Christian Stephan-Otto Attolini
Jefe de Grupo
Research group
Christian Stephan-Otto obtained the doctoral degree in Physics from Tufts University in 2006. He started working on neuroscience shortly after, where his data analysis skills have found a wide array of applications. He leads de Cerebral Imprints of Gender, Development and Pathology group at the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute.
His research focuses on altered brain structure and function in neurological and psychiatric disease, with special attention to the effects of gender, hormones and inflammation. He currently collaborates in several projects, from characterizing brain infarction in neonates to investigating brain tissue loss in Alzheimer's disease.
Last Publications
- Arca-Diaz G, Nuñez C, Stephan-Otto C, Arnaez-Solis J, Agut-Quijano T, Cordeiro M, Boronat N, Lubián-López S, Benavente-Fernández I, Valverde E and García-Alix A Massive Neonatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY . 144: 5-10.
- Núñez C, García-Alix A, Arca-Diaz G, Agut-Quijano T, Carreras-Blesa N, Portella MJ and Stephan-Otto C Breastfeeding duration is associated with larger cortical gray matter volumes in children from the ABCD study JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY . 64(7): 1067-1079.
- Fortea A, van Eijndhoven P, Ilzarbe D, Batalla A, Calvet-Mirabent A, de la Serna E, Puig O, Castro-Fornieles J, Dolz M, Tor J, Parrilla S, Via E, Stephan-Otto C, Baeza I and Sugranyes G Longitudinal Changes in Cortical Surface Area Associated With Transition to Psychosis in Adolescents at Clinical High Risk for the Disease. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY . 62(5): 593-600.
Projects
- Project name:
- Impact of Traumatic Childhood Experiences (TCE) on cerebrocortical parameters and cognitive functioning in patients with a First-Episode Psychosis (FEP).
- Leader
- Judith Usall i Rodié
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI21/00067
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2024
- Project name:
- Effectiveness, cost-utility and neurobiological effects of low-dose naltrexone in patients with fibromyalgia (INNOVA project)
- Leader
- Juan Vicente Luciano Devis
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- ICI20/00080
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2021 - 2024
- Project name:
- AFR 2019_Cofinanciación ayudas PFIS Susana Ochoa y PFIS Belén Ramos
- Leader
- Susana Ochoa Güerre
- Funding entities:
- Parc Sanitari de Sant Joan de Déu -Serveis de Salut Mental
- Code
- AFR 2019
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2020 - 2021
News
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Longer breastfeeding duration leads to larger gray matter volume at age 10 years
The Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) and the Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau) have led the largest-ever study with brain images of children between 9 and 11 years old, relating the duration of breastfeeding to a larger volume of cortical gray matter in this age bracket. The study has been published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.