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3. SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
hypotheses, and jointly carrying out various research • Neurological monitoring of patients admitted to
projects. On the other hand, it is from reinforcing the Residence
these two perspectives, how concepts such as trans-
lational research in Medicine have been develo- • Management and curation of databases.
ped. The scientific activity of the CIEN Foundation is
based on this idea: to transfer to the clinical field the • Statistical analysis and preparation of scientific
advances obtained with basic research. reports.
3.2.1. Department of Neurology • Teaching and mentoring of graduate and PhD
students who collaborate in some research
Neurology as a medical-scientific discipline aims to projects
study the structure and function of the nervous
system, the identification, description and analysis of • Communication in scientific forums of research
its numerous and varied pathologies, the diagnosis work carried out in the department.
of its clinical alterations and the treatment of pa-
tients who suffer them. In the field of cognitive im- • Dissemination to society of the progress of the
pairment, the neurologist must characterize the investigation.
numerous types and variants of this syndrome
through a systematic clinical evaluation of the pa- Main lines of research
tient and his/her environment, collaborate with other
specialists in psychology, radiology, laboratory, ge- The activities of this department focus on the follo-
netics, neurophysiology, etc. make a diagnosis and wing main areas:
prescribe and monitor a treatment. In a research
group such as the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzhei- 1. “The Vallecas Project ”: (due to its size, a complete
mer Center (CAFRS, for its acronym in Spanish), the section in this report is dedicated to this study, see
Neurology team offers basic clinical support to all block 4). In this project, it is carried out an annual
studies carried out with volunteers and patients, ge- systematic clinical and neurological evaluation of
nerates and implements clinical research hypothe- the more than one thousand volunteers participa-
ses and collaborates with the other teams of ting in the study cohort. This information, together
specialists in clinical and basic research, in the early with the data from the neuropsychological assess-
detection, prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's ment, allows establishing the evolutionary diagnosis
disease and other related pathologies. The Depart- of each subject and is stored in a large database for
ment of Neurology develops the following activities: carrying out various research projects.
• General and neurological medical evaluation, 2. Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center Rese-
and clinical diagnosis of the Vallecas Project arch Program : (CAFRS): it consists on the systematic
participants. clinical evaluation, every six months, of the patients
who are in the CAFRS, both in internment regime
• Detection and management of possible clinical (Units of Life) and in day care (Day Center). This eva-
complications luation, carried out together with the rest of the staff
from the Center and healthcare professionals leads
• Preparation of clinical reports. to the syndromic and etiological diagnosis and to
the protocoled collection of neurological, psychia-
tric, neuropsychological, demographic, analytical,
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