Christian Stephan-Otto Attolini

Christian Stephan-Otto Attolini

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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.

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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
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News

  • 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.

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