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

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

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