Antonio Cerdán Cerdá

Longitudinal MRI reveals hormone-dependent brain remodeling supporting preserved cognition in aged females

This study uses longitudinal MRI and complementary techniques in rats to show that female-specific brain connectivity and white matter preservation support cognitive resilience with age, mediated by sex hormones.

NAc-DBS selectively enhances memory updating without effect on retrieval

This study shows that NAc-DBS enhances long-term memory encoding without affecting memory recall or working memory in rats.

A translational MRI approach to validate acute axonal damage detection

The paper validates an MRI framework for detecting axonal damage in rats and humans, showing increased axonal caliber in both pathological and normal-appearing white matter in multiple sclerosis patients.

Sleep loss impairs myelin function by altering cholesterol metabolism in oligodendroglia

This study shows sleep loss impairs myelin function by disrupting cholesterol metabolism in oligodendrocytes, leading to conduction delays and motor deficits.

Mapping microglia and astrocytes activation in vivo using diffusion MRI

This paper introduces a non-invasive diffusion MRI method to image microglia and astrocyte activation in vivo, showing it can detect glia proliferation and correlate with histological markers in humans.