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Maria J. Portella

Researcher at Autonomous University of Barcelona

Publications -  143
Citations -  4738

Maria J. Portella is an academic researcher from Autonomous University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cognition & Major depressive disorder. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 128 publications receiving 3753 citations. Previous affiliations of Maria J. Portella include University of Oxford & University of Barcelona.

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White matter disturbances in major depressive disorder: a coordinated analysis across 20 international cohorts in the ENIGMA MDD working group

Laura S van Velzen, +81 more
- 01 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined WM anisotropy and diffusivity in 1305 MDD patients and 1602 healthy controls (age range 12-88 years) from 20 samples worldwide, which included both adults and adolescents, within the MDD Working Group of the Enhancing Neuroimaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis (ENIGMA) consortium.
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Persistent neuropsychological deficit in euthymic bipolar patients: executive function as a core deficit.

TL;DR: It is suggested that impaired executive function and loss of inhibition might be an important feature of bipolar disorder regardless of the severity of the disease or the effects of medication.
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Enhanced early morning salivary cortisol in neuroticism.

TL;DR: Abnormalities in waking cortisol are associated with neuroticism in a way similar to those seen in major depression, and may represent a vulnerability marker for mood disorder.
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Long-term stability of cognitive impairment in bipolar disorder: a 2-year follow-up study of lithium-treated euthymic bipolar patients.

TL;DR: The results show that executive dysfunction is the main long-term neuropsychological deficit of bipolar disorder, and cognitive domains affected in euthymic bipolar outpatients, and such deficits are maintained over time.