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The Neurodevelopmental disorders research group focuses on the problems experienced by children and adults who have intellectual disabilities, borderline intellectual disorders, autism spectrum disorders and genetic syndromes related to development.

The multidisciplinary team composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and graduate students, conducts high-quality research on mental, cognitive, and behavioural disorders in children and adults with neurological development disorders. We transfer the results of the research to both evaluational and interventional clinical practice. This allows us to offer information, advice and support to parents, caregivers, and professionals.

Main lines of research
  • Aging, mild cognitive deterioration, and dementia in people with intellectual disability.
  • Genetics in mental illness and challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disability
  • Behavioural and neuropsychological phenotypes of genetic origin
  • Autism and neuropsychology
  • Comprehensive attention to people with Borderline Intellectual Disorders
Strategic objectives
  • To be a reference group in research and teaching in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) (IDD, BID, ASD, among others).
  • Consolidating clinical research into Neurodegenerative Disorders in people with NDDs
  • Consolidating genetic and clinical research into Cognitive-Behavioural Phenotypes
  • To be a reference group in developing evaluation tests and cognitive intervention in NDDs
  • To be a reference group in the comprehensive (bio-psycho-social) care model for people with NDDs
  • Establishing research collaborations with national and international groups in the field of NDDs
Publications
Vera-Cáceres C, Nersesyan N, Obon M, Terceño M, Serena J, Álvarez-Cienfuegos J, Xuclà T, Bashir S, Silva Y

Iatrogenic Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Two Case Reports to Explore Clinical Heterogeneity and Pathological Patterns.

JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, 2025, 34, 107969-107969 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107969
Mademont-Soler I, Castells-Sarret N, Cisneros A, Foj L, Benavent-Bofill C, Xunclà M, Viñas-Jornet M, Ros A, Rey N, Blanco I, López-Ortega R, Obón M, Plaja A

Incidental Findings Identified by Prenatal Microarray Analysis and Consensus Reporting Criteria of the Catalan Public Health Network XIGENICS.

PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS, 2025, 45, 326-347 dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.6746
Blanco-Hinojo L, Pujol J, Martínez-Vilavella G, Giménez-Palop O, Casamitjana L, Cobo J, Pareja R, Esteba-Castillo S, Deus J, Caixàs A

Mapping alterations in the local synchrony of the cerebral cortex in Prader Willi syndrome.

JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, 2025, 182, 122-131 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.01.012
Genís, D, Alemany, B, Pellerin, D, Brais, B, Dicaire, MJ, Volpini, V, Campos, B, Corral, J, Gardenyes, J, de Jorge, L, San Nicolás, H, Buxó, M, Sancho, JM, Obon, M, Roig, C, Rodriguez-Revenga, L, Alvarez-Mora, MI, Danzi, MC, Houlden, H, Zuchner, S, Márquez, F, Torrenta, LRI

Late-onset vestibulocerebellar ataxia: clinical and genetic studies in a long follow-up series of 50 patients

JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, 2025, 272, 235-235 dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00415-025-12964-x
Casellas-Vidal, D, Font-Lladó, R, Osiniri, I, Camos-Carreras, M, Ruiz-Eizmendi, A, Serrano-Ferrer, J, Casellas, J, López-Bermejo, A, Prats-Puig, A

Upper and lower limb muscle stiffness in children with cerebral palsy compared to typically developing children: Insights from shear wave elastography

JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS, 2025, 184, 112667-112667 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112667
Mauri S, Nieto-Moragas J, Obón M, Oriola J

The Glucocorticoid Resistance Syndrome. Two Cases of a Novel Pathogenic Variant in the Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene.

Jcem Case Reports, 2024, 2, 153-153 dx.doi.org/10.1210/jcemcr/luad153
Martínez-Diago, C, Mademont-Soler, I, Bonmati, A, Rodo, C, Alberch, A, Obon, M, Fuertes, B, Maroto, A

Novel variant in <i>ACTA1</i> identified in a fetus with akinesia deformation sequence and cortical development delay

PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS, 2024, 44, 996-998 dx.doi.org/10.1002/pd.6568
Mademont-Soler I, Esteba-Castillo S, Jiménez-Xifra A, Alemany B, Ribas-Vidal N, Cutillas M, Coll M, Pinsach ML, Pagans S, Alcalde M, Viñas-Jornet M, Montero-Vale M, de Castro-Miró M, Rodríguez J, Armengol L, Queralt X, Obón M

Unexpected complexity in the molecular diagnosis of spastic paraplegia 11.

Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 2024, 12, 2475-2475 dx.doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.2475
Saiz-Sierra L, Marull Arnall A, Nieto-Moragas J, Deulofeu M, Jiménez Romero O, Mademont I, Obón Ferrer M, Serrando Querol MT

Detection of giant cytoplasmic inclusions in a pediatric patient with recurrent infections: a case report

ADVANCES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE / AVANCES EN MEDICINA DE LABORATORIO, 2024, 5, 221-225 dx.doi.org/10.1515/almed-2023-0136
Saiz-Sierra L, Marull Arnall A, Nieto-Moragas J, Deulofeu M, Jiménez Romero O, Mademont I, Obón Ferrer M, Serrando Querol MT

Detección de inclusiones citoplasmáticas gigantes en un paciente pediátrico con infecciones recurrentes: a propósito de un caso.

ADVANCES IN LABORATORY MEDICINE / AVANCES EN MEDICINA DE LABORATORIO, 2024, 5, 226-230 dx.doi.org/10.1515/almed-2024-0016
Competitive projects
Neurodevelopmental disorders

FACIL'IAS: Millora de l'Accés i la Qualitat dels Serveis Sanitaris per a Persones amb Discapacitat Intel·lectual i malaltia menta/trastorn de conducta afegit: Implementació d’ Intervencions Innovadores.

Codi oficial: 2024_NDC_SCPiSM Start date:24/05/2024 Data fi: 23/05/2026 Investigador/a principal: NATALIA DIAZ CALLEJA Organisme finançador: FUNDACIÓ ACADÈMIA CIÈNCIES MÈDIQUES
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