregscherrer.bsky.social !
Link 👇
Work pioneered by the brilliant Ji-il Kim & Kent Imaizumi in close collab with @gregscherrer.bsky.social !
Link 👇
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Does conventional spinal cord stimulation improve Parkinson's in the human? Insert nail in coffin. Dis aliter visum – the gods thought otherwise. A randomized crossover double-blind study says NO. Let's pivot to other approaches as Cury and colleagues enlighten us in the journal Movement Disorders.
April 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Does conventional spinal cord stimulation improve Parkinson's in the human? Insert nail in coffin. Dis aliter visum – the gods thought otherwise. A randomized crossover double-blind study says NO. Let's pivot to other approaches as Cury and colleagues enlighten us in the journal Movement Disorders.
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Another amazing talk by @jfcryan.bsky.social on the relationship between microbiome and brain health (and disease): www.cell.com/cell-reports... #BrainConf2025
The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis: Therapeutic implications
The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis regulates key immune pathways influencing neuroinflammation
and brain function. This review highlights how gut-immune communication impacts health
and disease, emp...
www.cell.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Another amazing talk by @jfcryan.bsky.social on the relationship between microbiome and brain health (and disease): www.cell.com/cell-reports... #BrainConf2025
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Giampiccolo et al. review the anatomy and function of the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, and propose that it plays a role in visual cognitive control based on perceptual features (dorsal layer) and conceptual content (ventral layer). https://buff.ly/41iuhjG
February 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Giampiccolo et al. review the anatomy and function of the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus, and propose that it plays a role in visual cognitive control based on perceptual features (dorsal layer) and conceptual content (ventral layer). https://buff.ly/41iuhjG
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Striatal dopamine depletion in Parkinson's disease is linked to specific brain metabolism changes that influence motor and cognitive deficits.
by Yoo HS, Kim HK (...) Lyoo CH et 6 al. in Neurology #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000210105
by Yoo HS, Kim HK (...) Lyoo CH et 6 al. in Neurology #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000210105
January 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Striatal dopamine depletion in Parkinson's disease is linked to specific brain metabolism changes that influence motor and cognitive deficits.
by Yoo HS, Kim HK (...) Lyoo CH et 6 al. in Neurology #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000210105
by Yoo HS, Kim HK (...) Lyoo CH et 6 al. in Neurology #MedSky
📖 read the article: https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000210105
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Simple yet Effective: Scientists Identify Powerful Weapon in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #Alzheimers #Exercise #BrainHealth
Simple yet Effective: Scientists Identify Powerful Weapon in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s
Aerobic exercise significantly lowers Alzheimer’s disease markers and improves brain health, offering a promising preventive strategy. Researchers plan human trials to validate these findings and explore...
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January 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Simple yet Effective: Scientists Identify Powerful Weapon in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s #Science #HealthandMedicine #Neurology #Alzheimers #Exercise #BrainHealth