Publications

Mijalkov, M., Storm, L., Zufiria-Gerbolés, B., Veréb, D., Xu, Z., Canal-Garcia, A., … & Pereira, J. B. (2025). Computational memory capacity predicts aging and cognitive decline. Nature communications, 16(1), 2748.

Passaretti, M., Veréb, D., Mijalkov, M., Chang, Y. W., Zhao, H., Zufiria-Gerbolés, B., … & Pereira, J. B. (2025). Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration, 20(1), 74.

Oltean, L. E., Șoflău, R., Miu, A. C., & Szentágotai-Tătar, A. (2026). Linking childhood adversity with borderline and depressive symptoms: the role of reward processing. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 17(1), 2629214.

Xu, Z., Mijalkov, M., Sun, J., Chang, Y. W., Sala, A., Volpe, G., … & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2026). Mapping individual molecular connectomes in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 22(3), e71310.

Sun, J., Zufiria‐Gerbolés, B., Passaretti, M., Volpe, G., Mijalkov, M., Pereira, J. B., & Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2026). Tracking early cognitive decline in preclinical AD with brain MRI similarity. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 22(3), e71170.

Zufiria-Gerbolés, B., Sun, J., Pineda, J., Volpe, G., Mijalkov, M., & Pereira, J. B. (2026). Similar minds age alike: an MRI similarity approach for predicting age-related cognitive decline. npj Aging. Rae, R. J., Alberhasky, J. M. H., Baillet, M., Bangasser, D. A., Belloy, M. E., Berry, A. S., … & Kelberman, M. A. (2026). Sex differences in neuromodulatory subcortical systems and their implications for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s & dementia, 22(3), e71291.

Tiunn, I. U., Zufiria-Gerbolés, B., Gómez-Ruiz, E., Canal-Garcia, A., Zhao, H., Mijalkov, M., Pereira, JB, Volpe, G. (2026). BRAPH 2: a flexible, open-source, reproducible, community oriented, easy-to-use framework for network analyses in neurosciences. SoftwareX, 35, 102791

Dániel Veréb, Blanca Zufiria-Gerbolés, Massimiliano Passaretti, Mite Mijalkov, Mattia Veronese, Joana B. Pereira, for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Mapping the Dual Functional Organization of the Substantia Nigra. Molecular Psychiatry, In press, July 2026

Blanca Zufiria-Gerbolés, Dániel Veréb, Mite Mijalkov, Massimiliano Passaretti, Giovanni Volpe, Zhilei Xu, Thomas Hinault, Sara Garcia-Ptacek, Joana B. Pereira. Vulnerability of locus coeruleus connections to aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, In press, July 2026

Conference presentations

Vulnerability of Locus Coeruleus Projections during Aging. Locus Coeruleus Meeting, September 9-11, 2024, Innsbruck Austria (Joana Braga-Pereira)

Vulnerability of Locus Coeruleus Projections during Aging. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, July 28-Aug 1, 2024, Philadelphia US (Joana Braga-Pereira)

Understanding the role of the neuromodulatory nuclei in brain connectivity in aging and neurodegeneration? European Meeting on Imaging in Neurodegenerative Diseases. September 25-27, 2024, Caen France (Joana Braga-Pereira)

PET studies in Proteinopathies. Molecular Imaging of Brain Connectivity Meeting.  3-4 May 2024, Munich Germany (Joana Braga-Pereira)

Emerging Topics in Artificial Intelligence, SPIE, 18-22 August, 2024 San Diego, US (Joana Braga-Pereira)

Vulnerability of locus coeruleus connections to old age and Alzheimer’s disease. AD/PD 2026, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Conference, March 17-21, 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark. Authors: Pereira J.B. 1, Zufiria-Gerbolés B. 1, Veréb D. 1, Mijalkov M. 1, Passaretti M. 1, Volpe G. 2, Garcia-Ptacek

Clinical progression and genetic pathways in body-first and brain-first Parkinson’s disease. AD/PD 2026, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Conference, March 17-21, 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark. Authors: Passaretti M. 1, Veréb D. 1, Mijalkov M. 1, Chang Y. 2, Zhao H. 3, Zufiria-Gerbolés B. 1, Sun J. 1, Volpe G. 2, Rivera N. 1, Bologna M. 4, Pereira J.B. 

SHIFT 02-334 – In-silico cognition signals aging and cognitive decline. AD/PD 2026, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Conference, March 17-21, 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark. Authors: Mijalkov M. 1, Chang Y. 2, Passaretti M. 1, Veréb D. 1, Volpe G. 2, Pereira J.B

Tracking early cognitive decline in preclinical AD with brain MRI similarity. AD/PD 2026, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Conference, March 17-21, 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark. Authors: Jiawei Sun, Blanca Zufiria‐Gerbolés, Massimiliano Passaretti, Giovanni Volpe, Mite Mijalkov, Joana B Pereira, Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

Dániel Veréb, Blanca Zufiria-Gerbolés, Massimiliano Passaretti, Mite Mijalkov, Mattia Veronese, Joana B. Pereira, for the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Mapping the Dual Functional Organization of the Substantia Nigra. AAIC 2026 (Alzheimer’s Association International Conference), July 12-15, London, UK.

Massimiliano Passaretti, Blanca Zufiria-Gerbolés, Mite Mijalkov,  Joana B. Pereira. Proteomic signatures of resistance to amyloid and tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease. AAIC 2026 (Alzheimer’s Association International Conference), July 12-15, London, UK.

Lucia Manso Ortega, Massimiliano Passaretti, Mite Mijalkov,  Joana B. Pereira. Sex-dependent CSF proteomic signatures across disease stages and clinical progression in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. AAIC 2026 (Alzheimer’s Association International Conference), July 12-15, London, UK.

Lucia Manso Ortega, Massimiliano Passaretti, Mite Mijalkov,  Joana B. Pereira. Sex-dependent CSF proteomic signatures across disease stages and clinical progression in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. AIM-Net Biennial Conference, June 2-6, Barcelona, Spain.

Joana B. Pereira. Vulnerability of locus coeruleus connections to aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. FENS Forum 2026, 6-10 July, Barcelona, Spain.

Joana B. Pereira. Multilayer Network Modelling with the BRAPH 2 software. OHBM 2026 Annual Meeting, June 14 – June 18, Bordeaux, France.

Iok-Ui Tiunn. BRAPH 2 software practice. OHBM 2026 Annual Meeting, June 14 – June 18, Bordeaux, France.