David Bartrés-Faz

About me

Featured publications

• Mental health and psychological processes associated with cognitive aging and dementia

  Authors:

  Bartres-Faz, David; Marchant, Natalie L;

  Reference: Current Opinion In Neurology 2025.

• Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults

  Authors:

  Bartres-Faz, David; Demnitz-King, Harriet; Cabello-Toscano, Maria; Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Saunders, Rob;

  (...)

  Vuilleumier, Patrik; Wallet, Cedrick; Walker, Zuzana; Whitfield, Tim; Wirth, Miranka.

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  Reference: Nature Mental Health 2025.

• Spontaneous and perturbation-based EEG cortical excitability markers are associated with plasma p-tau181 concentration in healthy middle-aged adults.

  Authors:

  Perellón-Alfonso R; Abellaneda-Pérez K; Pileckyte I; Cabello-Toscano M; Mulet-Pons L;

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  Zetterberg H; Tormos JM; Franzmeier N; Pascual-Leone A; Bartrés-Faz D.

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  Reference: Heliyon 2024.

• Lifestyle trajectories in middle-aged adults and their relationship with health indicators

  Authors:

  Roca-Ventura, Alba; Solana-Sanchez, Javier; Cattaneo, Gabriele; Tormos-Munoz, Josep M; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro;

  Bartres-Faz, David.

  Reference: Frontiers In Public Health 2024.

• COVID-19 after two years: trajectories of different components of mental health in the Spanish population

  Authors:

  Bayes-Marin, I; Cabello-Toscano, M; Cattaneo, G; Solana-Sanchez, J; Fernandez, D;

  Portellano-Ortiz, C; Tormos, J M; Pascual-Leone, A; Bartres-Faz, D.

  Reference: Epidemiology And Psychiatric Sciences 2023.

• Purpose in life promotes resilience to age-related brain burden in middle-aged adults

  Authors:

  Abellaneda-Perez, Kilian; Cattaneo, Gabriele; Cabello-Toscano, Maria; Solana-Sanchez, Javier; Mulet-Pons, Lidia;

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  Sole-Padulles, Cristina; Bargallo, Nuria; Tormos, Josep M; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Bartres-Faz, David.

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  Reference: Alzheimers Research & Therapy 2023.

• Functional brain connectivity prior to the COVID-19 outbreak moderates the effects of coping and perceived stress on mental health changes

  Authors:

  Cabello-Toscano, Maria; Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Cattaneo, Gabriele; Solana-Sanchez, Javier; Bayes-Marin, Ivet;

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  Gonzalez, Sofia; Bargallo, Nuria; Tormos, Jose M; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Bartres-Faz, David.

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  Reference: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience And Neuroimaging 2023.

• BDNF Val66Met gene polymorphism modulates brain activity following rTMS-induced memory impairment

  Authors:

  Abellaneda-Perez, Kilian; Martin-Trias, Pablo; Casse-Perrot, Catherine; Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Lanteaume, Laura;

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  Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Blin, Olivier; Richardson, Jill; Jovicich, Jorge; Bartres-Faz, David.

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  Reference: Scientific Reports 2022.

• Characterizing the molecular architecture of cortical regions associated with high educational attainment in older individuals

  Authors:

  Bartres-Faz, David; Gonzalez-Escamilla, Gabriel; Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Abellaneda-Perez, Kilian; Valls-Pedret, Cinta;

  Ros, Emilio; Grothe, Michel J.

  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:

  Abellaneda-Perez, Kilian; Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Vidal-Pineiro, Didac; Jannati, Ali; Solana, Elisabeth;

  Bargallo, Nuria; Santarnecchi, Emiliano; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro; Bartres-Faz, David.

  Reference: Neuroimage 2019.

Featured Projects

• Risk and protective psychological factors in relation to cognition, lifestyles and measures of brain integrity and functionality amongst older adults

  Principal investigator: David Bartres Faz

  Funder: Spanish Ministry of Science and Education

  Code: PID2022-137234OB-100

  Duration: 01/09/2023 - 01/09/2027

• Healthy minds from 0-100 years: Optimising the use of European brain imaging cohorts

  Principal investigator: David Bartres Faz

  Funder: Comissió Europea H2020

  Code: 732592

  Duration: 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2021

• Barcelona Brain Health Initiative

  Principal investigator: David Bartres Faz

  Funder: Obra Social 'la Caixa'

  Code: LCF/PR/PR16/11110004

  Duration: 01/06/2016 - 31/12/2022

• Supporting Human Content Reviewers

  Principal investigator: David Bartres Faz, Maria Mataro, Mel Slater

  Funder: Google LLC.

  Duration: 01/09/2023 - 01/09/2024

• Multiple-level predictors of resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lessons towards a precision preventive medicine Financing Institution

  Principal investigator: David Bartres Faz

  Funder: AGAUR

  Code: 2020PANDE00043

  Duration: 01/07/2020 - 01/11/2022