Álvaro Javier Cruz Gómez
acruz@uji.es
Position
- Postdoctoral researcher / INIBICA (Instituto de investigación e innovación biomédica de Cádiz)
Bio
- 2014 PhD in Psychology: Relationship between structural and functional brain abnormalities with cognitive impairment and fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis (“cum laude” distinction, Universidad Jaume I).
- 2010 Master in Psychopathology, Health and Neuropsychology (Universidad Jaume I).
- 2008 Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology (Universidad Jaume I).
Research Interests
- Multiple sclerosis
- Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation
- Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Gender differences
- Voxel-Based Morphometry
- fMRI analysis
- Functional Connectivity analysis
Publications
Publications
- Sanchis-Segura C, Aguirre N, Cruz-Gómez AJ, Forn C. Do gender-related stereotypes affect performance in mental rotation tasks?: when, how and to whom?. Plos ONE, (submited)
- García-García R*, Cruz-Gómez AJ*, Mangas-Losada A, Urios A, Forn C, Escudero D, Tosca J, Giner-Durán R, León J, Serra M, Ávila C, Belloch V, Felipo V, Montoliu C. * These authors contributed equally to the manuscript. Reduced resting state connectivity and gray matter volume correlate with cognitive impairment in minimal hepatic encephalopathy. Plos ONE, (submited)
- Fittipaldi-Márquez MS, Cruz-Gómez AJ, Sanchis-Segura C, Belenguer A, Ávila C, Forn C. Exploring Neural Efficiency in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients during the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT): a functional MRI study. Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2017; 17: 199-207; doi: 10.1159/000460252
- González-Torre JA*, Cruz-Gómez AJ*, Belenguer A, Sanchis-Segura C, Ávila C, Forn C. * These authors contributed equally to the manuscript. Hippocampal dysfunction is associated with memory impairment in multiple sclerosis: A volumetric and functional connectivity study. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2017; doi: 10.1177/1352458516688349
- Cruz-Gómez AJ, Belenguer A, Martínez B; Fittipaldi MS; Forn C. Cambios estructurales y funcionales del hipocampo en pacientes de esclerosis múltiple y su relación con procesos de memoria. Revista de Neurología, 2016; 62: 6-12. ISSN 0210-0010 / 1576-6578.
- Sanchis-Segura C*, Cruz-Gómez AJ*, Belenguer A, Fittipaldi Márquez MS, Ávila C, Forn C. * These authors contributed equally to the manuscript. Increased regional gray matter atrophy and enhanced functional connectivity in male multiple sclerosis patients. Neuroscience Letters, 2016; 630:154-7doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.07.028. Epub 2016 Jul 18.
- Baltruschat SA; Ventura-Campos N; Cruz-Gómez AJ; Belenguer A; Forn C. Gray matter atrophy is associated with functional connectivity reorganization during the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) execution in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Journal of Neuroradiology, 2015; 42 (3): 141-149. ISNN: 0150-9861.
- Cruz-Gómez AJ, Ventura-Campos N, Belenguer A, Ávila C, Forn C. The link between resting-state functional connectivity and cognition in MS patients. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2014; 20 (3): 338-348. ISNN: 1352-4585.
- Cruz-Gómez AJ, Ventura-Campos N, Belenguer A, Ávila C, Forn C.
- TÍTULO: Regional brain atrophy and functional connectivity changes related to fatigue in multiple sclerosis. PloS One, 2013 vol.8 e77914- e77914. ISNN 1932-6203.
- Forn C, Ripollés P, Cruz-Gómez AJ, Belenguer A, González-Torre J.A, Ávila C. Task-load manipulation in the Symbol Digit Modalities Test: An alternative measure of information processing speed. Brain and cognition, 2013; 82 (2): 152-60. ISNN: 0278-2626.
- Cruz-Gómez AJ, Belenguer A, González-Rosa JJ, Simón A, Forn C. Análisis crítico de los estudios de neuroimagen en relación a las alteraciones anátomo-patológicas y el rendimiento cognitivo en pacientes de esclerosis múltiple. Revista de Neurología, 2011; 53: 337-350. ISSN 0210-0010 / 1576-6578.
- Cruz-Gómez AJ, Belenguer Benavides A, Simón Gozalbo A, Ventura-Campos N, Forn C.
- Relación entre variables estructurales y deterioro cognitivo en pacientes de esclerosis múltiple. XVI Jornades de foment de la investigación. Fòrum de recerca nº16 (2011-2012). UJI. ISSN 1139-5486