Christian Stephan-Otto Attolini
Investigador post-doc
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
- Núñez C, Stephan-Otto C, Roldán A, Grasa EM, Escartí MJ, Aguilar García-Iturrospe EJ, García-Martí G, de la Iglesia-Vaya M, Nacher J, Portella MJ and Corripio I Orbitofrontal cortex hypergyrification in hallucinating schizophrenia patients: Surface ratio as a promising brain biomarker. EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY . 89: 47-55.
- Fortea A, van Eijndhoven P, Calvet-Mirabent A, Ilzarbe D, Batalla 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 Age-related change in cortical thickness in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal study EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY . 33(6): 1837-1846.
- Arca G, Nuñez C, Stephan-Otto C, Arnaez 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.
Projects
- Project name:
- Eina d’Anàlisi cerebrovascular Pediàtric i Adult: Programari innovador per a la caracterització i diagnòstic precís de les malalties cerebrovasculars mitjançant l’ús imatges mèdiques.
- Leader
- Christian Stephan-Otto Attolini
- Funding entities:
- Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- Code
- 2023 INNOV 00054
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2024 - 2025
- Project name:
- Estudio multicéntrico longitudinal sobre marcadores de predicción de la transición a psicosis en niños y adolescentes con riesgo de psicosis: el papel del estrés intrauterino
- Leader
- Montserrat Dolz Abadia
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI21/00090
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2026
- 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 - 2026
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.